We are still adjusting to the
challenges of being largely cooped up here at home. Fortunately, more and more
stores are offering on-line ordering and delivery, so neither of us has set
foot in an actual store for many months and have no plans to do so.
Before Passover, we did not make our
annual visit to Skyview Wine and Spirits, one of the largest purveyors of
kosher wines in New York if not the entire United States. But over Shabbat it
occurred to us that maybe, like everyplace else, they were now doing delivery.
And sure enough, it turns out that the store is not open to the public: they
are only doing delivery! So, we went through the recommended list of moderately
priced wines in the New York Jewish Week 2020 kosher wine guide and picked out
a bunch and put them in a cart, and placed an order. Within minutes, we
received a call to inform us that one of the wines is sold out, but the rest of
our order will be delivered this afternoon!
Speaking with the gentleman on the
phone, I had the feeling that he was treating this as some sort of an
emergency, and it occurred to me that at this point, sadly, for many people, an
ample supply of nice wines may well feel like an emergency.
That reminded me of a funny incident
that happened many years ago, when Dina was a senior in high school. In
preparation for her going off to college, we had gotten her a credit card, with
instructions that it could be used for emergencies (remember, back then, most
things were bought in stores). Shortly after giving her the card, Dina came
home with a pair of DocMarten boots she had bought with the credit card, explaining
that she “urgently” needed those boots. We have often referred to that “shoe
emergency” as one of our especially endearing memories of those years.
At the end of my last post, I wrote
about Noah suggesting that Barry “put Nana on pause.” Barry had a somewhat
different take on that remark: after these months of only seeing our faces and hearing
our voices on-line, perhaps we no longer seem quite real to Noah, sort of like the
character Samantha (Scarlett Johansson) in the 2013 movie “her” (definitely
worth seeing if you never did). I am
sure that there have been many times over the years when family, friends, and
co-workers wished it were that easy.
These are strange times, indeed. Just
do your best to stay well!
Love,
Rebecca
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