9/19: MONDAY

6 bottles of 2001 Gaja San Lorenzo

6 bottles of 2001 Gaja Tilden

Simon Pierce decanter

pedicure

foot paraffin wax treatment

two tubes of Elizabeth Arden vanilla/fig cream

$1 tip to Saks doorman

$2 tip to Chambers bellboy

$10 cab ride

three Metro North tickets from Mount Kisco to Grand Central, NYC

Chambers Hotel stay

Negative Purchases:
Lunch at Saks courtesy of MM: cobb salad and iced tea

Gave copy of ENGLISH to MM and Sean Finney's THE OBEDIENT DOOR to AM

car ride from Manhattan to Armonk courtesy of FM

Dinner for 8 courtesy of C & C, with wines courtesy of FM & C:
...homemade wine courtesy by C's father
...2000 Gaja Barbaresco
...capocollo with provolone
...olives
...fresh mozzarella with basil and tomatoes and olive oil made by C's brother
...grilled eggplants
...artichokes
...2000 Gaja Sori San Lorenzo Lenghe
...Sanfaustino water
...homemade fusilli with tomato sauce with a mixture of peccorini, romano and ricotta cheese
...lemon sorbet
...1999 Sine Qua Non "The Marauder" sirah
...veal with lemons, salt, pepper and artichokes
...green beans with garlic
...roasted potatoes
...baked fennel
...mixed salad
...1998 Grange
...ricotta cheesecake
...custart tart topped with strawberries
...anisette cookies
...Italian tarturo ice cream with Auguri! Il Cioccolato de Mamma Lucia
...homemade limoncello