t was to be a long celebration of the end of the year involving old friends and new and lots of eating (some would say, over eating) and so we began by going to One 53 with Michael and Carolyn where these group photos were taken by our waiter.

A few days later, Matt Traylor came to visit and made me this perfect omelette as I sat by the fire (another common ritual this holiday season).

Suzanne and I began the Xmas celebration with a long walk and along the way we passed the street sign for Maxwell Lane. We began the days eating with challah made into French toast with Bailey's and made a fire though Suzanne settled at the table as we enjoyed our French toast along with this drink of BlaVod and Orange juice that I made and soon the main course was cut and served and dressed which made me happy. IN the preparations for dinner, Jane cut her finger tips which led to blood and bandages put on at the emergency room all in the search for the right escaloped potatoes to be served with the meat course as the potatoes were very welcome on my plate along with pulled pork vegetarian style and a salad.

The next day was when the blizzard was supposed to come. We began with a dusting at 8:42 AM but as time progressed, things got worse to this at 4:11 PM and 5:07 PM 6:16 PM and 9:16PM when I went to sleep to create energy for the task ahead the next day.

The next day, I awoke to this scene where the large flower pot and the deck was snow covered as I saw the garbage cans and after a final photo went out to tackle the snow.

The next day, I recorded Jane's fingers which led to confusion but after a trip to the train station, I took a before photo of Joel's teeth and then we welcomed Sarah and Ed from the train as the fire was going and Jane had her drink as Cara arrived and showed her teeth but Audrey had trouble getting her teeth in focus. as the food was cooking and flowers were placed and then on to the table so that we could enjoy the fire even as hearts were being created to go with the comfort food the salad and the chicken and after eating the hearts the dessert of icebox cake was served and the cook took a rest even as my cake was completed.

The next day began with a journey to Verizon where Sarah and Jane scoped out the phones and Tony took good care of us. When we returned home from our mammoth shopping excursion, the tables were set and food was being prepared including theses cookies which did not see the light for long and this roast with the flatbread as the cookies were arranged and Alex and Liz Dahlen arrived bearing gifts and dark and stormy's were prepared as the Slaughter's arrived and we admired the table as meat was served and my plate began with mac and chac but no meat and so salad was added as the assembled enjoyed their meals even as chocolates and cookies were served in a flurry and Bill and I did the dueling cameras thing.

The next day, breakfast with Sarah and Ed and Suzanne and I before they took the train and then we drove through long traffic at the tunnel to an excellent parking space at Jane's apartment

which had a nice look outside as we walked the local streets to Five Guys where along with the nuts we ate burgers and fries before finishing the nuts and fries for our daily load of fat and grease and then roamed down the street until we found Jeff and after walking past the lobsters came back to the apartment where the bedbug sniffing dog relegated us to the hallway until we got the good report that the apartment had no bedbugs and so we could walk out through the snow and slush and buried cars until we got to Sleepy's and checked out the Rest of Jane's life before heading to Good for dinner where this was Jane's drink and Jeff's and Suzanne's mojito and my mixed drink as bread and house made potato chips arrived along with flat bread pizza another appetizer my olives and Ben's hush puppies as Ben Jane Jeff Suzanne and I enjoyed our meals which arrived as did John Guilloroy. After a few photos of Jane's fingers we greeted Sarah and Ed and marched the streets towards this sign which mentioned the new year about to begin.

It being the last day to cook in 2010, there was fine slicing pig roasting eggplant flattening and peanut butter stuffing going on as ingredients were everywhere peppers appeared and various concoctions were being mixed

and prepared for the oven when John arrived as did Tyler and Jonah even as the tomatoes glowed with eggplant egg whites and yellows as Ben's friends arrived and Joel posed for the after photo even as the computer was used to time numerous items all at once. We went to a movie and when we returned, John, Alex and Jamie were seated along with cheese puffs Brussel sprouts salads and various other dishes along with blood and sand's and departing from the kitchen crew I welcomed Eric who had arrived and left the teen agers to go to the cheese plate and start a fire as cheese puffs arrived to the amusement of Sara (incognito) and Peter as Seva and I sampled Ed's concoction and costumes were passed around to the teen agers

and Havurah people and the cooking crew was allowed to join as the Havurah and Ben's friend and Havurah again watched ABC as the whole crew in various directions enjoyed the last seconds of 2010 together with Dick Clark.