hey all
well, today has been a bit of let-down...
pottered around in the morning and then went to yoga - felt great as i haven't been for a week as i've been so busy. then planned to go over to a roof-top bar to meet the others before heading down to central park to see a free gig by jack penate and the xx... but that didn't happen...
i decided to stay home to apply for a design job that's going at simon & schuster, so i needed to write the cover email, jiggle around my cv and get together some cover designs to show - that ended up taking way longer than i expected and then i had to do some laundry - boring but necessary...
so by the time i had finished doing all that the others had left the roof-top bar and had headed down to the gig. zoe texted me saying that the queue was too long, the gig was full and that they weren't letting anyone else in. i decided to head down there anyway but by the time i got near to the park zoe called and said that the others had decided to call it a night and had gone back to where they were staying...
zoe and i had been waiting to see a movie called salt that came out about a week ago so i suggested we go and see that. we met up and went to see the movie - what a load of nonsense - enjoyable - but so far-fetched it was just laughable really.
so, i've just left zoe and come back to the apartment - time to draw a line under today and get an early night...
last week at search & care this week - it's going to be hard to say goodbye to all my lovely clients...
vx
Sunday, 8 August 2010
at last, a relaxing saturday...
hey all
well saturday was lovely - chilled out in the morning - did some pottering and some refining of my new york playlist - it's still not quite right yet...
then off downtown to meet john who has invited me to lunch. i've offered to read some chapters of his book and give him some advice - eek, i did tell him i'm not an editor! but i'm gonna check the spelling and stuff! and he offered to buy me lunch which was nice. so we went to the waverly diner which is a very old fashioned diner - lovely inside and the food was great - but the staff were really grumpy and quite unhelpful - which made john and i laugh a lot... in fact we laughed a lot through the whole meal and then 2 cups of coffee too.
then we didn't have plans until later so we went off and had a mooch around the west village and soho i think. was wonderful, did some book shopping, record shopping, found a market, bought a beautiful etching, in all it was just so nice to mooch around without having to dash off anywhere else... very very nice day!
went over to brooklyn in the evening to see sharon jones and dap kings play a free show in prospect park. met up with emilie and helen who had just come out from the brooklyn museum and we ended up leaving john to go into the museum and walking down through the park to the gig. which turned out to be massively oversubscribed and we ended up sitting on a dusty pavement listening to the band - boo! we didn't end up staying long as we were so far away and couldn't see anything. sounded fantastic though...
took forever to get home, as it often does from brooklyn - hey ho! got home and did a bit more holiday booking before tumbling into bed...
well saturday was lovely - chilled out in the morning - did some pottering and some refining of my new york playlist - it's still not quite right yet...
then off downtown to meet john who has invited me to lunch. i've offered to read some chapters of his book and give him some advice - eek, i did tell him i'm not an editor! but i'm gonna check the spelling and stuff! and he offered to buy me lunch which was nice. so we went to the waverly diner which is a very old fashioned diner - lovely inside and the food was great - but the staff were really grumpy and quite unhelpful - which made john and i laugh a lot... in fact we laughed a lot through the whole meal and then 2 cups of coffee too.
then we didn't have plans until later so we went off and had a mooch around the west village and soho i think. was wonderful, did some book shopping, record shopping, found a market, bought a beautiful etching, in all it was just so nice to mooch around without having to dash off anywhere else... very very nice day!
went over to brooklyn in the evening to see sharon jones and dap kings play a free show in prospect park. met up with emilie and helen who had just come out from the brooklyn museum and we ended up leaving john to go into the museum and walking down through the park to the gig. which turned out to be massively oversubscribed and we ended up sitting on a dusty pavement listening to the band - boo! we didn't end up staying long as we were so far away and couldn't see anything. sounded fantastic though...
took forever to get home, as it often does from brooklyn - hey ho! got home and did a bit more holiday booking before tumbling into bed...
it's friday again!
ok you monkeys!
gonna make this one quick as i'm off out to see the xx and jack penate for free in central park in a short while...
friday - another ridiculously long day... had my regular 'frouma friday' appointment at 9am - she always asks me something that i can't possibly remember on a friday morning and then tells me off when my poor brain can't quite reach out and grab the information it's grasping for! but she's great and she made me some coffee this morning which did help my little brain!!!
