Vent-elation

Vent At myself- Why would there be a package for you in the buildings package area, when you don't have a single thing on order. Did Bergdorfs suddenly decide ‘‘You know we just must send Ruth Bienstock of the UWS, a gorgeous dress as a surprise.

Scaffolding(NYC) So let me get this right. One company with a crew of maybe 8 guys keeps getting new contracts for building work and applies those same guys to all the jobs. So in actuality, nothing really gets done for years, blocks people’s views, cripples businesses, and is a blight to the neighborhood (except for dogs who for grateful for the shelter when doing their biz in the rain). Maybe some penalties?

To the middle-aged and old white men of the Republican party that are taking away women's reproductive rights for even the worst-case scenarios.Your daughters and granddaughters will see your acts and the dire repercussions and that will be your legacy.

Please to all the ‘first-time callers, life-time listeners’ of the Brian Lehrer show. We all dearly love Brian but please stop asking him how he is when you call in. It's redundant and takes up precious seconds. Just say hi.

To the twenty-something-year-old with naturally impeccable skin on Instagram who is telling me the merits of an expensive face cream. Really? Darling, you could be putting olive oil on your face every day and it will look just as good.

Speaking of which, why is my body so sadistic? ‘ Oh no, you haven't put on any weight from your recent indulgences. You just carry on. You have obviously developed a supergene that prevents you from putting on weight.’ Two mornings later….boom… 5lb weight gain.

Dear wait-person. Please write down our food order instead of memorizing it. The stress of worrying that you will forget that I want the sauce on top and the dressing on the side detracts from my dining experience. I don't doubt you will remember each and every order of our table of four but can you just pretend to write it pleasssse

Every….single….bloody…dating….app.

After watching and enjoying Bridgerton (love) should my breasts be heaving every time I’m excited or upset? Because that's a lot to ask of A cups.

Elation

Did you know that in the disco song He’s The Greatest Dancer (Sister Sledge) his name is NOT Amatwah. The ‘champion of dance, whose moves would put you in a trance’ is called…Oh, what..wow.!

When I would look at the stark trees in the winter and feel that it's impossible for them to bloom and be leafy green again and then suddenly they are. I wonder if nature is trying to tell us something.

On a similar note each time I'm surprised by the growth of one of my plants.

The pool of my fantasy country house.

Interactions with fellow New Y from a nod or a smile to a 5-minute conversation and then a sweet adieu.

A recent dinner party with friends at which no one picked up their phone and everyone seemed utterly in the moment.

The transformation and delight of a customer at the store when they agree to try on something out of their comfort zone.

Being okay not dating someone…right now.

Every….single….reunion…video on Instagram. But especially this one.

The love of my family and friends that keep me grounded when everything around us feels upside down.

The morning when I went down to my dry-cleaners to pick up an apron that my mother (she has passed) had given me years ago and that had ripped. My relationship with the lady at the cleaners had always been polite and civil. When she asked about the apron, I had every intention of telling her quickly that it was a gift. But before I knew it, a pocket of emotions poured out of me and she was holding me in a warm and loving hug and soothing me with her beautiful words as I cried. Love, in the most unexpected places. I made her banana bread, wearing my apron.