Bravo!

You Chernoffs get gold stars this holiday season ... not only did you take it upon yourselves to organize the infamous "Christmas draw," but now you've taken the plunge and pioneered the first Wolcott Street Blog. Good work!!!

We've had a very special and relatively low-key week. The highlight was probably dinner at J&C's studio. They decorated with Christmas lights, which Sergei had creatively woven around various artworks on the walls, and candles on all of the work tables, which this proud Mom must add were made by Alex. The space felt transformed and so festive. Craig's Boeuf Bourgignogne (sp?) was fab, as usual, with his touch of cumin, fennel head, and a sprinkling of fresh cilantro. Craig also made a delish linzer torte and I contributed my homemade key-lime pie with graham-cracker crust. We'd also brought homemade cookies -- pistachio and cranberry biscotti and molasses-ginger cookies. The guest list wasn't exclusively Wolcotts. In addition to the five of us and Mom, J&C had invited Cathe Foster, her daughter Alina, and a most interesting man from down the hall. Turns out, "Cami" is from Nepal and was a Sherpa on Mt. Everest, where he nearly died in an avalanche. Leave it to J&C to befriend such interesting folk. Alex is still talking about him and his amazing life story and the sheer coincidence that he actually sat beside him at Christmas dinner.

Well, there's so much more to tell and lots of pictures to share, but my sweet hubby is waiting for me to watch our latest video rental "Motorcyle Diaries." So I shall join him now rather than to keep writing on my computer, which by the way, is a new MAC Powerbook! Yes, Santa was very good to me this year :-)

Much love to all,
Jenny