"Adam Smith, Esq." was born early last year, and, as the calendar inevitably rolls over, I want to wish each and every reader a Merry Christmas, and the most propitious of New Year's, reflecting whatever your hearts most desire and your dreams most aspire to. 

Much as I wish I could meet each and every one of you, time and distance conspire against us, so I leave you for Christmas with the hope that you have a true companion by your side, that you enjoy the miraculous blessings of dark black coffee, inky red wine, cheese with a non-negotiable point of view, and bread that fights back.

Signing off, then, from New York to spend a few days in California, I leave you with Rockefeller Center, a core, familiar, always-new, and indispensable node on the urban ecosystem that is New York City: