“A New York Night” or “I Time-Traveled to 2019”

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I just got back from 2019, and it was incredible. Last night started at 6:30pm with a dance class. Not any old jazzercise. This is a class I have taken on-and-off since 2002. The choreographer, Tootsie Olan, is an incredible force of nature who over two decades has become a friend. Whenever I live in New York or visit from my stints on the West Coast, I take the class. It’s my anchor in the city, my entry…