I did this and this.
So I know its weird, but I like my blog to be chronological (i.e. posted closer to the date that it happened than when I actually get around to blogging about it. So you can either click on those links, or you can scroll down two posts (past my technological challenges).
I will get on top of this blogging yet.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Saturday, May 30, 2009
PS
I figured it out. Did have to call Geoff. Good thing, as we discovered I would have unplugged something crucial, had I been left to my own devices.
Bummer
Ok, i was all excited. It was my last super-crazy-outrageous busy week at work (it will be just normal busy hopefully from now on). I had auditions all day today (1030am-6pm). Geoff is on a shoot and wont be home until midnight. And I was kinda excited for a few hours of down time to myself to get things done. Some "me time". Where I can do things that I really like, but that take up valuable "us" time, so I wouldn't normally do on our one day off together.
I got home and went straight to the nail salon for an $8 Queens manicure. No dice. The wait was 45 minutes. What?! On a Saturday night at 7pm? Stop it. I took a pass. Came home, put PJs on, made a cranberry & club soda for myself and plopped on the couch to watch some brainless TV for an hour. Well, it hardly gets more brainless than The Real Housewives of New Jersey. HOLY. MOSES. I hadn't seen it, but everyone at the office is talking about it and I knew Geoff wouldn't watch with me so, why not? Again, let me say...HOLY. MOSES. Brainless for sure. And sort of amazing.
And then I settled myself in for some serious blogging, to catch up on MANY post ideas, including our great weekend last weekend. BUT, i go to open iPhoto (so i can post some pics) and it says I have no photo library. WHAT??! I freak out momentarily but then see that it says "make sure the disk containing your iphoto library is connected", which makes me think that Geoff has probably got some special drives connected for work stuff and has disconnected our photo library momentarily. So I can't even blog. Because I'm not even inspired to write anything without pictures. So....bummer. Big time.
I shall just have to wait for my technological knight in shining armor to return from his shoot and fix it. Because I have no idea how. I guess I have no choice but to watch more crazy NJ Housewives.
Bummer.
I got home and went straight to the nail salon for an $8 Queens manicure. No dice. The wait was 45 minutes. What?! On a Saturday night at 7pm? Stop it. I took a pass. Came home, put PJs on, made a cranberry & club soda for myself and plopped on the couch to watch some brainless TV for an hour. Well, it hardly gets more brainless than The Real Housewives of New Jersey. HOLY. MOSES. I hadn't seen it, but everyone at the office is talking about it and I knew Geoff wouldn't watch with me so, why not? Again, let me say...HOLY. MOSES. Brainless for sure. And sort of amazing.
And then I settled myself in for some serious blogging, to catch up on MANY post ideas, including our great weekend last weekend. BUT, i go to open iPhoto (so i can post some pics) and it says I have no photo library. WHAT??! I freak out momentarily but then see that it says "make sure the disk containing your iphoto library is connected", which makes me think that Geoff has probably got some special drives connected for work stuff and has disconnected our photo library momentarily. So I can't even blog. Because I'm not even inspired to write anything without pictures. So....bummer. Big time.
I shall just have to wait for my technological knight in shining armor to return from his shoot and fix it. Because I have no idea how. I guess I have no choice but to watch more crazy NJ Housewives.
Bummer.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Memorial Day
Had a lovely afternoon in the city on Monday. Started with some sneaky sniper subway photography. I liked them holding hands and her pink nail polish.
Loved this shot, with that couple intertwined in the background....
There's something about this shot Geoff got of me that I really like, even though I'm kind of...between facial expressions.
I liked the light on the other side of the restaurant....
Cute little guy, just wishing he had some Pinkberry too.
Geoff actually did the majority of the photography over this weekend. Those subway shots were some of my only ones. And while waiting on the steps of a church in the east village, he got some killer sniper street photography. LOVE this one.
How cute is this girl. And her floppy hat.
