At the Super King Laundrymat, Crown Heights

East Village, No. 6 Train Downtown

Leaving Bellevue Hospital

Labwork, pharmacy, and then out the door.

Crown Heights - on my way to pick up some take-out from Chavella's, arguably the best Mexican restaurant in Brooklyn

Back in Crown Heights, what one observes

I spied a nasty-looking board on the street, with many nails hammered into it. After looking at it for a while, I realized it was what was left of a home-made Christmas tree. Ingenious, if not somewhat dangerous. And still, it was left curb-side, which is exactly what people do with their real Christmas trees. And who's to say it's not 'real?'

Upper East Side Shop Window - Decked Out, American-style

From LaGuardia to Montpelier, Vermont and back again

The airport lounge, LaGuardia, 6:30AM.

The commuter plane's interior - looking down the aisle from seat 7C.

The New York-Vermont border, ski slopes, and the Green Mountains.

The descent into Burlington Airport.

And on the ground - lunch, as prepared by the New England Culinary Institute at the Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier.

My things piled on the desk in the tiny room provided at the college.

College Hall at the Vermont College of Fine Arts.

Montpelier, Vermont.

Back at the Burlington Airport for the trip home, and before I know it we're flying over New York and preparing to land once again at LaGuardia.