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Some folks want a quiet little table in the corner, or maybe one with a view.
Me?
Like a lot of coffeebar frequenters I want one with some voltage - this girl’s cell phone needs charging.
I’m taking a rare two days to myself, and I started my day by working on some of my blogs. There’s a lot of behind the scenes stuff that needs a tweak or two.
After that I headed downtown to Macy’s to snoop for sales. I bagged three fall perfect tops that will work well through winter.
I need two pair of black jean/leggings, which I will pick up tomorrow.
I might take in a movie at 7, or go home and have a long nap. I haven’t decided yet.
How’s your Sunday so far?
Spotted on St. Marks Place
I found out about Wordle at Ivan Girl’s blog DEAR ME.
She and Mama Waples are the newest members at She Who Blogs
As you can see I went with quiet colors the first time around. The next one is going to have a bit more zing!
After an hour of rolling back and forth sleepless on my futon, I pulled on some clothes and headed into the night.
It was 2:47am so I didn’t go far. There’s a 24 hour bakery-deli-pizza parlor across the street. It’s fairly new, but honestly it was a dive from day one.
It was the perfect time to go. They were taking all the fresh baked goods out of the overn. My diet went all to H-E- double hockey sticks as I happily pulled a chair up to my late night/early morning feast. A warm from the oven poppy seed bagel with lox cream cheese, a real ginger-ale and fresh croissant stuffed with gooey chocolate.
Chewing with major pleasure and a tad of guilt I watched the night crawlers. That was dad’s term for the people who walk New York’s streets by night.
All the usual suspects were out. A weird guy dragging an overloaded luggage cart behind him. There’s always a weird guy with an overloaded luggage cart in these places. The guy in the corner talking to himself. The worn out middle-aged lady who works the late shift.
Traffic was surprisingly brisk, mostly yellow cabs, trcuks and rumbly 104 buses.
As I sat I played out an imprtant call I had to make in a few hours.
It was going to be all about empowering the other person to see things my way.
I played out a few dialogues in my head, and by time I was done so was my meal.
Fell asleep as soon as I got home.
At night the police escort over-sized loads over the George Washington Bridge.
This was the first time I saw subway cars.
You never know what’s next on the subway.
I’ve seen singers, drummer, hip hop dancers & even a magician complete with bunny.
I had to take this one fast because he got on just as I was getting off the train.
a walk around the Central Park Reservoir
Could have been a little smarter about the footwear. I forgot how dusty it is there.
Got my hair cut short by a totally cool woman with a mohawk on the Upper East Side.
No, I didn’t get a mohawk - just my regular do cut a little extra short.
Shopped for more deodoarant and stuff - I’ve spent a fortune in the last few days on incidentals!
Lunch was Asian & quite good.
Then home again to lie in front of the TV and just veg out.
And how are you?
I found this at The Daily Meme
Do you love the rain . . . or hate it?
I love the sound of rain pinging on the air conditioner, late at night, when I am in bed with the covers up to my chin.
I feel challenged by it during the day. The worse the storm - the bigger my urge to be out in it.
Had a friend years ago who told me, “When I see it storming I put the kettle on, because I know you’ll be by at some point.
Have you ever sung, danced or simply played in the rain?
I don’t dislike the rain enough to sing at it - I have a tin ear and a set of vocal cords to match.
Dancing? No not that either.
But I have walked for miles in it with my big umbrella and waterproof Timberland boots.
What do you like best about a rainy day?
The city smells cleaner during and just after a rain.
Have you ever thought about the rain (or a storm) as a metaphor for life?
Doesn’t everyone?
My favorite days are overcast ones. I don’t like direct sun, but I like it warm and breezy.
You could say I like my life like that too.
I prefer not to be in the spotlight.
It’s my daughter’s doggie - ain’t she something?
I caught these young rollerbladers at the Columbus Circle Fountain.
Yes, they are skating up the sloped wall of the fountain.
Fearless aren’t they?
Questions: Is this a benefit of or the price of fame?
Would you you want to be the Halloween mask of the moment?
Funny how I am looking forward to school atarting, and my daughter is grown and married four years now.
Going through the stores and checking all the Back-to-School sales is always fun.
Especially the notebooks, I need a fresh supply.
I did Manic Monday over at The Meme Section. Our fearless leader comes up with a pretty good set of questions every week.
View off dock
All those dark dots in the algae are turtles heads poking up to breathe. I think they like to people watch while they’re at it.
