Yesterday turned out to be a wonderful Christmas Day. After viewing the beautiful store displays on 5th Avenue - a window at Saks and the Harry Winston store are shown above - we stopped at the Old King Cole Bar of the St. Regis Hotel where we had cocktails and a light lunch. The bar has a wonderful, elegant atmosphere and is where the Bloody Mary cocktail originated. The bar is dominated by a huge painting done by Maxwell Parrish after he and John Jacob Astor made a bet while playing cards: Astor challenged Parrish to "paint a fart." The wager was $10,000 in turn of the 20th century dollars. Parrish won the bet and Astor paid up.
The facial expressions of King Cole's subjects are humorous to say the least.
Dinner at my brother's home was amazing and my niece out did herself cooking. We stuffed ourselves and drank way too much wine. We ended the evening with a night cap at The Monster Bar located just up the block from our apartment. We will be off hitting some favor stores today and enjoying a gorgeous sunny day in the City. We see "Beautiful" tonight.
2 comments:
Glad you guys are having a great time
What a fabulous time! Merry Christmas a day late, but it sounds as if yours hasn't ended yet!
Peace <3
Jay
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