What I learned on my dog walk

I’m late. I was going to make my triumphant return to the blogosphere when the Car Guys’ Puzzler returned from summer vacation. Been having too much fun getting up to speed on being a Product Manager, camping, swimming, napping and dog walking. Better late than never for keen insight on pressing issues found on Dogma Musings. So, here goes. As we passed by the church/synagogue on our walk the other day, we saw a simple, square temporary structure made of 1-by-2’s and lattice. There were paper chains, decorated paper plates hung with colorful yarn and a hand printed sign that said, “Don’t forget to decorate the sukkah!” OK then. Coney and I went in to sniff around and admire the decorations. I later read an article in the Times that talked about the Jewish harvest festival of Sukkot that includes hanging out in sukkahs to commorate the 40 years of living in makeshift dwellings as the Jews made their way to the Holy Land. There’s one taking up prime real estate in Bryant Park for the week of the festival. It’s a place to eat and give blessings and invite your friends. Almost sounds like a bar. They had several events at the Bryant Park sukkah including Sushi at the Sukkah, Jazz at the Sukkah and, my favorite, Pizza in the Hut. What next? Perhaps Wil Shortz will show up for Sudoku in the Sukkah. Cheers or whatever.