Balmy Afternoon in Manhattan
BY CYNDI GREENING, MANHATTAN — Last night, Alec and I went to TODAI for sushi (his birthday dinner request). We walked from his apartment on 82nd Street to the restaurant on 32nd Street. So, we walked 50 blocks south and four (4) blocks east. It ended up being a lot of fun. Alec and I blabbered all the way. He talked about the work he's been doing. I talked about what I'd been going through. We both talked about the future.
Today, we ate lunch at Anna Maria's, a sidewalk cafe near hear. 
Then, we wandered over to Central Park. There were a gaggle of folks at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I've never seen so many busses at the Met. Alec, jacob and I were hanging out watching all of the sights in the Park. There were cyclists, jugglers, dog-walkers, kids with radio-controlled toys and joggers. It was late afternoon. The sun was low and bright against the blue of the October sky. The saturated hues of changing leaves were everywhere.
When we got back to the fifth-floor walk-up, all three of us popped open our laptops to check email, surf, play video games and blog. It's funny to see all of us drop into our own little computer worlds. Jacob is looking at Widgets for his iPhone. Alec was playing World of Warcraft and I was blogging. We put THE KING OF SCOTLAND on in the background. It's the story of Uganda's despotic dictator Ida Amin. Forrest Whitaker won the academy award for his performance. Both Alec and Jacob agreed that they didn't like the camera work but loved Whitaker's performance as well. I also didn't like the fellow they cast as the young doctor.
