A perfect day in New York

Black coffee, two cups
Absolute Bagel, fresh, untoasted, eaten in Central Park with a friend
A Levain chocolate-chip walnut cookie, fresh, epic, eaten on the bench outside the shop with a friendly stranger — note to Levain, if two ladies sit on your bench in the sun whilst licking chocolate from their fingers and smiling at passersby, the passersby will stop, turn back and buy your cookies
A Jonagold apple from a farmer’s market
A pot of strong, hot Chinese tea; spicy chicken and broccoli; a small bowl of steamed white rice at Grand Sichuan — especially tasty after walking 110+ blocks and spending several hours wandering through the New Year dragon dances
Whiskey ginger
Whiskey ginger
Some sort of yuppie-ish salt & pepper potato crisps from the 5th Ave. deli in Brooklyn, broken into during the 2 a.m. cab ride