The Gespass'es were in the city, so we took the train in and walked by the holiday windows of which this was the best and then to the Rockefeller Center tree and through the crowds to brunch after which we recorded Debbie, Katy and Andy and Jane and Suzanne before I recorded this wonderful sign.

Back at work, I had a lunch for Joshua Kotin (English), Mark Brynildsen (Chemical and Biological Engineering), David Wentzlaff (Electrical Engineering), Marc Fleurbaey (Woodrow Wilson School and University Center for Human Values), Bob Tarjan (Computer Science) and Moulie Vidas (Religion).

A week later, I hosted a student lunch for Christian Rivera ('14), Arien Cox('13), Mary Irene Burke ('16), Cynthia Cherrey (Student Life), Tula Strong ('15) and Christina Chica ('15).