Fancy

dinner at (Elsa's) Bar 89: check

pinot grigio at Lure Fish Bar: check

movie at the Angelika: check

sample sale steals x2: check

old woman in a thong: check

cab ride across town in rush hour traffic: check

Brooklyn Lagers at McFadden's: check

girls night on Smith Street: check

earplugs: check

smoothie: check

Brooklyn Heights Promenade: check

bagel on a stoop: check

giggly New York street corners: check

sandwich in Central Park: check

crazy skaters & dancers: check

Carnegie Deli: check

Ray Bans: check

Dylan's Candy Bar: check

Blue Ribbon Bakery: check

stroll through Greenwich Village: check

A holiday weekend with one of the most amazing women in my life, a role model and a warrior, an inspiration and a true friend, a reminder in manner and in way of my beautiful mother and grandmother alike, a handful of laughs, love, and family: check.