Looks like a Dr. Suess tree, doesn't it?

Can you believe it?

Got a foot of snow in October!

Lost trees & power.

Had no power from Tuesday at 10AM til a few hours ago.

2 days without power!

WTF?!

Can I tell you how glad I am to have power (& heat & hot water) again?

If it weren't for my parents living not too far away...

I'd be a frozen block of ice by now.

Did I miss Indian Summer or something?

Labels: Cold, Currently, Photos, Weather

(a photo of the 2nd best scones I ever had in my life...the best ones were eaten just a few days before this photo was taken...oooooh...were they all so good).

Lately...

One of my favorite things about Mondays is...

The farmer's market outside the train station.

It's sort of like

emerging from the bowels of the Earth

to find fruits & veggies & all sorts of baked goods

laid out at my feet.

(when I get there it's too dark to get any good photos

believe me...I want to).

Oh...& then there's the Irish scone lady.

I seriously want her to move into my kitchen on a temporary basis

I want her to stay as long as it takes to teach me to bake these glorious things.

"don't overwork the dough"

she says that's the secret to a good scone.

"what?

show me...

please."

I need to wake up to fresh scones that someone with a charming accent created just for me.

Labels: Eire, Food, Photos

Here's the slideshow larger

More photos on a beautiful day.

Come on...indulge me.

Labels: NYC, Photos

Into the sun...the Statue of Liberty.



The last of the summer flowers.



Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island.



This park is so well kept.



Looking north.

What a pretty day...ah.

Labels: NYC, Photos

(I couldn't wait to eat my leftovers).

On Saturday I met a friend for lunch.

We went to
P.F.Chang's.

if you've never heard of it

check it out...it's got a great menu.

(The Northern style spareribs will either put hair on your chest...
or take it off...depending on your inclination.)

We sat at the bar & the bartender made us something tasty.

I had some drink involving plum wine.

It went straight to my soul & brightened my day.

We shared a huge bowl of soup & some dumplings.

This friend is the sort of person that is so easy to be with

you know the kind?

We sat at the bar with our knees touching & we both almost didn't notice.

Some people are all over their personal space...

...as in...don't even think of invading it.

Gotta say, I am sometimes like that.

(depends who you're with...totally)

but not with my girlie on Saturday.

She's the type of person

who'll grab you by the hand to lead you where she wants you to go

or stand next to you in line & lean her arm into yours.

I'm the sort who'll touch you on the arm (or penis...if you have one)

to help make my point.

Some people don't take kindly to touching of any kind.

What do you think their problem is anyway?

Labels: Food, Weekend

(she looks ccold)

So...

For 2 days in a row

I went walking at lunch time.

& 2 days in a row

it was all about the boobies.

1st...in the vicinity of Canal Street

I spy a woman sunning herself in a park by the river

She's all bikini clad

(gotta love Indian Summer here.)

when...what do you know...she pops off her top

& yep...I see nipples

She's giving quite the thrill to the high school track club trotting by.

The next day I head south.

In Battery Park I see a woman breast feeding

while exposing the breast that wasn't part of the meal.

All these breasts & nipples out in the open

Got me thinking that I could use a message

Like this one.

Labels: Currently, Nothing, NYC

Labels: Eire, Photos

Is it fair to say...

Whatever your feels are for or against Sarah Palin...

the media coverage of her has been

strange?

Supporter watch as Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and vice presidential running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, legs visible in foreground, participate in a rally in Allentown, Pa., Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008. (AP Photo)

Is this shot to illustrate the fact that these young men

are looking up the skirt of the VP candidate?

Think they'll find any answers up there?

Labels: Curious, Currently

I miss this place if I don't come here for a bit.

Damn, why do I do that?

Sorry (for me...not you).

This was a line from a song I heard today.

Did she lick your palm & tell you your fortune tonight?

My answer is...no...she didn't...

But I'd be up for it if she did.

Depending on who 'she' was anyway.

Has anyone seen the new show "True Blood" on HBO yet?

I'm very not into scary stuff...but this is so well done & beautiful to look at

You can't turn away.

It's done by Alan Ball (the same guy who created "Six Feet Under"

(one of my all time favorites).

If you have a chance

watch it with an open mind

& tell me what you think.

Labels: Currently, Music, Television

Went out tonight with my chicky from work.

She was meeting a guy for the 1st time.

We had drinks & appetizers together 1st.

He met us at the bar later.

He appeared by our barstools out of nowhere with a drink in his hands

My friend was chatting up the stranger next the her at the time.

I shook his hand & said that his date would be with him in a moment.

I felt oddly useful for a sec.

She turned around after getting the stranger at the bar's business card.

She said hello to her date as I whispered in her ear that she was a slut.

She laughed & I think her date thought she was laughing at him.

Great fun for me...I thought.

I ushered the 2 newly dating (at least for the night) people on their way to dinner

Then continued to sit at the bar & talk my friend up to the stranger at the bar.

I think I went above & beyond in the friend category today without question.

After my work there was done

I walked to the scary parking garage alone trying not to think that this

was where some very bad things happen to people in movies

Why, always in parking garages?

Really, why?

But I made it out alive to tell you this riveting tale of friendship & sluttiness.

I'll drink to that.

Labels: Currently