This girl was wearing shoes I literally could not believe. Geoff, unlike me, was unconcerned with her shoes, so there are no pictures of them. But geez louise, I couldn't have walked 10 steps in them.
There was a whole series of these girls.
We were actually in the city to see a reading of my friend Mike's DiSalvo's play. He's an actor and we've known each other since college, though really reconnected once we were in the city. He wrote a play about the restaurant that he's worked for several years. Apparently his boss has provided plenty of "material". The reading was hysterical. Truly, my face was hurting from laughing so hard. And Mike cast it brilliantly. He asked some of his fellow 12 Angry Men castmates to do it and they were all truly genius. It was at this bar in the East Village that was literally underground. The pictures Geoff got are a little grainy, but I think its a cool look.
They even thought it was funny! Love how they are all laughing....
All in all, a great, full weekend. Too bad it's over with. As Alison likes to say..... le sigh.....
Loved this shot, with that couple intertwined in the background....
There's something about this shot Geoff got of me that I really like, even though I'm kind of...between facial expressions.
I liked the light on the other side of the restaurant....
Cute little guy, just wishing he had some Pinkberry too.
Geoff actually did the majority of the photography over this weekend. Those subway shots were some of my only ones. And while waiting on the steps of a church in the east village, he got some killer sniper street photography. LOVE this one.
How cute is this girl. And her floppy hat.
This girl was wearing shoes I literally could not believe. Geoff, unlike me, was unconcerned with her shoes, so there are no pictures of them. But geez louise, I couldn't have walked 10 steps in them.
There was a whole series of these girls.
We were actually in the city to see a reading of my friend Mike's DiSalvo's play. He's an actor and we've known each other since college, though really reconnected once we were in the city. He wrote a play about the restaurant that he's worked for several years. Apparently his boss has provided plenty of "material". The reading was hysterical. Truly, my face was hurting from laughing so hard. And Mike cast it brilliantly. He asked some of his fellow 12 Angry Men castmates to do it and they were all truly genius. It was at this bar in the East Village that was literally underground. The pictures Geoff got are a little grainy, but I think its a cool look.
They even thought it was funny! Love how they are all laughing....
All in all, a great, full weekend. Too bad it's over with. As Alison likes to say..... le sigh.....
Monday, May 25, 2009
Three Day Weekend
We were excited to have a full three days off together for the first time since....Christmas? Ridiculous, but true. We made the most of it.
Saturday started with a seven step process to get us to breakfast on a park bench (all within a couple blocks walk).
1) drop off laundry at Skillman Laundry
2) Geoff drops off shirts at Diamond's dry cleaning (named for the owners Maltese, who is always in the store. he's been there ever since I've lived here and is getting fat in his old age. which i love in a dog)
3) i go to Starbucks for my iced coffee
4) Geoff stops by Wendy's for iced tea (he doesn't really do coffee)
5) Geoff gets his bagel sandwich at NY Eats
6) I get my bagel & cream cheese from the bagel shop 2 blocks away
7) arrive park bench & enjoy (which we do)
I liked this guy. Green belt, suspenders and just his general demeanor won me over.
This guy..... just as fascinating, half as friendly.
After breakfast we wander home and come upon a street fair on Greenpoint Ave.
Inflatable castles & slides
tons of people
and really weird things for sale in tents.
Like this.
And Oscar. He's a Pug/Shitzu mix who belongs to the woman we met from Camp Bow Wow (the dog boarding place in our neighborhood). I love him. Clearly.
We were walking along, minding our own business when I was accosted by a small Asian woman who literally dragged me into her booth for a massage. Sort of hysterical. Not that great of a massage. But an experience. Can you see how she's digging her thumb into my arm?? She was strong!