More than turtles live in the pond. Can you make out who or what is walking along the pond’s edge to join his buddies?
I call this gang El Banditos.
My buddy Lissa is running a Creative Photography Contest & I couldn’t recommend you participating more.
Lissa designed the header for this blog as well as The Meme Section & She Who Blogs
And we’re almost done creating a site map for all my blogs.
Here’s a copy of her post over at the She Who Blogs group site.
photo by lissa
The prize: A blog makeover (WordPress & Blogger only, for Typepad user, a new header) or one item from amazon.com (under 50 dollars).
Rules
1. Post your photo at your blog.
2. You may use the logo below with your entry.
3. Write about your process and how you end up with your photo.
4. Leave a link to your photo in the comments.
5. Please limit the use of software, ie, Adobe Photoshop, Elements.
6. For amateur or semi-amateur photographers only.
The contest begins today and ends on Friday, August 23, 2008. Winner will be announce the week after. After all the entries are in, a new post will be up with all the links to the entries and readers can leave a comment voting for their favorite. The final will be chosen by members of shewhodesigns.
Any questions email me (Lissa) at shewhoblogs at gmail dot com.
I’m one lucky blogger you know.
Sabine from ScaGozo just presented me with this beauty:
This one is from Mushu:
isn’t he adorable?
And there are several more stored on my hard drive.
I better get to work.
Waving at you from New York
I don’t ever want to outgrow teen movies.
Yesterday I posted this pic of pear trees.
I also wrote that I would reveal there whereabouts today.
If you look closely at the sign you’ll see a pear too.
I got shivers just thinking about the murderer creeping out this back door.
The barn.
out a post of any substance.
Allergies are kicking my butt for the second week now.
I’ll leave you with this photo; tomorrow you’ll find out where these pears live.
Good night.
He that plants trees loves others besides himself.
English Proverb
1, Lunch with best galpal - She’s not been well, and it was great to be out and about with her.
2. Clearance Sale at Old Navy - 4 really cool t-shirts for 10 bucks. My favorite has a subway car screened on it.
3. Lemon is now available for tea. Let me not get into how their not having lemon for tea has annoyed me over the years.
And while it’s only lemon juice in those little plastic packs, it’s a start,
4. Dinner plans with my favorite mother-daughter team.
How is/was your Sunday?
has just won his first gold medal in Beijing; it is also the 7th one of his career.
Sitting here in one my favorite neighborhood spots watching it all happen on the bar TV.
There was a round of applause here when he finished the event, and I don’t mind telling you I wiped away a tear.
It just makes you feel so red, white and blue.
Yay! USA
The chinese believe the number 8 to be lucky.
Four is not considered lucky at all. A friend of mine in the wireless business tells me that the cellular companies understand this, and will provide “fourless” phone numbers for those customers, Cool, huh?
When I had a Sprint mobile I had to request a number change because a drunken man of Hispanic origins would call me all the time asking to speak to Jessica.
The calls came from all parts of the country, so I figured he was either a traveling salesmen or on the lam.
No matter how many times I told him this was no longer Jessica’s number he refused to believe me. Over and over he would beg me in Spanish and broken English to please put Jessica on the phone, becuuuuzzzzz he luuuuvvvvveeedd her.
One night I totally lost patience and yelled at him,
“You’ll never see her again! I’ve tied her up and hidden her under the bed!”
Then I called Sprint and asked for a new number.
Just back from a trip to Atlantic City, I decided to ask for a number with 7’s in it.
They obliged me with three in row! I was quite the happy camper.
So the question is did you feel this was a lucky day for you?
Mine was actually quite good.
Speaking of sevens - my previous post is seven camera phone pics from Heart.
I think they are pretty neat.
Adios amigos & amigas.
Last night I was talking to my dear friend Heart.
“Five things week is up - give me a new theme.”
“How about five camera phone pics from your friend in LaLa Land?”
Heart is currently on the West Coast, and we’ve been Multi-Media Messaging quite a bit.
Thank goodness for unlimited packages.
Here’s seven - I couldn’t pick just five - there’s a few more which will be up soon.
1.) What’s Your Focus?
mommy blogger? techie blog? political? book reviews? humor? fictional? general? crafts?
