Ubuyatha obumnandi bokuhlala kwi-Eloise Suite kwihotele yaseNew York City ePlaza bafikelele kwi-apotheosis ngexesha lokulala ngobusuku bethu bokuqala. Iintombi zam, ezisixhenxe nesihlanu — ndizakubabiza apha njengoFern noPippi — babenxibe iipyjama zabo kwaye bahlamba amazinyo abo. Sifunde (ukusuka Eloise , ngokwendalo), kwaye yayilixesha lokucima izibane. Umsebenzi wawunzima kunokuba ndandilindele. Kudonga olungentla kwebhedi yobukhulu benkosi yayixhonywe oonobumba abaqaqambileyo bepinki bepela ubuciko kwifonti eyahlukileyo yencwadi, kwaye nangona ndanditshintsha iiwotshi ezahlukileyo ndadlala ngeeplagi ezahlukeneyo, andikhange ndikwazi ukuyiphungula le neon. Ngelixa ndandisefowunini enedesika engaphambili, uFern noPippi baqaphela, bonwabile kakhulu, kukuba izithunzi zabo kumandlalo omhlophe zazipinki. Andinakuthi ukufumanisa kuye kwenza kwalula ukufumana ukuba balale, kodwa yaboleka umoya ocacileyo wokulindela indoda yethu yesondlo.

Ukuhlala ePlaza yayiyingcamango kaPippi kuba uthotho lweencwadi zabantwana zakudala ezibhalwe nguKay Thompson kwaye ziboniswe nguHilary Knight zazithandwa kuludwe lwethu lokufunda. Iintombi zam zathanda imifanekiso 'yeencwadi yomntwana oneminyaka emithandathu oziphethe kakubi, okhohlakeleyo nohlekisayo owenza umonakalo omkhulu ngaphakathi kwihotele edumileyo. Xa ndandisengumntwana, eyona ndawo ndiyithandayo Eloise wawunaso nasiphi na isiganeko esasibandakanya ufudo lwakhe iSkipperdee. (Bendizithanda iiteki zakhe ezincinanana.) Kodwa ndiyarhana ukuba umdla wokudlala kwam mantombazana am utyhilwa yinto yokuba eyona ndawo bayithandayo kuxa uEloise ethuthumbisa umhlohli wakhe, uPhilip, ngokuphinda yonke into ayithethayo.

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Sityelele iNew York ngempelaveki ende ngoJulayi, kwaye ukwenza oluhambo lokuhamba ngezonqulo kwaba yinto enkulu ngazo zonke iindlela. Ukuqala, yayiyinyani yethu yokuqala, emsulwa, ngokuzithandela ikhefu losapho -Asizange sihambe siye kubona izihlobo okanye sithathe amantombazana kuhambo lomsebenzi (sihlala eSt. Louis, apho ndingumbhali wenoveli kwaye umyeni wam ungunjingalwazi). Xa uFern wayeselusana, sasimthatha simsa eArizona, apho ndandisiya khona kumnyhadala weencwadi. Ngobunye ubusuku, emva kokumnxenga ukuba alale malunga ne-8 emva kwemini, njengoko mna nomyeni wam sahlala kwigumbi lethu lehotele sitya i-takeout (ecaleni kwegumbi lokuhlambela, kungekho ngaphantsi), sasiqonda ukuba: ukuhamba nabantwana abancinci kunzima. Ukuba nomntwana wesibini akuzange kwenze izinto zibe lula, kwaye ukufumanisa kwethu ukuba iPippi ayinazidlo zizininzi zokutya, oko kuthetha ukuba siyaziphepha iindawo zokutyela ngokubanzi. Ke, olu hambo yayingengombhiyozo wazo zonke izinto u-Eloise, kodwa ikwayilinge lokufumanisa ukuba abantwana bethu bafikelele kubudala apho iholide nabo inokuziva njengeholide.

Ukulindela kwamantombazana kwakuphezulu, nako. Njengoko kwafumanekayo, i-Eloise Suite, ngelixa yayihonjiswe ngendlela eyonwabisa abantwana bam, yinto encinci yokungalunganga: ligumbi elinye eliphangaleleyo elinombhede wobukhulu benkosi, kwaye nangona ihleli kumgangatho we-18, inendawo yangaphakathi umbono-oko kukuthi, akukho namnye Central Park. Isuti bonisa iinkcukacha eziphakanyisiwe kwincwadi kunye namaqhekeza adlala ngaphandle komoya wayo. Ingubo eyaziwayo yengubo imile kwikona enye, kunye neenguqulelo zezinto zokudlala zeSkipperdee kunye neWeenie inja eyimilindi. Kodwa izambatho zeenkosazana kunye nee-tiaras ekhabethe zazikho ngakumbi, njengebhola yombala we-zebra kunye nebhodi ebomvu epinki (ezi zimbini zokugqibela zikaBetsey Johnson, umyili we-suite).

