Found myself doing the wash. As I was laying out the sheets to dry, it caught my attention that here I was, once again, doing the laundry before the storm. The underlying motivation is that clean sheets on a cold night are better if the electricity goes out.
Monthly Archives: January 2016
Which Way is Up
What happens when you let a City person out…
Cute as a Button
Look like tiny wind-up toys. The ones found in the trash in the basement from time to time, are double this size. These apparently live in the ivy at the base of the tree by the curb, about 20 feet away from where they are here.
Lost Property Saga, continued
The requisite two weeks had passed and it was on my ‘to do list’: head to MTA Lost and Found to reclaim the lost umbrella. [MTA calls it Lost Property on the sign outside the door.] Figured by this time, they should have a boatload of them. Arrive and the small room is crowded. Every …
Happy New Year. Continued
Climbing into bed, saw movement outside my window. Shocked at first, as the moon, catching the silver balloon in it’s light, was reflecting it into my room. Looking more closely, could see, just above my curtain, the two balloons stuck in the branches of the tree. Certainly a more pleasant view than the two plastic …
Does Anyone Care
$75,000 per night. The price for the penthouse hotel suite at the Mark Hotel. Since 2008 the price tag to purchase it as an apartment has been 60 million with 45K per month maintenance but no takers. Now The Mark has redone it into a 5 bedroom, 6th bath hotel suite. More information needed? Themarkhotel.com
What Are the Odds
Have a lunch date uptown, East Side. My route begins in the West Village. In the spirit of discovery, I decide to try a different subway line to get there. I complete the first part of the northerly journey on the unfamiliar line, exit by the stairs, to catch a crosstown bus. The bus I …
Anno 2016
Another Year! Another 12 months of the Unexpected. When your ship comes in, be down at the docks! When your ship sails, make certain you are on it. If your ship runs aground, salvage the best parts. It’s never too late to start anew, says she of experience!