All Fall Down

Yesterday, for the first time in a while, I went to get lunch at a Japanese restaurant a couple of blocks from work. This morning, when I came out of the subway, I saw that the building next door to the restaurant had partially collapsed. Apparently, the building had been vacant, so they [...]

normal Brooklyn

My boss just said, “now at least we’re having NORMAL weather.” I agree with that sentiment. It is 50-something degrees and not raining. It’s exciting—I already needed a break from the heat.
I’m tired—nothing new there. Last night I fell asleep with the TV on and was awakened about an hour later by the cat, [...]

Howya doin’

I had a meeting at a f0undation this morning so that our group could report the first 6 months of progress on our project. This foundation is located in a very fancy building, but the doorman is pure New York. There was plenty of “Hey, Howya doin’?” We were charmed. When he [...]

Apply cream cheese to thighs

Yesterday we tried to go for a run, but given the heat we ended up doing a lot of walking. We were in good company with other park users walking around red-faced and hot.
Some of that sluggishness might also have had something to do with the rugelach (a rolled up cookie) I made for [...]

Come on baby wash my clothes

The laundry saga continues. For the few weeks since my laundry place burned down, I have been using a laundry service that opens too late to do a pickup in the morning, which meant that it was at least 24 hours between their pick-up and delivery. What was worse was that I often had to [...]

News of the bland

I did not win the Mega-Millions jackpot and am very disappointed. 
I haven’t been writing much about my running lately because there hasn’t been so much of it.  Late night was representative of how I’ve been “running”—I run a mile and a half, walk a half mile, run a couple of minutes more and then [...]

Butting

Frannie hunts pigeons.  Nice butt, huh.

Spring

I thought that I was going to be able to post during lunch, but that didn’t happen.  Instead I will leave you with a picture of a robin near our running path in Pr0spect Park.

Please don’t eat the daffodils

I spent most of the day outdoors and really enjoyed it.  I ran in the morning, I knit en plein air (snortle) in the afternoon, and then I met a friend who was tending her friend’s 3 year old.  This kid had his own schedule and it involved attempts to crash an outdoor wedding, walk [...]

Nothingish

I went out for a run on Wednesday night. My friends and I are terribly out of shape but it was great to get out there and get the blood moving. Today and tomorrow are supposed to be warm and sunny and I am hoping to spend a lot of time at the park tomorrow.
I’m [...]