Kuba sasihamba sisine, iPlaza yacebisa ukuba mna nomyeni wam sibhukishe indawo ekufuphi iNanny Suite, ngethamsanqa kuthi bantu badala. Yayinegumbi lokuhlala elinefenitshala yohlobo lweLouis XV, ibha emanzi, kunye negumbi lokuhlambela elinezixhobo zegolide eziyi-24. Indawo eyongezelelweyo yayithetha ukuba emva kokuba abantwana beye kulala, mna nomyeni wam sasinokuphumla ngokukhanyisa izibane (!) Kwaye sithethe ngokuvakalayo omnye komnye (!). Njengoko uNanny, ukuthanda kwakhe ukuthetha kathathu, usenokuthi, siyifumene intle kakhulu.

Sishiye ngabom ishedyuli yethu ivulekile kwaye ibhetyebhetye. Ngentsasa yethu yokuqala, sanyusa iFifth Avenue, apho iintombi zam zazinethuba lokuphosa iipeni kumthombo wasePulitzer, ukujonga kwiifestile zikaHenri Bendel, kwaye ndicamngce ngombuzo owenziwe ngumboniso wentengiso onemigangatho emithathu yezihlangu: Kutheni zonke iimodeli zazize? Sahamba saya kwindawo ephezulu yokujonga iLitye kwaye sathatha umbono weState yeNkululeko kunye nesakhiwo esiphakamileyo sokuhlala. Sityelele indawo yokutshiza eCentral Park, kwaye amantombazana afika emanzi. Kuko konke ukuthanda kukaPlaza, ilifa lika-Eloise lenze ukuba abantwana baziphathe njengabantwana apho-xa eyam yayihamba kwigumbi lokungenela ngeempahla zokudada ezimanzi, akukho namnye owabetha iliso.

Siphinde saba neti ye-Eloise-themed kwiNkundla entle yePalm yasePlaza, kwaye kulapho sahlangana khona nohambo kuphela lwenene. Malunga nokwaliwa yiPippi, bendixelelwe kwangaphambili yiPlaza ukuba indawo yokutyela ingalungiselela naziphi na izicelo zokutya, kwaye umncedisi wompheki wandithumelela uluhlu lwezinto kunye neefoto, umzekelo, ukupakishwa kwethenda yenkukhu efriziwe. , Yile ndlela endabona ngayo ukuba isonka sinamaqanda. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, ndaye ndagqiba kwelokuba kwakulula ukuzisa ukutya kukaPippi kwiti. Mna naye besixubushe ngezinto angazonwabela kwaye sagqiba nge-Oreos kunye ne-gummy worms. (Heyi, injongo yayikukuzikhusela kunye nokuzonwabisa, ungabi sempilweni.) Kodwa inyani kukuba ukuzisa i-Oreos kunye ne-gummy worms kuloo ndawo ibalaseleyo-ukuba lusapho lokutya okwaliwa kukutya, ukuba zizidalwa zethu-kwakubonakala ngathi akuqhelekanga; yaziva ngathi yintsomi ngendlela ezisa ukutya kuyo, ithi, iPanera, ayikaze ibekho. Kwaye oku kungenxa yokuba abasebenzi beNkundla yasePalm babenobabalo. Ndikrokrela ukuba ipremiyamu abayibeka kwinkonzo yabathengi yenza ukuba bangakholelwa ukuba kwakumnandi — kwakwanele — ukuba uPippi asele amanzi e-ice kwi-tealup ye-Eloise kwaye atye iintshulube ezingamanzi kwisitya se-Eloise, ngelixa udadewabo esitya yonke iisendwitshi zeminwe. Emva kokulahla, endiqinisekile ukuba kwakubonakala ngathi kukudodobala kuphela kubantu abadala, ndaye ndaya kuthenga kwi-Whole Foods, kwaye mna noPippi satya zonke ezinye izidlo zethu kwiNanny Suite ngelixa umyeni wam noFern babephuma ikakhulu.

Ndiyaqonda ukuba kubantu abangaqhelananga ne-aleji yokutya oku kunokuvakala kuxinzelelo. Kodwa njengombhali kunye nombhali, ndingatsho ukuba onke amabali ayinto-kubandakanya leyo kaEloise ngokwakhe. Ngaba ngenene liqela elonakeleyo elishiywe ngabazali laza lashiywa ezandleni zomgcini ohlawulwayo? Ngokuqinisekileyo, kodwa ukwaliQhawekazi elixhonyiweyo elisengumfanekiso wamantombazana amancinci kumashumi eminyaka emva kokuba uKay Thompson emdala, ngo-1955. Ngoku, xa sikhumbula ngohambo lwethu, iintombi zam zithi iindawo abazithandayo ibiyiCentral Park, ucango olunemigca yesuti , kunye nezitulo ezihonjisiweyo ezinamatye ezitulo, apho babehleli khona benxibe iimpahla zokunxiba. Okwangoku, kumyeni wam nakum, eyona ndima siyithandayo yayikukuqonda ukuba ukuhamba nabantwana kuya kuba lula. Izinto ezisetyenziswayo azikabi lula, kodwa azinangxaki kangako kunangaphambili. Kithi sonke, olu hambo lwaluziva ngathi kukuphambuka okuqinisekileyo kubomi bethu obuqhelekileyo obungenantlonelo. Ivakele, usenokude uthi, njengesahluko sencwadi esiyibhalayo silusapho. I-Eloise Suite isuka kwi- $ 2,043; theplazany.com .