Black Day. Jjajangmyun and tangsooyook at Hyo Dong Gak in Koreatown...



...followed by drinks at Under the Volcano in nearby Murray Hill.

Easter at Tim's house.

Valentine's Day with the "singles contingent".



A quick drink at Great Lakes in Brooklyn, then it's around the corner to Union Hall.



Table o' burgers.











Fun, low-key night of food, drinks, having a laugh at bad dates (of which we, collectively, have many), exes (of which we, collectively, have many), and hookups (of which we, collectively, have not nearly enough) past.

Holidays over. Today, in a scene I'm sure echoed at the Seaport, Bowling Green, Lincoln and Rockefeller Centers, that weird glass teepee building on E.58th between 3rd Ave. and Lexington, and in apartments citywide, they took away the Stock Exchange tree.

For some reason I had always pictured in my head that they just sort of loaded the thing wholesale onto a giant flatbed, lights and glass balls and all, and just carted it off like that, possibly to like orphans or something (it's always Christmas somewhere, isn't it?). But no, turns out they cut it up first.



Makes sense. Don't know why I never thought of that.





They took away the wreath, too:



It's literally 72 degrees out today.

New Year's Eve...





...at Ellie and Lloyd's apartment, Hoboken.