Indeed, I got too caught up in my business trip to post every day. And since getting back on Saturday, I’ve had a haircut, and been to a swim meet, which means I do have writing topics up the wazoo. I wasn’t fretting about it too much since I caught my mom up on everything, [...]
Archive for the ‘Once a New Yorker’ Category
8 Dec
seven things
Courtney tagged me for the “seven things” meme. I probably shouldn’t open the post that way, lest you say to yourself, “ick. a meme. I never read those masturbatory odes to oneself.“ But there’s no test at the end, so if you want to skip learning seven things about me, that’s cool. But before you [...]
10 Oct
Friday Five
With apologies and thanks to Stefanie, for being so kind about letting me steal the Friday Five… ONE: Went to Jersey yesterday to get the radio in my car fixed. (Random buttons would stop working at random intervals.) They gave me a refurbished one which is exactly like the old one, except that it only [...]
18 Aug
The top 10 things I learned this weekend
Two days is not enough time to be considered “time off.” If you’re planning on going out of town for a weekend in the month of August, just take Friday off. Everyone else is doing it, so it’s not like you can reach anyone you need to anyway. SisterAlyson has definite ideas about music that [...]
30 Jun
Did anyone else just see June fly by?
Sometimes you don’t realize that it’s the end of the month, and get caught off guard by the AM radio DJ’s as happened to me this morning. It’s especially pronounced on these silly 30-day months, I think. Anyway, I hope your June was as enjoyable as mine was. Especially this past weekend. On Saturday I [...]
4 Jun
There is no pudding factory in Poughkeepsie
I better get back on my 30 activities: Hudson Valley project, because there seem to be some misconceptions about the place I now call home. After seeing Sex And the City with the gals at the Poughkeepsie Galleria last night, I was a bit horrified and amused that the town name got used as a [...]
7 May
3. The Train Stain
This is the Poughkeepsie Train Station, which I think of as “The Train Stain” since the time Birmingham accidentally called it that in front of his friends. We all had a good laugh at his expense, and now it’s stuck. This particular station is the last stop on the Metro North Hudson Line, unless you [...]
21 Apr
Shelby was right, it looks like a brown football helmet
I treated myself to a trip to the city yesterday. In case you don’t subscribe to my Twitter feed, I texted in some tweets that went like this: Riverbank State Park makes me regret moving to the Hudson Valley. Whole Foods @ Columbus Circle makes me regret moving to the Hudson Valley. The A Train [...]
3 Apr
Doppleganger
Remember way back when I asked you for advice on doing my taxes online? Well, I finally got around to using TurboTax, and it was great. I did it over Easter weekend, and I’ve been promised a nice little refund and the $600 rebate so that I can stimulate the economy in my own special [...]
7 Mar
They Paved Paradise
Do you remember what you were doing on August 14, 2003? I was working as a non-paid production assistant on a low, low budget movie that still has not been finished, and will likely never see the light of day. The whole production was a bit of a disaster, except for the part where I [...]
