Hanging in the Balance: The Children's Journey....Part 1- The Prince of Greenwich Village

Well the first part of our journey to visit our kids,one in New York and one in Israel , is over. We arrived in New York Friday afternoon to a frigid day....and a wind that went right to my old bones that were much happier in Florida.We went directly to the hotel in Soho....a cute new Marriot courtyard, but in the Soho tradition small and trendy rooms....Jeff said it was a closet. I thought it was cute.Off we went to the Apple store to see our son ,Eric,in action as an "Apple Specialist"....at least that is what it says on his business cards.We walked in the busy Apple store and tried to locate him in the sea of red fleece specialists. Finally,I spotted him....unshaven ,beanie covering his head,baggy jeans helping a New Yorker with many questions about what to buy.Of course my son provided all the answers and dazzled the woman with his knowledge and charm."I will be with you in a minute" he matter of factly told his parents who just came 1000 miles to see him. We just looked at each other puzzled and began to peruse the store noting how my son fit in so perfectly to this array of ...well....computer geeks. I mean that in admirable way.He finally finished with his customer and greeted us like we were patrons of the store.It wasn't cool to have family looming about. But just to look at him, even from a distance was my urge fulfilled. My itch was scratched. I have not seen my son since August. This job at Apple prevented him fro coming home for the Jewish holidays, Thanksgiving and winter break. This, in combination with Rebecca in Israel for 10 months was enough to drive a mother crazy .....my empty nest was unbearable without the typical visitations from my kids. So Jeff and I decided to take the bull by the horns and visit them .....thus the childrens journey has begun.
The weekend was really a big eating extravaganza, including an actual 3 hour walking food tour of Greenwich village where we sampled foods from Cuban to Italian and everything in-between finishing for desert at " once upon a tart". We shopped in SoHo and on 5th ave with all the beautiful holiday window displays. We even went in to Cartiers as we have a 25th wedding anniversary next month and I tried on a beautiful "trinity" ring. Took in a broadway show, Driving Miss Daisy, with James Earl Jones. Jeff and I liked it but it was a little too slow for our future film director. Seems TRON is more along his genre of choice. I watch him buzz around the city and he really fits in so well...loving the pace,the excitement,the variety. Something new around each corner.I am so proud of him...he has blossomed into a young man full of life, love and adventure.Watch out New York there is a new prince in town

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