A Day Off

By Tori

Today I wanted to have a great day in honor of Mom's birthday so I took the day off work. I started out with pancakes, which may have been more my tummy than Mom's, but they were delicious. Next, I went to a bookstore (it being #worldbookday too) I thought it only apropo to browse and purchase a book. 

Then I wondered across Central Park to the Frick Gallery to take in the Anthony Van Dyke exhibit which was fantastically done. I wondered back home for a brief interlude to pick up my gym bag. 

But before heading to the gym I took the bus down to 54th Street and walked to the East River and Sutton Place Park. A small pocket park Uncle Frank had told me Mom used to eat lunch in when she worked in that part of Manhattan. I purchased some tea and took it to the bench. 

Although it was too cold to linger long in the park, I liked to think I was looking at one of the views she often looked at when she sat and ate her lunch. After the gym, I stopped by Magnolia Bakery in Bloomingdales to pick up a slice of cake to eat with my Cary Grant movie choice for the evening: A Touch of Mink, co-staring Doris Day.  

Turns out a lot of the things my Mom loved - books, museums, New York City, tea, and Cary Grant - I love too. Funny how that happened. :) 

Happy Birthday Momma. 

Ps. She's be thrilled to know that Spell Check picked up zero spelling errors.