Stiletto City in February

Back from Stiletto City, but the melody lingers on. Each time The Great Plotnik visits his home town when the weather is good and conditions are just right, he remembers what he used to love about it. He used to think that if his family weren't still there he'd never set foot in the place again. Now he's not so sure.

Speaking with The Great BeeziWeezi on the phone from Mummy Plotnik's house, she says there are 26 inches of snow in Central Park. The snowplows clear the tourist areas but do nothing up where BZWZ lives, so walking to work is tough. It's cold. She's got mice.

But after hanging up the phone, the rest of the family takes a walk in Runyon Canyon and here is what there is to see. It's hard to fault a city that gives you views like this.

No, actually, it's easy. The place is a caricature of itself. If Stiletto City got as p.o'd over unflattering cartoons as certain other groups do, they'd have burnt the place down a century ago.

But flaws and jokes aside, Stiletto City in February is a very beautiful place. The Great Plotnik has a funny feeling it may be home again, some day, for everyone. Who knows?