sarah in nyc

 Yesterday, when I started my workout the sky looked like this... Cue up the eerie music!  I just love the light pouring through the cornice of the white brick building a block away. (My building was designed by the same architects a few years later) By the time I was done, it looked like an entirely different day, like the background for an entirely different movie. On a completely different topic---- I stopped by Housingworks, one of the local thrifts today and there is a selection of  traditional Chassidish coats and jackets for sale. These were all custom made by  Fino . The names of the clients were typed onto the labels sewn into the front pockets.    The quality of the materials and the workmanship were impeccable. Some of these garments were made of satiny fabrics--perhaps silk and others were made out of superfine wool I discovered poking about the Fino website that some of these garments are Beketches and others are called Reklech.  Beketches...