New York and I picked up right where we left off: a morning run up the West Side Highway, followed by walking all over with Coco, doing the things that plug me straight back into my native city. Chicken salad from Meadow Lane (stupidly expensive, but worth trying), chocolate and T-shirts for my boys at Happier Grocery, a perfect flat white at Manjul, and a restock at for blazers (, and , all below). Apparently, my idea of reconnecting involves a lot of eating, walking and buying. It also involves a (I also love this velvet )—a pleasure I’d almost forgotten—and , which Coco was wearing, too. P.S. We don’t coordinate; this just happens. Also pictured: this , these , and this clutch. For dinner with friends uptown at Maxime’s, I switched into trousers and added for extra sparkle. So wonderful to be here, to feel fall—and to have occasion(s) to wear layers!