……………..Last night I met a dear friend who I haven’t seen in years……..Jeanne Winer……….Jeanne and I worked together at Anne Klein and then again when I designed the “DEI TRE” collection for Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus. She was my “fabric developer” and buyer……She has been representing foreign fabric mills now fore many years….She moved, with her husband John to South Carolina, and is very happy there….but she still works for these companies. When they come to NYC to see clients, Jeanne comes to NY and takes them to see the clients, and does all the ordering and follow through…..We were happy to see each other, and as Jeanne said, “it was like we didn’t skip a beat!”……..I rarely go into NYC, and yesterday remined me why!!!. What is normally a 45 minute to an hour drive took me almost 3 hours. For those of you who know the Willis Ave bridge which takes to to the east side on Riverside Drive, was blocked with many police cars….for what reason I don’t know. There was no accident so I don’t know why they closed most of the bridge to one lane. There are four tributary roads that feed on to the bridge, and it literally took over an hour to get to Riverside Drive…..Not all that familiar driving down town, instead of veering to the left on E. Houston Street which would have taken me right to Lafayette Street where INDOCHINE is located, I went to the right and got lost…..After asking many people how to get to Lafayette Street I finally arrived 45 minutes late for our 7:00 reservation……however Jeanne told them I was stuck in traffic, and they said not to worry….We sat, ordered drinks, and began to catch up on our lives since last we met…..Indochine is a very old restaurant, and opened in 1983 or 4, and i was there when it opened…..It was a haven for all kinds of famous people. One night Paul Newman, Tom Cruise and Sean Penn were all sitting a booth together!…..The food is still wonderful, and the restaurant, after all of these years is sill packing them in…….We had a great time!!!!….After dropping Jeanne off at her hotel….it took me 45 minutes to get home!!!!…………..Next time Jeanne is in town she promised to come up to CT.