Miss Manhattan Hangs Out...with Randolph Cornelius Gstaadt III

In light of the weather this week, my MMHO plans changed a bit and I improvised.

About five years ago, a four-foot teddy bear arrived at the doorstep of my old apartment.

“Hello. I’m Randolph Cornelius Gstaadt the Third, and I live here now,” he said.
“Weird,” I said. “Okay.”
It was by far not the weirdest thing that had happened to me since moving to New …