then it was off to see the gorgeous phyllis - i've told you all about phyllis before - 93, glamorous, beautiful apartment on 5th avenue... well, i turned up and she wanted to take me out for lunch! what a doll! so we went off to the lovely yura's on madison where she had about 2 bites of a salad and i had a big blt which was delicious. then she made me have a cupcake too! then we went off to the bank and then to the lovely little independent bookshop where she needed to get a card. then we went back to her apartment - and 3 and a half hours had gone by!!!!!
me and phyllis:
so then i had to skip off to see ann - went via the office which was a big mistake as i got chatting to robin and then kelly and got a bit worried about next weeks appointments - but had to run away as i was already late for ann. so we took a walk to the church garden and then i went and got her groceries and then i was done for the day!
popped into the thrift store and ended up buying a new banana republic skirt and top for $7.99 each and a bag to take on vacation for $9.99 - bargains!!!! then zoe called and we met at the cooper-hewitt museum for the cocktails in the garden evening - was lovely. yet again robin saved the day by lending me her membership card which got us in for free!
me and zoe in the garden at the cooper hewitt:
so we left there at 9pm and decided to try and join john and lucy on the intrepid (aircraft carrier where we saw ghostbusters) for the screening of raiders of the lost ark. but when we got there the shouty man wouldn't let us in. so zoe batted her eyelashes at another guy who worked there and we got in - yippeee! john met us on the red carpet and escorted us to where they were sitting - we'd missed half the film but it didn't matter - was great to be there again.
was gonna go straight home, but no, we ended up going out for more drinkies - i think zoe and i were quite pissed and we took forever getting home cos we couldn't stop giggling!
in the bar:
wandering through times square:
the chrysler building and grand central facade:
jeez - friday's just go on for ever!!!!
gonna make this one quick as i'm off out to see the xx and jack penate for free in central park in a short while...
friday - another ridiculously long day... had my regular 'frouma friday' appointment at 9am - she always asks me something that i can't possibly remember on a friday morning and then tells me off when my poor brain can't quite reach out and grab the information it's grasping for! but she's great and she made me some coffee this morning which did help my little brain!!!
then it was off to see the gorgeous phyllis - i've told you all about phyllis before - 93, glamorous, beautiful apartment on 5th avenue... well, i turned up and she wanted to take me out for lunch! what a doll! so we went off to the lovely yura's on madison where she had about 2 bites of a salad and i had a big blt which was delicious. then she made me have a cupcake too! then we went off to the bank and then to the lovely little independent bookshop where she needed to get a card. then we went back to her apartment - and 3 and a half hours had gone by!!!!!
me and phyllis:
so then i had to skip off to see ann - went via the office which was a big mistake as i got chatting to robin and then kelly and got a bit worried about next weeks appointments - but had to run away as i was already late for ann. so we took a walk to the church garden and then i went and got her groceries and then i was done for the day!
popped into the thrift store and ended up buying a new banana republic skirt and top for $7.99 each and a bag to take on vacation for $9.99 - bargains!!!! then zoe called and we met at the cooper-hewitt museum for the cocktails in the garden evening - was lovely. yet again robin saved the day by lending me her membership card which got us in for free!
me and zoe in the garden at the cooper hewitt:
so we left there at 9pm and decided to try and join john and lucy on the intrepid (aircraft carrier where we saw ghostbusters) for the screening of raiders of the lost ark. but when we got there the shouty man wouldn't let us in. so zoe batted her eyelashes at another guy who worked there and we got in - yippeee! john met us on the red carpet and escorted us to where they were sitting - we'd missed half the film but it didn't matter - was great to be there again.
was gonna go straight home, but no, we ended up going out for more drinkies - i think zoe and i were quite pissed and we took forever getting home cos we couldn't stop giggling!
in the bar:
wandering through times square:
the chrysler building and grand central facade:
jeez - friday's just go on for ever!!!!
