Desiree Moodie

So every seven years, my birthday falls on Thanksgiving Day and this was one of years.
I won’t say how old I just turned, but I will say this was the best birthday of my entire 20’s.

It started off with a huge meal at my mother’s house. We tried not to have a lot of food this year but we ended up with tons. This is to be expected when six Caribbean women collaborate to make Thanksgiving dinner! We all ate a whole lot and got drunk on my grandmother’s infamous pina colada.

The next day, my Pooh Bear took me to brunch at Tom’s, where we continued in the way of big meals. Oooh the crab cakes there are just divine!

After Tom’s we tried to see the Tim Burton exhibit at MoMA but got there too late.

But…

FAO Schwartz was just around the corner so we went there instead. I love to indulge my inner child. It wasn’t hard to pick out the toy I was to end up bringing home with me for my birthday.

Way in the back of FAO, on the first floor, there is a Muppet Whatnot Workshop where you can, get this, build your own Muppet!

I could not resist! I loovee the Muppets!

After careful consideration and much mixing and matching, I finalized what I wanted my Muppet to look like (there are many, many possible combinations). Then they built it right in front of me. Seriously, it made my day.

So I guess you want to see what he looks like huh?

Well, here he is….

Cute right?