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" Yesterday, Sam and I ventured out and spent part of the morning walking around West Chelsea looking at potential restaurant spots. We had a great morning, strolling Lili and looking around the neighborhood north of ours. Chelsea, while only 10 blocks or so north, was a completely different world \u2014 and West Chelsea was changing so rapidly that it was an exciting time to imagine opening a restaurant there.  We found a great spot in an old warehouse near 24th Street and 10th Avenue. It had very high ceilings and a beautiful view of the Hudson River. It also didn&amp;#039;t feel like Annie&amp;#039;s, which I knew was important to Sam. That was one of the reasons we were looking in Chelsea as opposed to the West Village. Sam didn&amp;#039;t want to stay in the West Village. He wanted a fresh start, which I understood.  We stopped at The Chelsea Market to pick up fresh produce and sandwiches for lunch.  It was beautiful there, and so fun.  &amp;quot;I could get used to this,&amp;quot; I said.  &amp;quot;Me too,&amp;quot; he said.  When we got home, Kerry came running to the door shouting that she had exciting news. She had been cast as one of the two female leads in the winter play at school \u2014 Anything Goes. She was going to be playing Hope, which she was beyond psyched about. She was over the moon, jumping around.  I could tell that Jackson was happy for her, which was really nice to see, telling us about how busy she was going to be (rehearsals every day) and how much fun she was going to have. That made me proud of him. I knew that so many guys his age would be worried about how busy Kerry might get and not think of anything other than what would this mean about the amount of time their girlfriends would have for them.  Later, we went to dinner to celebrate. It was Lili&amp;#039;s first outing at a restaurant and she was amazingly well-behaved. We were even able to stay for dessert. And it was really nice to see Sam in better spirits as well.  I knew that he was going to sign the lease for the new restaurant. I just knew it. I could see it brewing in his eyes. I reached over and took his hand, and gave him a supportive smile.  We all started talking about Christmas and what we wanted. But the truth was that I loved having everyone I cared about most at one table \u2014 everyone doing well.  It was the best holiday present I could ask for. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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