Thursday, 5 August 2010
harlem shuffle
hey all
i'm gonna try to make this quick so that i can get an early night... i am beyond tired this week...
only had 2 appointments today - walked daisy dog this morning for lois - this is a weekly ritual, every thursday morning i have to drag daisy along to begin with and when she realises i mean business and that we're gonna walk not go back home - she's a dream! she doesn't get out much as her owner has some mobility problems. but i've been walking her an extra block every week - we walked 9 blocks today and it'll be 10 next week!
then i had a big gap in my day - filled it with lunch and calling up clients to try to cram them all in to next week - my last week at search and care... weird!
then i went off to see tina in the afternoon - italian lady - an ex-hairdresser and very funny - we get on brilliantly and have such a laugh! today she was showing me photos of her from the 70s when she was pretty hot stuff and had men queuing up! she's very cool and a little bit crazy (italian style!)
then i went and got my nails finished off - had half a manicure/pedicure earlier this week but had to leave before they did the nail varnish as i had to dash out for the evening. so went and had french on my fingers, dark grey on my toes.
then went off to a meeting for all 11 of us... only 5 of us turned up...
then steve and i dashed off to jump on a bus to get up to harlem to see gil scott heron play a free gig in marcus garvey park. so we get there to find out we've missed the whole set, but he's just about to come on for the encore - so we managed to see him play one song... i was pleased with that but think that steve was a bit pissed off!
some not very good pics of gil and his band:
decided to make it an early night and jumped a bus back down to the apartment - getting some pizza on the way!
nightie night
vx
i'm gonna try to make this quick so that i can get an early night... i am beyond tired this week...
only had 2 appointments today - walked daisy dog this morning for lois - this is a weekly ritual, every thursday morning i have to drag daisy along to begin with and when she realises i mean business and that we're gonna walk not go back home - she's a dream! she doesn't get out much as her owner has some mobility problems. but i've been walking her an extra block every week - we walked 9 blocks today and it'll be 10 next week!
then i had a big gap in my day - filled it with lunch and calling up clients to try to cram them all in to next week - my last week at search and care... weird!
then i went off to see tina in the afternoon - italian lady - an ex-hairdresser and very funny - we get on brilliantly and have such a laugh! today she was showing me photos of her from the 70s when she was pretty hot stuff and had men queuing up! she's very cool and a little bit crazy (italian style!)
then i went and got my nails finished off - had half a manicure/pedicure earlier this week but had to leave before they did the nail varnish as i had to dash out for the evening. so went and had french on my fingers, dark grey on my toes.
then went off to a meeting for all 11 of us... only 5 of us turned up...
then steve and i dashed off to jump on a bus to get up to harlem to see gil scott heron play a free gig in marcus garvey park. so we get there to find out we've missed the whole set, but he's just about to come on for the encore - so we managed to see him play one song... i was pleased with that but think that steve was a bit pissed off!
some not very good pics of gil and his band:
decided to make it an early night and jumped a bus back down to the apartment - getting some pizza on the way!
nightie night
vx
Wednesday, 4 August 2010
can he kick it... oh yes he can
hey all
another busy busy day.
went to visit phil this morning - he used to work in publicity at disney and has met all the great classic movie stars: joan crawford, bette davis, audrey hepburn, marilyn monroe, david niven, tony curtis, laurence oliver... we talk about movies a lot!
then off to visit michael again today for a hospital appointment this time. we decided to take his new wheelchair/walker and leave his old walker at home. so we go to get in the cab and we can't figure out how to collapse the new wheelchair/walker and it's like 90 degrees and so humid today so we give up and i take the chair back to the lobby...
so we get to the hospital and i grab a wheelchair that's hanging around and off we go. then i have to wait for around 2 hours in a freezing cold waiting room - but this was the view i had of FDR highway and the east river:
so i read the chapter of john's book that he's lent me which makes me laugh and feel sad and then i finish that and stare out the window at the boats going up and down the river and have a bit of a think - then i nearly have a nap and then michael's finished having a cortisone shot in his hip (ouch!) and we get back to his apartment building and i leave him with his friend while i dash off to see janice...
i get to janice's at 4.45 and i stay with her til 6pm - she's such a doll - a bit deaf - but with my foghorn voice we manage to get along famously. this is janice and she's just lovely:
janice's grandson is coming over later with his girlfriend, so i go off home to have some food and a quick lie down...
oops! little sleepy there - wake up and get my head together and then i'm off out the door and i have to take a bus downtown and then across town to get to the lincoln center to see a free gig with robert glasper (a jazzer) with his 'experimental' band - nice but a bit too noodly for me and the guy with his voice going through the keyboard round his neck just did my head in.
i'm just waiting for q-tip to be honest... and then he comes on and it's obvious that everyone's been waiting for him. he's such a legend but he only does 2 songs... still it's worth it - he's warm and sweet and perfect for a hot night in nyc...
