Jetlag-busting breakfast at Heartbeat in the W Hotel. Sadly not where I was staying, but close by. Flickering open fire and a gorgeous smell of the signature W candles.
Christmas at the Rockefeller Center
Decadent takeaway zucchini and pine nut lasagna from One Lucky Duck takeaway near Union Square, over the Times review of the Metropolitan Museum's Byzantine and Medieval galleries I'd swooned over that afternoon (before the jetlag struck).
The street view from my hotel room.
Where the magic happens
DUMBO view from the window
Two-thirds of the best workshop team ever (Morag Livingstone and Mariele Paley) with our minder/mentor, Eric Maierson
Saks holiday lighting spotted on the walk home from the subway
Workshop group begins reporting in the East Village
Morag, Eric and Mariele shadow Evelyn's every move
In the public garden
Old meets new in the gentrified East Village
Takeaway sopes cactus from Hecho en Dumbo while we worked into the night
Another early morning, another wait at Bleecker Street for the subway back to my hotel bed
Working mac 'n' cheese lunch from Bubby's
Morning juices from the fabulous Forager's Market kept me bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
Burning the midnight oil (pic by Morag)
Best workshop team ever have their wrap party at Zum Schneider
Final feed was a portobello mushroom quesadilla at JFK airport
