I had my first acupuncture treatment today. Interesting experience. I'll have to write about it; this is a placeholder note so I don't forget. Very cool while it was happening, but the headache relief I was seeking pretty much ended as I walked out of the acupuncturist's office. I also felt mildly stoned much of the evening.

Fortunately, Laura was there to walk me gently to a fine Ethiopian meal with Ellie and Honey Bunny. Of course, the waitress returned to our table after we ordered a bottle of pinot grigio to ask whether that was the white or the red, but this did not affect the quality of the food. (I guzzled water as well, my acupuncturist having pointed out in the medical-history portion of my visit that my responses to her questions indicated chronic thirst.) After that, we had drinks at a swanky bar on 10th Avenue called XTH AVE. The bathroom was very clean and splendid, with its opposed mirrors and giant floral arrangement creating the illusion of a vast jungle space. I had a whiskey sour, and everyone else drank cosmos. A fine time was had by all.