It's almost thanksgiving. For "non-lawyer human beings," as my Contracts professor says, that should be a happy time. For 1L's, it's anything but. Rather, it's a time for late night pecan pie and gelato. It's delicious, but also eaten in stressful sorrow.
Twenty-five years ago, two people started a life together. They came from different backgrounds, growing up halfway around the world, before meeting in New York.
This November has been warm so far. It offers great walking weather to observe the trees with its turning colors, the streaming sunlight on stately brownstones....and scope out some food.