last week we took a quickie daytrip to manhattan to do the quickie holiday things that one must do to feel holidayish: have lunch at saks. (half a tuna sandwich and the crab and corn bisque, please.) check out the new MoMA. and, a first for us both, make a visit to tender buttons at 62d and lexington. it was lisa's idea. i needed a button -- one button -- to complete a christmas project. and this was the place i had to go.
there were many to choose from. the store smelled heavenly and christmasy. it was a beautiful place. it was easy to linger. and, while of course, if you chose buttons from the seventeenth century, you were going to pay for them -- i paid less than $25 for my assortment of five, which i may now present to the giftee, allow him to choose, and attach to his garment on christmas day! (as long as he does a good job on the pierogie dough this year.)
tender buttons is definitely a destination worth the trip! and, it's located on the same more-or-less block as the new york doll hospital -- a place that has always fascinated me. but i was afraid to go upstairs and look. dolls, you know.
buttons are far safer this time of year. watch out for the dolls.