A couple weeks ago we visited friends in Connecticut. When we arrived they had just returned home from a farmers market and had placed big ruby red tomatoes on a sunny window sill to ripen. We have a farmer’s market…
TOMATOES
Category: Manhattan
WATER TOWERS
The other day I was going through my collection of photos and found these water tower shots. Most people think of New York City when they see water towers dotted along a skyline. But after doing a little research I…
MORRIS-JUMEL MANSION
The other day I visited an historical site, The Morris-Jumel Mansion, the oldest house in Manhattan. I’d like to take you along on my visit and tell you what I learned. In 1765 The New York Mercury, a Sunday weekly…
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…
Watching the World Cup
Soccer came into our lives when my daughter married a soccer fan. Our son-in-law played pick-up games in the park and had a band of buddies, men and women, whom he played with regularly on weekends. I knew baseball, football…
WALKING ACROSS THE WILLIAMSBURG BRIDGE
The other day a friend and I decided to walk across the Williamsburg Bridge, have lunch and then head over to the art installation, Kara Walker’s Sugar Sphinx, at the Domino Sugar Factory in Brooklyn. Heavy grey clouds hung low…
LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU
It’s no secret that I love photography. I like to look at the world through the lens of a camera, click the shutter and make time stand still. I have over 44,000 digital photos loaded in my computer. And there…
GALLERY HOPPING ON A THURSDAY EVENING
Last Thursday I took the #11 bus to the Chelsea art gallery district where I’d planed to check out a couple galleries. The first gallery was the Magnan Metz Gallery where my friend Kimberlae Saul’s husband, David Opdyke had a…
IN YOUR EASTER BONNET
Yesterday I went to 5th Avenue to take a look at the Easter Bonnet Parade. I’ve only been to the parade one time before, and that was years and years ago. So, I thought it was time that I checked…
THE LAUNCH PARTY FOR FISH KICKER
FISH KICKER, the novel, was officially published on March 7, and on March 9 I had a launch party to celebrate the occasion. It was held in Mid Manhattan and was hosted by the National Writers Union. We had beautiful…