Duncan and I shared a great weekend in New York with friends Gail and Jim Bland in early April. Beginning in Raleigh, NC on Friday evening, we revisited a favorite "The Angus Barn" for a great start to our weekend. Saturday morning we flew out to the city-it was glorious! I love the city and we arrived with an agenda that kept us on the move for two days. We were entertained with musicals "Billy Elliott" and "Wicked" (this one may be my favorite of all time!), dinners at "Scalini Fedeli" and "Mas Farmhouse", brunch at "Blue Fin" and a little culture with a tour of The Cloisters which houses the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection of art and architecture from medieval Europe-views of the Hudson River from its gardens made us feel as if we were not even in New York! We taxied, we walked, we ate, we watched and overall had a tremendous time. Just had to share the fun!