[wintertime]

I suppose that given the pressures of professional school, the chronic exhaustion, and that we were close friends enduring the almost impossible, that they let their guard down and let me know how they really felt. Please remember that the school was open during their holidays and they had to make up that work which was a **serious** burden.

And....Wow! NYC has blue laws. I am surprised to learn of this. I had no idea.

Finally, I am sorry that I gave the impression that Republics alone were responsible for blue laws. Obviously, they weren't but prior to the mid 1960s the city was dominated by Republicans and the state legislature, as well.

[miss marmelstein]

Blue laws were probably enacted before there was even a Republican Party. They go back to our religious founding.

Please, I’ve had close Jewish friends, had Jewish boyfriends and they never expressed this “constant irritant” thing. Christmas was finally about getting into a hit movie without waiting on line.