NEW YORKER

Where would we be without New York! Xmas gift of the New York Times Xword Calendar is much appreciated-I am up to June already. How time does fly. Also received the Winter Fiction edition of the The New Yorker. I love this zine. One can dream of visiting the Big Apple and catching some jazz, a show or two, wander through a museum or gallery and squander one's assets on a meal at Prune or JoeDoe. The layout is traditional which is a great relief from the montage layout of most zines. Flipping through the pages to find the cartoons one also finds ads for jewelry items like gold toad pins with diamond eyes, tam o'shanters, poplin raincoats,etc.(If I was writing a column in said zine I would have replaced the etc., with a complete list!) Also one can imagine visiting Country Inns, Carribean Islands, and distant Spas. Perfect, except I can't even afford to go to New York!