{"id":1504,"date":"2010-12-26T11:33:26","date_gmt":"2010-12-26T16:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dwan.org\/?p=1504"},"modified":"2020-04-04T13:38:01","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T17:38:01","slug":"new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwan.org\/index.php\/2010\/12\/26\/new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"New York"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Stole a couple of days with my spouse to get down to New York prior to the holidays. Cashed some Marriott<\/a> points for a stay in a damn nice hotel<\/a>. Took the Acela<\/a> down on Wed, and the limoliner<\/a> (bus) back on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In between, we walked our butts off. Saw the Rockettes<\/a>, which was straight from the 30’s: “Girls in a line, kicking their legs up in the air.” Good times, but I had to suspend my thoroughly modern sensibilities – since I’m sure that whole feminist tracts could be (and have been) written about it. Saw the decorated window displays for the major stores – and the tree in Rockefeller center. It turns out that I totally have a thing for “empire” period architecture – of which Rockefeller Plaza is the stone-cold exemplar. Who knew? It’s the long vertical lines, and the belief in the triumph of humanity and knowledge over the forces of chaos, I think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We also had lox on a bagel<\/a>, Pickles<\/a>, some authentic chinatown fare<\/a>, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today was a low key day of exchanging gifts, and then going to see Tron in 3d. My assessment is that Tron Legacy makes a great music video for Daft Punk – and it was a fine action movie. The fight scenes are good, and both the beefcake and the cheesecake are on full display. Great art, it ain’t … but I didn’t really go into it looking for great art – so all is well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out Paul Krugman’s latest blog post<\/a> for a decent holiday message. In fact, I’ll excerpt:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nothing lasts forever, and there are times when I listen to the demagogues and fanatics, and fear that America as we know it is slipping away. But there is a basic decency to this nation. And in the end, I believe and hope, that decency will continue to prevail.<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I find myself filled with a calm and abiding optimism today. I hope that it continues tomorrow. I hope that it continues much longer than that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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