Many happy returns of the day to Alaina, for whom making 30 look good is the least of her gifts—she’s a delight to know and be around, and makes everything better just by being herself, even cross-continent. New York doesn’t miss you as much as I do!
Here is a photo of us from last year outside the Chinatown Ice Cream Factory, only one of countless tasty places I’ve come to love that she’s introduced me to:

Kindly ignore the strange white man in the background, and thanks to David for taking the photo!