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communicate his boundaries1."
"Right," I mouth back as I reach to loosen the stroller straps before he hurts himself. She disappears down the dark blue hall as I wheel our Emoting Grayer to the stairwell where he will be able to communicate thoseboundarieswhilehis father's newwatchgetstheattentionitdeserves.
Nanny,
The caterers will be setting up the tables this afternoon, so please keep Grayer out of their way. Theheadof theChicagoofficewill becomingbytodotheseatingarrangement.
I was wondering if you couldthrow something together for Grayer. dinner, sinceI won. be hometilleight. HelovesCoquillesSt. Jacques. AndIthinkwehavesomebeetsinthefridge. That shouldbesimple. Seeyouat 8.
Alsodon. forgettodohisflashcards.
Thanks abunch!
Coquillessaywhat?!Whateverhappenedtomacandcheesewith asideof broccoli?
In desperate search of a cookbook I pull open the teak cupboard doors, trying not to mark the trompe d'oeil walls, but there isn't a single cookbook to be found, not even the token joy of Cooking or Silver Palate.
She owns what I estimate, based on a Christmas stint at Williams-Sonoma, to be over $40,000 in appliances, yet everything continually looks as though it's just been unpacked. From the La Cornue Le Chateau custom color stove with electric and gas ovens that start at $15,000, to the full set of Bourgeat copper cookware for $1,912, everything is of the best quality. But the only appliance that looks broken in is the Capresso C3000 espresso machine that retails for $2,400.And, no, for that price, it does not findyou aman.I asked.
I open all the cabinets and the drawers, trying to familiarize myself with the equipment, as if holding eachWiisthofknifemighttellme thesecrettotheSt. SomethingI'm supposedtobepreparing.
Mysearchfor a recipeleads me out to her office where I find nothingbut a marked-up Neiman Marcus catalogandConnie,theXes'housekeeper,onher kneesscrubbingthedoorknobwith atoothbrush.
"Hi,doyouknowwhereMrs. Xkeepshercookbooks?" I ask.
"Mrs. X don't eat and shedon't cook." She redips the toothbrushin a jar of polish. "She got you cookin' fortheparty?"
"No?just dinnerforGrayer?"
"Can't seewhat's sospecialaboutthisparty. Shehateshaving
people here. We had, maybe, three dinners since she been here." She nods her head as she deftly scrubs aroundthekeyhole. "There's abunchof booksinthesecondguestroom. rythere."
"Thanks."
I continue roaming from room to cavernous room until I get to the guest suite. I skim the titles in the
floor-to-ceiling bookcase:
WhyShouldYouHavetheBaby?Stress andtheFertility Myth
They'reYourBreastsToo:TheNewWetNurseGuide
SoonerorLater WeAllSleepAlone:GettingYour In/antThroughthe
Night
TakingtheBiteOutofTeething
The Zen ofWalking. very Journey Begins with a First Step The Idiot's Guide to Potty Training The
Benefitsof theSuzukiMethodonYourChild's Left Brain
Development
The BodyEcology Diet forYourToddlerMaking theMost ofYour Four-Year-OUHow to PackageYour
Child;ThePreschoolInterview Makeitor Breakit:NavigatingPreschoolAdmissions
.. . And everything else you could possibly imagine in this genre to fill up four bookshelves right up
through:
City Kids Need Trees; The Benefits of a Boarding School Education The SATs. etting the Scene for
theRestofYourChild's Life
I standinsilencewithmymouthopen,forgetting,for afull moment,thecoquilles andbeets. Huh.
"I'm really concerned that you're going to fail out of school and be making other people dinner for the
restofyourlife!Thisis a redflag
THE NANNY DIARIES
here, Nan. Now,if memory serves, you signed onto provide child care forthis woman.That's all, right?
Isshepaying youanymoreforthisextra service?"
"No.Mom, thisisnot agoodtime tobehaving?
"I mean,youshouldspend adaydownhereattheshelterkitchen.Getsomeperspective."
"Okay,thisis not agoodtime tobehaving?
