The Atlantic Ocean is only an hour and a half subway ride from where I live. The weather during the last couple of weeks in NYC had been miserably hot and humid. A friend invited my husband and I out…
A WEEKEND IN ROCKAWAY BEACH, NEW YORK
Category: broadway
RETROSPECTIVE OF TWO YEARS RIDING THE NYC SUBWAY
My second novel, Pushing Water, will be hitting the market any day now! It’s been a long time coming. There for a while I didn’t think it would ever get finished. But one thing about writing is that if you keep…
NEW YORK 9TH AVE. STREET FAIR
I went to the 9th Ave. Street fair last Saturday. It was crowded and there was a bit of rain but never the less it was a fun way to bring in the early summer days of NYC. These silly…
PHOTOS FOR PORTFOLIO DEVELOPMENT CLASS
I am taking a series of classes in Portfolio Development at B & H Photo. It is an opportunity to learn and stretch my creative muscles and is kind-of a boot camp to get me ready to meet the Soho…
STREET AND SUBWAY ENTERTAINMENT
There’s always a lot going on in NYC. Construction, noise, traffic, crowds, tons of places to eat, and lots of music, both in clubs and on the street, and in the subways. A few weeks ago I posted a blog…
PUBLISHING FISH KICKER AND SUPER BOWL CELEBRATED NEW YORK STYLE
A couple weeks ago while I waited for FISH KICKER, my novel, to be launched I decided to take the subway into midtown and see what kind of celebration had been erected in honor of Super Bowl. This year New…
MID JANUARY
Last year at Christmas we bought a live tree, a short thing standing about three feet tall. It’s a prickly tree with a funky bald spot, probably the result of the burning sunshine and under-watering during one of last summer’s…
THE CITY THAT KEEPS SMILING
I just read on-line this morning that NYC is the most expensive city to live in on the USA Continent. There is no question about it, things are expensive in this town but somehow folks get by. Last count there were…
NO PROBLEM
If you’ve been reading my blog you know that we’ve undergone a major life change with downsizing and moving into Manhattan. It’s certainly been fun and interesting adjusting to all these changes but this new life style has totally messed…
TIMES SQUARE ART (A TEMPORARY INSTALLATION)
Sheep were grazing along Broadway the other day. Well, they were only paper sheep but they were certainly a sight to see!! Brilliant white sheep standing around in the spring sunshine. The installation comprised of 24 paper sheep and spans…