After quickly popping into the eye doctor, (and we ended up having to go back again 'cause the contacts she gave me were not settling right in one eye. which ended up being because i had two lenses in that eye. which she says was not the case when i left the first time. no idea how that happened. how do i manage these things??) we headed home to get our bikes. Off we went over the Queensboro Bridge. We took a loop or two around the park and then headed to meet Megan & Jeremy O'Grady for dinner at Cilantro. We hadn't seen them since New Years. Which is NUTS. It was good to catch up. And then off we went, home on our bikes.
I'm loving biking. We both are. And riding from our house to Manhattan is such a great ride. Just the right amount/difficulty of hills. Heading into Manhattan there's a long slow incline until just past the middle of the bridge and heading back to Queens there's a steeper shorter incline on the first part of the Manhattan side of the bridge and then 2 smaller, slower incline hills when we're in the home stretch in Queens. I dig it.
Sunday dawned, a little humid but still nice. We hopped on our bikes and headed over to Long Island City for brunch. Found a great little spot called Masso with a 2 for 1 fruit infused mimosa special. Yay.
I loved this cute little container for the cream.
After brunch we just rode around LIC exploring. Such an odd/cool little neighborhood. Half hip/half commercial and some great waterfront apt buildings. We just tooled around for a while checking it all out. Really cool piers on the waterfront. We've talked about living there if prices continue to come down. Especially because they'll let us have a dog. And a big selling factor for me was that they've just put in a small Whole Foods-ish grocery store. Loved it.
Apartment shopping
Loved this cute lil' car
The view from our potential future front yard.
But also, we saw this. I don't even know what this is. Or how to understand it. But the top "car" seems to be cemented to the real car. No idea.
Geoff got some great bridge shots.
What is this place all about? I like to think about what it once was. Right at the base of the bridge, I bet it was an old waterfront mansion, since condemned and now closed up and surrounded by super scary barbed wire. I mean, it was probably a school or torture facility, but I like to think it was a fancy mansion with lots of history.
Requisite daily dog befriending obviously occurred. This is Max. I love a pug.
What a face!
Here's Max giving you "pensive"...
We headed home and spent the late afternoon in what I have now dubbed, our "cabana". Which is basically our room, with all the blinds open, breezes blowing, ceiling fan on and afternoon sun pouring in. Ahhhhhhhh. We had dinner that night at Cafe Boka. Aka our kitchen table. Wine, candlelight, good conversation and the random contents of our pantry/freezer. It was awesome. We've decided to dine there more often.
Saturday started with a seven step process to get us to breakfast on a park bench (all within a couple blocks walk).
1) drop off laundry at Skillman Laundry
2) Geoff drops off shirts at Diamond's dry cleaning (named for the owners Maltese, who is always in the store. he's been there ever since I've lived here and is getting fat in his old age. which i love in a dog)
3) i go to Starbucks for my iced coffee
4) Geoff stops by Wendy's for iced tea (he doesn't really do coffee)
5) Geoff gets his bagel sandwich at NY Eats
6) I get my bagel & cream cheese from the bagel shop 2 blocks away
7) arrive park bench & enjoy (which we do)
I liked this guy. Green belt, suspenders and just his general demeanor won me over.
This guy..... just as fascinating, half as friendly.
After breakfast we wander home and come upon a street fair on Greenpoint Ave.
Inflatable castles & slides
tons of people
and really weird things for sale in tents.
Like this.
And Oscar. He's a Pug/Shitzu mix who belongs to the woman we met from Camp Bow Wow (the dog boarding place in our neighborhood). I love him. Clearly.
We were walking along, minding our own business when I was accosted by a small Asian woman who literally dragged me into her booth for a massage. Sort of hysterical. Not that great of a massage. But an experience. Can you see how she's digging her thumb into my arm?? She was strong!
After quickly popping into the eye doctor, (and we ended up having to go back again 'cause the contacts she gave me were not settling right in one eye. which ended up being because i had two lenses in that eye. which she says was not the case when i left the first time. no idea how that happened. how do i manage these things??) we headed home to get our bikes. Off we went over the Queensboro Bridge. We took a loop or two around the park and then headed to meet Megan & Jeremy O'Grady for dinner at Cilantro. We hadn't seen them since New Years. Which is NUTS. It was good to catch up. And then off we went, home on our bikes.
