Friday's Apple is Saturday's Virgin

Michi & Jeff

The cold and rains persisted into this weekend in New York, driving us and our friends inside for a warm meal on Columbus Avenue. From the park west, this is the first of three great boulevards (the others being Amsterdam Ave. and Broadway) that run the length of this residential area, and they are all chock full of restaurants and shops.


Junkikun

Earlier Friday was out biannual Nation edit board meeting -- always a highlight of my year. This year, progressives are anticipating next year's national elections, and the opportunity for a strong Democratic sweep of both the White House and Congress.

It's been a while, since Clinton won in 1992, that the more progressive of the two centrist parties that control the U.S. government has had this good a chance to consolidate power. It's been pretty much all Bush all the time this millennium so far.



Fred enjoyed his subway rides, but what really got him going was...




...reading the first edition of the country's oldest and best news magazine. The year was 1865, and the Civil War has just concluded. President Lincoln had been murdered. It was a time to rebuild the nation.

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Saturday, I rode Virgin America back to this coast. Fred's namesake, CEO Fred Reid, was again onboard. (Maybe he takes every Virgin flight?) No Presidential candidates this time, however. Just a boatload of folks happy to shed their winter coats to let in California's sunshine.

For me, it was a most special date, the 9th birthday of my youngest child. More on that soon...

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