Pal of mine...

Dear Nicky,

Today we took a practice drive out to Stepping Stones so that I could know the way to go when the time comes for us to go there. It seems easy enough, but we drive a long ways west only to turn around and head back east to get to where we're going. There must be an easier way. After that we went to the mall at Short Hills. There's a lot of toney shops there, my boy, a lot of money is there, and lots of people walking around that want you to know that they have lots of money. We looked around at some stuff, but I wasn't really interested. We were there more to kill time than anything else. We also had lunch. I had a thin crust pizza that was pretty good, but is now giving me heartburn. Mom had some chicken thing that looked good also. You woke up right in the middle of the meal and demanded to be fed, so I gave you a bottle, which you downed handily. It was perfect timing, actually, because it gave the pizza a chance to cool off. So, thanks.

Love,
Dad