METROPOLITAN DIARY
back by request; had 'puter probs, so late.)
Drenched in Manhattan
Dear Diary:
Just before heading home from college for Christmas in 1973, my best friend and I went to Manhattan.
My flute teacher said that I needed a better flute, so we went to Manny’s on West 48th Street. I bought a flute and, not wanting to carry it as we walked around the city, we immediately returned to Grand Central Terminal and put it in a locker.
It was raining that day, but we spent it walking, shopping and enjoying the Christmas displays. We had on jeans, boots, long coats and hats and were drenched when we got to the New York State Theater for the student rush.
For $5 apiece, we got box seats for the New York City Ballet’s “Nutcracker.” We blow-dried our hair under the hand dryers in the beautiful bathroom, then found our seats and hung our wet socks on the railing in front of us to dry.
— Margaret O’Hara Best
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/07/nyregion/metropolitan-diary.html