I'm loving biking. We both are. And riding from our house to Manhattan is such a great ride. Just the right amount/difficulty of hills. Heading into Manhattan there's a long slow incline until just past the middle of the bridge and heading back to Queens there's a steeper shorter incline on the first part of the Manhattan side of the bridge and then 2 smaller, slower incline hills when we're in the home stretch in Queens. I dig it.
Sunday dawned, a little humid but still nice. We hopped on our bikes and headed over to Long Island City for brunch. Found a great little spot called Masso with a 2 for 1 fruit infused mimosa special. Yay.
I loved this cute little container for the cream.
After brunch we just rode around LIC exploring. Such an odd/cool little neighborhood. Half hip/half commercial and some great waterfront apt buildings. We just tooled around for a while checking it all out. Really cool piers on the waterfront. We've talked about living there if prices continue to come down. Especially because they'll let us have a dog. And a big selling factor for me was that they've just put in a small Whole Foods-ish grocery store. Loved it.
Apartment shopping
Loved this cute lil' car
The view from our potential future front yard.
But also, we saw this. I don't even know what this is. Or how to understand it. But the top "car" seems to be cemented to the real car. No idea.
Geoff got some great bridge shots.
What is this place all about? I like to think about what it once was. Right at the base of the bridge, I bet it was an old waterfront mansion, since condemned and now closed up and surrounded by super scary barbed wire. I mean, it was probably a school or torture facility, but I like to think it was a fancy mansion with lots of history.
Requisite daily dog befriending obviously occurred. This is Max. I love a pug.
What a face!
Here's Max giving you "pensive"...
We headed home and spent the late afternoon in what I have now dubbed, our "cabana". Which is basically our room, with all the blinds open, breezes blowing, ceiling fan on and afternoon sun pouring in. Ahhhhhhhh. We had dinner that night at Cafe Boka. Aka our kitchen table. Wine, candlelight, good conversation and the random contents of our pantry/freezer. It was awesome. We've decided to dine there more often.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Catching Up
I've mentioned we've been swamped the last few months. I think it may calm down a bit once June rolls around. In the interim....here are things you've missed in our lives.
Since we have limited cabinet space in the kitchen (the ones you see here are the ONLY ones we have, which is why we also have a bakers rack), Geoff came up with the idea of using the top of our cabinets for both artistic, and functional purposes. This is the beginning of it. Food & wine storage are key. Those wine bottles cost between $5 and $7 each and we actually really like them. Economical AND Tasty. An excellent combo.
We went to see the Norman Conquests (very funny British comedy) and stumbled upon another Accidental Paparazzi moment. Who knows who the woman in the trench coat is? And again, we were really taking a picture of the crowds and the review quotes behind her.
We had lunch with our friends Rich & Kelly who were in town celebrating their anniversary. He's a photographer, she's a physical therapist. Geoff shot their wedding, and Rich taught a photography seminar that we went to back in March. Which I STILL haven't blogged about. Ugh. OK, someday....but how cute are they?
We met this (brand new, JUST home from the shelter) puppy. Please. Could you just die?
I've decided that when I become a dog photographer, this will be the picture on my business card.
We've had brunch whenever possible, as it is often our only time together in a given week. Geoff likes to take pictures of me at brunch.
I like to take pictures of brunch at brunch.
We are into purchasing cheap flowers and produce whenever we pass them on the street. Bought some flowers today in fact. $8 for two bunches of chrysanthemums & spider mums and they'll last at least 10 days. Yes please.
My sunglasses did this again. Does this happen to anyone else? I bought new ones and they have been featured in nearly all of these pictures, as I mostly like to wear them as a headband.
I got my hair cut. Finally! Mom, here's the picture you asked for. Sort of. Geoff snapped one of me squinting into the sun, so it wasn't really for purposes of seeing my hair. Can't really fully see the cut, but you get the idea.
