in fact it bloody poured down and i got caught out in it! it was kind of raining when i left my first appointment, but i continued on to my second and when it started getting serious i stopped in the corner cafe for lunch. when i came out it was ok, so i headed up to fifth avenue for my appointment... by the time i hit park avenue it was absolutely tipping down so i took shelter under an awning - most of the apartment blocks have them. 10 minutes later i was still there... i rang the lovely phyllis and told her that i was stuck under an awning and that i would be there as soon as i could.
this is the view from under my awning:
when it subsided a bit i just went for it, but slippery flip-flops aint easy to walk in! just as i was about to cross the road to phyllis's a man came down the street selling umbrellas - so i bought one for $5 and i said to him 'where were you 10 minutes ago?' and he replied 'i was running to find you!' which i thought was totally brilliant!
i crossed the street and arrived to phyllis looking like a drowned rat... now phyllis is a terribly glamorous, beautiful 93 year old who was famous in her youth and has a gorgeous apartment on fifth avenue. i had a lovely chat with her, but the funny thing was that she asked me about my leggings (which i was wearing - in my usual way - with a dress) - she said 'well, you look very chic today, but why do you wear those things?', i was slightly nonplussed... so i replied 'to stop me flashing my underwear if a breeze blows up my skirt and to stop my legs sticking to plastic chairs' which she seemed to think a suitable answer! honestly - the odd questions i get!
after work i stopped by to see john and jean who i am going to be cat sitting for for a week starting this sunday. they live a couple of blocks from here in a lovely apartment on 90th and york. they have two very well loved cats, sammy and bobby - but they're going to pay me to stay there for a week and look after them - so it's all good as far as i'm concerned!
dashed away from seeing them to meet some of the others in central park to see the new york philharmonic play a free concert in the park - which was wonderful. they actually had two orchestras playing, them and the shanghai symphony orchestra (i think). it was wonderful and the stand-outs were the shanghai orchestra doing 'rhapsody in blue' and the ny orchestra doing 'bolero' - made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up!
home feeling happy but very grubby - shower - blog - bed
nightie night
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