2.) Choosing a Blogging Platform/Host
how to set up free blogs at Blogger, WordPress.com & Angelfire. paid options
3.) Less is More
avoiding the blog that takes forever to load and/or crashes everyone’s computer
4.) Attracting Visitors
link exchanging, BlogExplosion, Entrecard, bloghop till you drop
5.) Photos on Your Blog
digital cameras, scanning existing, free photo editing software, where to host your photos
I’ve often thought it would be hellafun to get a crowd of folks who would love to blog in a room, and help them get up and running.
Much bloglove to you all.
1.) I think pretty fast on my feet. On more than one occasion I’ve pulled an explanation out of thin air.
2.) The way my hair & eyes look when I wear green or gold.
3.) My laugh - kinda like bubbly water
4.) My hands - especially after a manicure
5.) How I’m getting a little less uptight about things as I get older. It’s a process.
1.) My iced chai with soy milk - I’m at Starbucks.
2.) The young woman next to me stares dreamily at a tropical photo filled laptop screen. A milti-colored flip flop is dangling off her right foot. A seaside romance? Upcoming vacation?
3.) My feet tapping along to the beat of the music pouring out of the sound system.
4.) The wild eyed weirdo whose trying to strike up a conversation with any woman in the place. He tried me first - the look I shot him made him physically step back. Hey, I’m a life-long New Yorker. We ride the subways baby.
5.) That sweet little counter girl who makes everyone feels like the only customer in the place.
At first glance you might think this is a nun - nope.
It’s The Umbrella Guy. Well, that’s what I call him.
His outfit is made out of black umbrella fabric.
I can tell because the little metal tips are all still on.
He walks around Washington Square Park quite a bit.
I took this on my last trip to Coney Island.
A pic of my black croc and flowered bag on the downtown 2 train.
No idea why I felt like taking that, or this next one of a guy standing next to an air conditioner.
What can I tell you?
Sometimes I simply point and shoot.
I googled this, but only found similar photos on flickr.
I’m guessing a band and/or album.
1, It allows me to post to all my WordPress,com blogs from my mobile device,
2. I can check out my stats and comments, as well as view my blog,
3, It does not let you upload pictures, but I remain ever hopeful,
4. I don’t know if you can use HTML, but now I know what tomorrow’s experiment will be,
5. You can use tags, save as draft and t’s absolutely free!
SabineM - My She Who Blogs buddy did a list of places she’s visited. The girl gets around.
Jay - Came her as a visitor via SabineM’s post. She did several lists in one post. I love visiting new blogs.
Michelle - Another She Who Blogs buddy - visiting her blog is an experience.
Lissa - She did her list in my comments section. Lissa designed the headers for this blog, my meme blog, and She Who Blogs
I’m a member of her group She Who Designs.org
Her 5 list:
5 things I am doing instead of work:
1. lurking around blogs and news sites
2. checking/writing emails
3. staring at my computer screen/pretending to be busy
4. drinking honey & vanilla yogurt/got it from this new cafe Pret - they have healthy food, check out their site http://www.pret.com/us
5. making this list
Emerald Eyes - A much appreciated long-time visitor to my blogs.
Her list:
5 Fave Things to Wear in the Summer: (Note these are the printable favorites to wear out of the house: *wink*)
1) soft pre-washed, black cotton capris with nifty cargo pockets and ties on the legs that don’t tickle.
2) Royal blue, black, white, and deep torquoise soft v-necked top.
3) Slightly lacy, slightly babydoll cleavage cut (but not too low) top: black background with striking royal blue, torquoise and a touch of lime green pattern on it.
4)flowy lightweight skirts or long “artsy” dresses
5) short shorts (but not too short- no tush handing out): soft lt. blue denim with pink flower sewn on pockets. We’re given clothing for our daughter so what she doesn’t want, I’m allowed to wear, if I don’t look too foolish in it.
Peace out 
Hebrew
To female - “ani ohev otach” (said by male) “ohevet Otach” (said by female)
To male - “ani ohev otcha” (said by male) “Ohevet ot’cha” (said by female)
French - Je t’aime, Je t’adore
Hindi - Hum Tumhe Pyar Karte hae
Pig Latin - Iay ovlay ouyay
Tunisian - Ha eh bak
- Five (1951) - The tagline - Four men and one woman are the last five people on Earth…This is their story!
- The Big Five Personality Test - I thought my results were pretty accurate.
- National High Five Day - Definitely going to try this out next April.
- Generation 5 - Their goal is to end child abuse in five generations.
- 5 Simple Tactics for Blogging Success
