Fancy Air in Brooklyn

I love it that I am genuinely enjoying hanging out with Nico these days. Not just because he's my kid or because he says funny stuff, but because he's a really great person. Last week I was staying in my friend Ashley's Brooklyn apartment while she was away on her honeymoon and one night Nico came over for a sleepover (he was staying with my husband and his mother in her apartment in Manhattan). We got sushi and Nico said it was "the best little Japanese meal" he'd ever had. Then we stayed up late reading in bed before snuggling up to fall asleep together. The next morning we woke up to the sounds of chickens clucking in the yard of the building next door. There was a also a "Kids Spa" around the corner from the apartment. Ahhh Brooklyn, you just get weirder and weirder...

Most interesting of all was Nico's reaction to my friend's apartment. As soon as we walked in, he began wandering around, running his fingers over things and murmuring appreciatively. "This is really fancy Mommy," he said as he fingered a small golden candle holder. Then after pronouncing several more things to be fancy, he stated that "even the air" was fancy... "very fresh smelling." He topped it off the next morning by saying that we should be very careful what we touch so that Ashley wouldn't come home from "her honeymoon night with her cousin*" and get upset that we'd gotten "our germs all over her fancy things."

First of all, let me say that it is a very nice apartment. However, judging from Nico's reaction, you'd think that we live in some sort of hovel. It made me start wondering if maybe it isn´t time to spruce our place up just a bit more.

*My friend Ashley did not, in fact, marry her cousin. However, for whatever reason Nico has always had trouble distinguishing the difference between husbands and cousins. We first noticed this when he told us last year how lucky he was to have a nice husband back in Colombia.

Recently Reading:

-Stone's Fall by Iain Pears

-The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson

-Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain

-The Murder Room by Mike Capuzzo

-Berlin by Pierre Frei

Comments

[Louis Vuitton Outlet]

Over the years people have asked if I had one simple idea that would help others cope with problems, seize opportunities and make their lives successful.