Monday

Today my wife and I took a trip into Manhattan. After dropping Abigail off to school we got on the subway and rode into the Big Apple.

I keep saying that the best mode of transportation during the week is the subway system. We were lucky, the train came on time, we got seats and the car was air-conditioned. Today it was summery warm and an air-conditioned subway car was essential to our well being.

We went into midtown to the big Macy's store. My wife wanted to buy a jacket and wanted to looking at shoes.

That store is humongous. Today we had a chance walking through and through and saw a lot of changes everywhere.

Being a weekday the place was still fairly crowded. I guess it is also a touristy place.

My wife wanted to buy a pair of shoes for the winter instead bought a pair for the summer. These shoes she was looking for all summer long with no success but today she found it. She also bought a beautiful little jacket.

But the heartbreak was that she found a gorgeous leather blazer that was not available in her size. We asked the sales staff for assistance but to no avail. She was very sad and now we will try to get through the internet.

Technology might triumph over conventional sales methods.