1: mr. b is in NYC today. Having a drink with our favorite nyt magazine stylist at The Smile (they serve good breakfast...miss their almost butter....)
2: his room at the cooper hotel, it's right below the balcony.
1-2: room 103 this week. each room has a venetian glass chandelier, but this is the first one i've seen that uses just clear glass. it's quite pretty. and my window opened up to the view of the town church. it never failed to ring it's bells at every hour and half hour. not very helpful when you're jet lagged and trying to go back to sleep at 3am...