Here’s some good advice from Deep in the Heart of Brooklyn’s, Brooklyn Beat.

The chill is in the air. The 2007 Beaujolais Nouveau is in the
stores. The holiday lights are going up all over Brooklyn. The 80+ foot
fir tree is up in Rockefeller Center, waiting to be lit. There are strikes on both coasts, and two in New York City. The Democrats are arm-wrassling in Vegas, hopefully avoiding an implosion, and Karl Rove is in NYC to sign a book deal. Gridlock is here with a vengeance. It must be holiday time in New York City.

Starting a week from today, Friday, the end-of-the-year holiday hubub
will be in full gear, as the Christmas shoppers, already out in force,
will commence in earnest, approaching commercial escape
velocity/meltdown a few short weeks after that.

But for now, let’s
enjoy the gentle build up to America’s mellowest civil holiday, Thanksgiving.
We have until then to stock up on the wine and turkey (or tofurkey or
turducken, depending upon your proclivities), pies and potatoes, and
then mark some gentle time with our loved ones, culminating in the
benevolence of the "Miracle on 34th Street" and the Thanksgiving Day Parade next week.

So, if your schedule permits, let’s all enjoy this weekend, which is the calm before the calm before the storm.

–Brooklyn Beat