Lassa handed off the keys to deputy editor Joe DeMatio for the New Year's holiday weekend: «We had four passengers, and the cargo hold was stuffed to the gills with two extralarge duffel bags, briefcases, backpacks, multiple pairs of boots, a large roasting pan, a case of wine, a case of Pellegrino, and assorted bags and
boxes of foodstuffs with which to prepare two gourmet dinners for ten people.»