3 posts tagged “nyc”
I took both of these shots one night this week en route to and from dinner with friends. The first is blurry through a Subway window and more artistically captured here. But it was the largest rainbow I'd ever seen and it was pointed out by a very kind announcer on the train who said she's never seen anything like it. The second picture is the Empire State Building which is reflecting flag colors during the Olympics. These colors were representing Tibet.
- a visit from great Texas friends and a reunion with joint-now-NYC-former-Austin friends
- seeing Rent with above friends - 'There's No Day But Today!'
- dinner at Hill Country with above friends
- a beautiful visit to Greensboro
- ...where Spring has Sprung!
- reuniting with a dear furniture friend
- supporting the talented Molly McGinn
- having a delicious home cooked meal with busy mom, Taylor, and her family
- celebrating birthdays with J girls
- Easter Brunch in our teeny, tiny apartment with funny comics and a good friend
- seeing Wicked
- observing the videotaping of a soon-to-be instant video classic written by Andy and Tony
- visiting with another oldie friend, Billy, visiting with work from LA
Such a cool week, here are the highlights:
After we rented our apartment, Tony phoned a friend in NoVA, Jenn, to talk about something totally unrelated. She told us that a dear JMU friend lives in our neighborhood in Astoria! Mary threw a tree trimming party this week and the experience was totally joyful. She has great friends, cooked a gourmet dinner, and ... Christmas trees...a perfect recipe!
Mary asked each of the guests to bring a tree trimming ornament with the stipulations that it has to be homemade with things at your desk. I was totally intimidated because Mary - and her friends - all work in the art industry here in the city. But I did see a green post-it-note calling my name, so I brought the Charlie Brown of ornaments to the party. And of course had a fabulous time.
This weekend, I built upon my childhood fascination / obsession of the movie, "Sound of Music". I was telling (separately) Tony and Carly, my sister, about how much I love this movie - and this weekend because of it. They both had the same reaction - they burst into laughter. I don't know if it's because they have similar, cynical senses of humor or if I'm truly that comical, but regardless, I had a perfect day yesterday. There is a new book, "Sound of Music Companion", and at a four story Barnes and Noble on the Upper West Side, the author - Laurence Maslon, the Salzburg Marionettes, the president of the Rogers & Hammerstein Foundation, and Kym Karath, "Gretl" - the youngest in the movie - gave a talk about everything Sound of Music. I was surrounded by fans like me and I felt like time stood still while listening to stories of the Von Traps, how the former child actors are all still friends, how the musical was made, and stories of Julie Andrews.
I then headed down to Union Square. I've been dying to go here for years after reading about the market where all of the who's who of chefs shop and then form their restaurants specials based on what they find. Here's what I found - did you know that brussels sprouts grew like this? (first of all, I didn't even realize there was an 's' at the end of 'brussel'!)
My favorite purchase of the day is this most gorgeous fresh wreath at an unbelievable bargain price of less than $15
And, lastly, a very impressive classical string quintet, called Elianto (here is a video link from another passerby from a few weeks ago with other violinists)