We have gone on two excellent biking trips into Manhattan for the day. More on those in another post.
Other than that we've been working like crazy people. And it's Saturday and I'm heading into the office for more of it right now.
Since we have limited cabinet space in the kitchen (the ones you see here are the ONLY ones we have, which is why we also have a bakers rack), Geoff came up with the idea of using the top of our cabinets for both artistic, and functional purposes. This is the beginning of it. Food & wine storage are key. Those wine bottles cost between $5 and $7 each and we actually really like them. Economical AND Tasty. An excellent combo.
We went to see the Norman Conquests (very funny British comedy) and stumbled upon another Accidental Paparazzi moment. Who knows who the woman in the trench coat is? And again, we were really taking a picture of the crowds and the review quotes behind her.
We had lunch with our friends Rich & Kelly who were in town celebrating their anniversary. He's a photographer, she's a physical therapist. Geoff shot their wedding, and Rich taught a photography seminar that we went to back in March. Which I STILL haven't blogged about. Ugh. OK, someday....but how cute are they?
We met this (brand new, JUST home from the shelter) puppy. Please. Could you just die?
I've decided that when I become a dog photographer, this will be the picture on my business card.
We've had brunch whenever possible, as it is often our only time together in a given week. Geoff likes to take pictures of me at brunch.
I like to take pictures of brunch at brunch.
We are into purchasing cheap flowers and produce whenever we pass them on the street. Bought some flowers today in fact. $8 for two bunches of chrysanthemums & spider mums and they'll last at least 10 days. Yes please.
My sunglasses did this again. Does this happen to anyone else? I bought new ones and they have been featured in nearly all of these pictures, as I mostly like to wear them as a headband.
I got my hair cut. Finally! Mom, here's the picture you asked for. Sort of. Geoff snapped one of me squinting into the sun, so it wasn't really for purposes of seeing my hair. Can't really fully see the cut, but you get the idea.
We have gone on two excellent biking trips into Manhattan for the day. More on those in another post.
Other than that we've been working like crazy people. And it's Saturday and I'm heading into the office for more of it right now.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Mothers Day in The Connecticut
We spent Mother's Day out in CT with Geoff's family. Was sad not to see my mom on Mother's Day, but we had a lovely time with my in-laws. (Still weird for me to say I have in-laws, by the way. And yes, it has almost been a year. Clearly, I am slow to adjust to change. Even good ones.) It was a gorgeous day.
And just FYI, for those of you who were at our wedding, the picture above was a little closer to what I pictured the cocktail hour would look like.
Instead, it looked more like this.
Ah well, what can you do? It was still a great party.
We had great fun with the nieces & nephew, as always. A little catch with Uncle Geoff and some general hanging out and reading with Aunt Kate. Much conversation and food and completely being entertained by the kids.
Maya shows Uncle Geoff her painted toes. Yes, there are polka-dots.
Maya snuggles up to her dad
Kayla contemplates football, and likely, life, while wearing a tutu. Doesn't get much better than that.
Crawling away... I knew as soon as I took this shot that I was going to be obsessed with her tutu all day.
Seriously, this is the best outfit ever
Please.
Liz and the kids
I'd heard through Geoff that Khal had thought we should celebrate my birthday the entire month of May. I'm all for that. So this was even a partial birthday celebration for me. And there was a killer, super, mocha chocolate, crazy, amazing cake that was made. It was not to be believed!
Kayla made quick work of it.
I like how here she seems to be saying (and I hear it in my head as a sort of low, guttural almost gremlin-y voice)... "MMMMmmm, yes. Now, what else do you have for me?"
The aftermath...Cake was such serious business, she lost a shoe in the process.
Great fun as always. And I'm realizing....somehow we always manage to be in CT when there is cake available. I swear we don't even do that on purpose.
Happy Mother's Day!
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