It was Saint Patrick's weekend and the start of our spring breaks, so Suzanne and I decided to spend a few days in New York getting a break from our daily lives. Sarah was on the phone and so hardly noticed. Claire seemed ok with the idea. Jane was happy to finish her book as Jess burned a CD ROM and Suzanne read the newspaper. Meanwhile, Meredith and Ben were playing indoor balloon volleyball over the chairs as Benjamin got revved up for a slam.

Next thing, we knew, we were in New York looking at the Ernst and Young building and Suzanne was conversing with the old Jewish tailor who represented the garment industry. Along the way to the hotel, we passed these people buying green hats and this mall based on Toys R Us which is apparently not doing a good business.

We got to the hotel and took this white picture of the room followed by this picture of the blue lights behind the bed (no wonder they won the Interiors Magazine award!) and these pictures of the view -- across and down. This was the view from the door into our bedroom and these were the waters they left for us. Not to mention, the picture on the living room wall and the sink in the bathroom with the samples of lotions, potions, notions.

We left the hotel to walk to the theater and got close enough to see the reviews.

After the play, we went to Suzan Glazer's apartment for some hors d'oeuvres which caused Suzanne to put on her Saint Patrick's green to match the napkins and the famous Irish gefilte fish balls and the champagne bottle that we all signed. After a few group pictures we headed to the restaurant where picture taking was not possible except for these obligatory photos of the signs in the bathroom for my collection.