"At least you'd be helping people who really need it. Maybe you should just pause for a second, look insideyourself,checkin?MOM!" I
"Right," I mouth back as I reach to loosen the stroller straps before he hurts himself. She disappears down the dark blue hall as I wheel our Emoting Grayer to the stairwell where he will be able to communicate thoseboundarieswhilehis father's newwatchgetstheattentionitdeserves.
Nanny,
The caterers will be setting up the tables this afternoon, so please keep Grayer out of their way. Theheadof theChicagoofficewill becomingbytodotheseatingarrangement.
I was wondering if you couldthrow something together for Grayer. dinner, sinceI won. be hometilleight. HelovesCoquillesSt. Jacques. AndIthinkwehavesomebeetsinthefridge. That shouldbesimple. Seeyouat 8.
Alsodon. forgettodohisflashcards.
Thanks abunch!
Coquillessaywhat?!Whateverhappenedtomacandcheesewith asideof broccoli?
In desperate search of a cookbook I pull open the teak cupboard doors, trying not to mark the trompe d'oeil walls, but there isn't a single cookbook to be found, not even the token joy of Cooking or Silver Palate.
She owns what I estimate, based on a Christmas stint at Williams-Sonoma, to be over $40,000 in appliances, yet everything continually looks as though it's just been unpacked. From the La Cornue Le Chateau custom color stove with electric and gas ovens that start at $15,000, to the full set of Bourgeat copper cookware for $1,912, everything is of the best quality. But the only appliance that looks broken in is the Capresso C3000 espresso machine that retails for $2,400.And, no, for that price, it does not findyou aman.I asked.
I open all the cabinets and the drawers, trying to familiarize myself with the equipment, as if holding eachWiisthofknifemighttellme thesecrettotheSt. SomethingI'm supposedtobepreparing.
Mysearchfor a recipeleads me out to her office where I find nothingbut a marked-up Neiman Marcus catalogandConnie,theXes'housekeeper,onher kneesscrubbingthedoorknobwith atoothbrush.
"Hi,doyouknowwhereMrs. Xkeepshercookbooks?" I ask.
"Mrs. X don't eat and shedon't cook." She redips the toothbrushin a jar of polish. "She got you cookin' fortheparty?"
"No?just dinnerforGrayer?"
"Can't seewhat's sospecialaboutthisparty. Shehateshaving
people here. We had, maybe, three dinners since she been here." She nods her head as she deftly scrubs aroundthekeyhole. "There's abunchof booksinthesecondguestroom. rythere."
"Thanks."
I continue roaming from room to cavernous room until I get to the guest suite. I skim the titles in the
floor-to-ceiling bookcase:
WhyShouldYouHavetheBaby?Stress andtheFertility Myth
They'reYourBreastsToo:TheNewWetNurseGuide
SoonerorLater WeAllSleepAlone:GettingYour In/antThroughthe
Night
TakingtheBiteOutofTeething
The Zen ofWalking. very Journey Begins with a First Step The Idiot's Guide to Potty Training The
Benefitsof theSuzukiMethodonYourChild's Left Brain
Development
The BodyEcology Diet forYourToddlerMaking theMost ofYour Four-Year-OUHow to PackageYour
Child;ThePreschoolInterview Makeitor Breakit:NavigatingPreschoolAdmissions
.. . And everything else you could possibly imagine in this genre to fill up four bookshelves right up
through:
City Kids Need Trees; The Benefits of a Boarding School Education The SATs. etting the Scene for
theRestofYourChild's Life
I standinsilencewithmymouthopen,forgetting,for afull moment,thecoquilles andbeets. Huh.
"I'm really concerned that you're going to fail out of school and be making other people dinner for the
restofyourlife!Thisis a redflag
THE NANNY DIARIES
here, Nan. Now,if memory serves, you signed onto provide child care forthis woman.That's all, right?
Isshepaying youanymoreforthisextra service?"
"No.Mom, thisisnot agoodtime tobehaving?
"I mean,youshouldspend adaydownhereattheshelterkitchen.Getsomeperspective."
"Okay,thisis not agoodtime tobehaving?
"At least you'd be helping people who really need it. Maybe you should just pause for a second, look insideyourself,checkin?MOM!" I
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