It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas...

...and it's taken me completely by surprise. I've seen a few lights and some stores have decorated, but I didn't expect to see complete Christmas decorations at both Lincoln Center and the Time Warner Center tonight. A colleague gave me a ride home from a late meeting at work tonight (what a treat!) and we drove west up 59th Street. The Time Warner Building was complete in bright lights and so was Lincoln Center down the street. I'd already decided to put out my snowman collection in the office on Monday, but didn't expect the rest of the city to be all decorated for the holiday.

I enjoy the decorations of the season a lot and look forward to taking lots of pictures that I can share with all of you. I may start with Lincoln Center, which is just down the street from where I live and will be sure to make a stop at Macy's and Rockefeller Center. Let me know if anyone has any favorite places that you would like featured in the Buttercup Holiday Album. If I can I will try and photograph any requests that I receive and post them here.

I'm not forgetting Thanksgiving, one of my absolutely favorite times! I'm spending the day with my friends in Westchester -- a great tradition -- and will be bringing cranberry relish. Fresh and dried cranberries, fresh pears, candied ginger, cinammon and some orange juice to stew it all in and it is delicious and looks beautiful. My next little errand is to find bags of cranberries. 

 ...and a blessed Thanksgiving!