A Wedding Gift for Jeff Bezos

Pastrami a-go go and other wry tales of the city #41

With everything going on in the world - from our war with Iran, Israeli and Palestinian lives lost, the NYC mayoral election (if I get one more mailing, text, or telephone call, I'm going to open my window and scream 'I can't take it anymore!'), people being deported, higher food prices, the menace of our government, hunger in Africa and around the world, 100 degree heat here, homeless men and women all over NYC, and Lord knows what else - Amazon has decided that this cow carafe is just the thing for me. It keeps showing up as a Facebook ad.

To be clear, I do not need a cow carafe. Or a matching cow cup. On second thought, maybe I could buy the cow carafe and send it to Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez as a wedding present. If they don't like it, Amazon accepts most returns.

After all the money I've spent on Amazon and Whole Foods over the years and not even an invite to the wedding! The nerve of these people.

I'll have to settle for reading about the millions of dollars spent on the nuptials of two people who went into space but lost sight of the rest of the world. Bezos is valued at $233 billion. Most news outlets will be covering the estimated $10 million wedding instead of local news coverage which is sadly under reported. The Hollywood Reporter is calling it the wedding of the century. I thought the wedding of my token booth clerk was. More on this later.

While the rich and famous will be feasting on lavish food and drink in Venice, Italy, uptown neighbors and others less prosperous will be using can openers to open food for their dinner. Some don’t have air conditioning. The Amazon delivery people who arrive at our apartment doors, dragging boxes and bags on sidewalks and in buildings, deserve a raise. And benefits.

And instead of a $500 million dollar yacht, many of us are without oars or a paddle, fearful of what's up the creek.

I’ll pass on the cutest cow carafe.