ok, i recorded a bit... not sure if this works:
then off for a beer with steve and then waited for ever for a crosstown bus but it had the friendliest bus driver ever, but gave up waiting for an uptown bus so i shared a cab with this old guy that's waiting at the bus stop who loves my accent and then proceeds to do another dick van dyke style english accent - i just smile and then the cab stops and we share the fare and then i'm home...
off to bed...
vx
another busy busy day.
went to visit phil this morning - he used to work in publicity at disney and has met all the great classic movie stars: joan crawford, bette davis, audrey hepburn, marilyn monroe, david niven, tony curtis, laurence oliver... we talk about movies a lot!
then off to visit michael again today for a hospital appointment this time. we decided to take his new wheelchair/walker and leave his old walker at home. so we go to get in the cab and we can't figure out how to collapse the new wheelchair/walker and it's like 90 degrees and so humid today so we give up and i take the chair back to the lobby...
so we get to the hospital and i grab a wheelchair that's hanging around and off we go. then i have to wait for around 2 hours in a freezing cold waiting room - but this was the view i had of FDR highway and the east river:
so i read the chapter of john's book that he's lent me which makes me laugh and feel sad and then i finish that and stare out the window at the boats going up and down the river and have a bit of a think - then i nearly have a nap and then michael's finished having a cortisone shot in his hip (ouch!) and we get back to his apartment building and i leave him with his friend while i dash off to see janice...
i get to janice's at 4.45 and i stay with her til 6pm - she's such a doll - a bit deaf - but with my foghorn voice we manage to get along famously. this is janice and she's just lovely:
janice's grandson is coming over later with his girlfriend, so i go off home to have some food and a quick lie down...
oops! little sleepy there - wake up and get my head together and then i'm off out the door and i have to take a bus downtown and then across town to get to the lincoln center to see a free gig with robert glasper (a jazzer) with his 'experimental' band - nice but a bit too noodly for me and the guy with his voice going through the keyboard round his neck just did my head in.
i'm just waiting for q-tip to be honest... and then he comes on and it's obvious that everyone's been waiting for him. he's such a legend but he only does 2 songs... still it's worth it - he's warm and sweet and perfect for a hot night in nyc...
ok, i recorded a bit... not sure if this works:
then off for a beer with steve and then waited for ever for a crosstown bus but it had the friendliest bus driver ever, but gave up waiting for an uptown bus so i shared a cab with this old guy that's waiting at the bus stop who loves my accent and then proceeds to do another dick van dyke style english accent - i just smile and then the cab stops and we share the fare and then i'm home...
off to bed...
vx
Tuesday, 3 August 2010
go yankees!
hey all
it's been a very very busy day today... i haven't stopped...
went to see elona this morning, she's very into astrology and i've never really considered it before, but from my birth date, year and place she has told me so much about myself and my relationships - it's scarily accurate and it's been a real eye-opener for me - some of the things she tells me are freaky! she makes me think a lot about the ways things are in my life, with the nightmare that my family has become and my failed relationships. and it's not depressing at all, it actually is really helping me figure out a lot of things that go on...
second appointment with jean and agnes (her carer) - she's such a star and they're both so easy and enjoyable to be with. today jean was dying for me to watch one of her videos (she has a huge collection) so we sat and watched michael palin doing a train journey from derry to kerry (jean is irish and has lived in nyc since she was around 20). the video must have been 20 years old - but it made me strangely homesick!
my final appointment was cancelled, so i went to see allen instead. allen is an artist - he has work in london, israel, and australia - all places where he has lived. he keeps all his work in his apartment, a lot of it hangs on the walls and we have long involved discussions about the nature of art and all kinds of things. visits with him are always challenging but fascinating. today he gave me a small painting - of which i am extremely proud. it will be framed and put in pride of place in my flat on my return to london. i should point out that he intends to destroy all his work before he dies - so it really meant a lot to me that he gave me a piece.
allen and i in his apartment with some paintings in the background:
after a chat with robin i dashed home and got changed and headed up into the bronx for the yankees game at the new yankees stadium. the last time i saw the yankees was about 15 years ago when my sister lived in new jersey and we drove in to watch the game and the yankees won. no such luck tonight - the yankees got caned by the toronto blue jays. was a bit of a dull game - a slightly lacklustre performance from the yankees - but great atmosphere, it was exremely hot which probably didn't help. i love the spirit of the crowd - although they were quite mean to the blue jays pitcher. i tried to find a nice baseball cap to replace the one i got last time - but they had a rubbish selection... boo!
