Closing Comments On New York

Just sitting at the computer, reminiscing about the trip to NYC.

Typical New York retail story: Abercrombie & Fitch finally landed serious prime real estate on Fifth Avenue. Aside from the tees that gay boys adorn in Chelsea, A&F had little to no presence in all of Manhattan with only one store at a terrible location, South Street Seaport. Now they're located across from the Trump Tower and strategically placed beside (gulp, it hurts to say this) Prada. And not only do they have a great location, the store is a dizzying four floors, decorated with original artwork in the center stairwell, and lit very, very dimly like a nightclub on a Friday night. Of course, it had the pounding dance music to match. I had never seen an A&F store like that.

Typical New York day: One morning running errands, Ellen returned to her apartment in the Village dazed and grinning ear-to-ear. It turned out that she passed Ethan Hawke on the street walking his dog. Two days later, she was at a frozen yogurt shop incredibly awestruck yet somehow playing it cool: Sarah Jessica Parker, husband Matthew Broderick and child were ordering right behind her. I immediately received a text from her saying "Come here RIGHT NOW".