Tomorrow I'm planning on buying my mom's birthday present. She's much easier to shop for than my dad, and her recent shoe purchases give me clues about what she might like. I think I'll get up early for brunch at the cafe my parents want me to eat at once a week, then off to midtown and downtown. I'm typing this to capture the excitement of living in New York. Can you feel it? Oh, yeah.

It's almost 8:30 on a Friday night, and I'm curling up with another good book (and maybe s'mores).