some pics at the game:
it's been a very very busy day today... i haven't stopped...
went to see elona this morning, she's very into astrology and i've never really considered it before, but from my birth date, year and place she has told me so much about myself and my relationships - it's scarily accurate and it's been a real eye-opener for me - some of the things she tells me are freaky! she makes me think a lot about the ways things are in my life, with the nightmare that my family has become and my failed relationships. and it's not depressing at all, it actually is really helping me figure out a lot of things that go on...
second appointment with jean and agnes (her carer) - she's such a star and they're both so easy and enjoyable to be with. today jean was dying for me to watch one of her videos (she has a huge collection) so we sat and watched michael palin doing a train journey from derry to kerry (jean is irish and has lived in nyc since she was around 20). the video must have been 20 years old - but it made me strangely homesick!
my final appointment was cancelled, so i went to see allen instead. allen is an artist - he has work in london, israel, and australia - all places where he has lived. he keeps all his work in his apartment, a lot of it hangs on the walls and we have long involved discussions about the nature of art and all kinds of things. visits with him are always challenging but fascinating. today he gave me a small painting - of which i am extremely proud. it will be framed and put in pride of place in my flat on my return to london. i should point out that he intends to destroy all his work before he dies - so it really meant a lot to me that he gave me a piece.
allen and i in his apartment with some paintings in the background:
after a chat with robin i dashed home and got changed and headed up into the bronx for the yankees game at the new yankees stadium. the last time i saw the yankees was about 15 years ago when my sister lived in new jersey and we drove in to watch the game and the yankees won. no such luck tonight - the yankees got caned by the toronto blue jays. was a bit of a dull game - a slightly lacklustre performance from the yankees - but great atmosphere, it was exremely hot which probably didn't help. i love the spirit of the crowd - although they were quite mean to the blue jays pitcher. i tried to find a nice baseball cap to replace the one i got last time - but they had a rubbish selection... boo!
some pics at the game:
Monday, 2 August 2010
how the other half live...
hey all
sorry, been off-line for a few days - moved again - and had no internet all weekend - boo!
well, still have loads to catch up on on the blog... one day i'll get round to it - promise!
have to tell you about tonight's delights though. just been down to the very cool meatpacking district to meet my cousin ann and her friend david for a fantastic dinner. oh, i wish i could eat like that every night - burgers and fries be damned! it was a truly wonderful gastronomic experience! the restaurant was called the spice market - very beautiful inside, large south east asian restaurant with wonderful decor. the food was amazing - check out the pics. we had appetizers: pork satay with pickled vegetables, shaved tuna with asian pear and thai basil and vietnamese spring rolls. entrees: indonesian chicken curry, chargrilled chicken, ribs in broth with noodles, coconut rice and jasmine rice. no room for pudding!
was lovely to see ann again - haven't seen her for a few years now, so we had lots of catching up to do. it was sooooo nice to see someone i actually know in this city of anonymous faces!
feeling full and fabulous... time for bed...
the beautiful spice market:
our food:
ann and i:
david, ann and i:
sorry, been off-line for a few days - moved again - and had no internet all weekend - boo!
well, still have loads to catch up on on the blog... one day i'll get round to it - promise!
have to tell you about tonight's delights though. just been down to the very cool meatpacking district to meet my cousin ann and her friend david for a fantastic dinner. oh, i wish i could eat like that every night - burgers and fries be damned! it was a truly wonderful gastronomic experience! the restaurant was called the spice market - very beautiful inside, large south east asian restaurant with wonderful decor. the food was amazing - check out the pics. we had appetizers: pork satay with pickled vegetables, shaved tuna with asian pear and thai basil and vietnamese spring rolls. entrees: indonesian chicken curry, chargrilled chicken, ribs in broth with noodles, coconut rice and jasmine rice. no room for pudding!
was lovely to see ann again - haven't seen her for a few years now, so we had lots of catching up to do. it was sooooo nice to see someone i actually know in this city of anonymous faces!
feeling full and fabulous... time for bed...
the beautiful spice market:
our food:
ann and i:
david, ann and i:
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