A blog about New York City, my books, and my cats. Mostly.
Just now, right this second almost, I got two action shots of Finney. Here he is, jumping down off the armoire to hang out with me.
Then he changed his mind and sat in the window. And yawned. Okay, they’re not great shots really, but I got excited.
This is the second year of the World Science Festival. I went to a few of the panels last year and had a GREAT time. I’m trying to decide which to go to and having a tough time of it. I wish I could just go to all of them, but not only can I not afford it, a bunch that look really good are happening at the same time. I’ve settled on two so far.
One is called Notes and Neurons: In Search of the Common Chorus, and the other is Infinite Worlds, and I’m going to that one because someone I interviewed is on the panel, and I loved his answers (and the subject is interesting, of course). The full schedule is here. GO GO GO if you’re in NYC, or plan to be visiting.
Someone famous lived here. e. e. cummings? I forget. I could Google. It’s gated. You have to have a key to walk on this block. Doesn’t seem quite fair, but there it is. Oh, the Wikipedia entry is well worth reading. My favorite part was this bit about e. e. cummings, who did live there, and writer Djuna Barnes. “After her return to New York she became so reclusive that Cummings would occasionally check on her by shouting out his window ‘Are you still alive, Djuna?'”
At the Perry Street fair, on my way to get … what did I get? Oh. Food. I wish the focus was better in the second shot.
The flower thing is on her head. She isn’t standing in front of a bunch of flowers, which is how it kinda looks. She also looked great, which you can’t quite tell.
I think I’ve mentioned how I dread shopping. Hate it, hate it, hate it. So it’s great when it goes well. I bought these lightweight jeans at Old Navy yesterday. They are perfect for three reasons: they are very flattering, they’re lightweight as I said, and they’re cheap!! The website says they’re $38 something, but they were $29 something in the store. Plus I had a 10% off coupon, so I felt particularly satisfied. Okay, I have to pay $10 to get them hemmed, but still. A new pair of jeans for $36 is not bad.
All my Spring Cleaning work is done, except for the windows, which will be cleaned on Monday.
I am planning a relaxing weekend of working on choir pieces for our performance NEXT WEEK, magazine reading, tv watching, and general luxuriating in a fresh clean apartment.
Food is an issue. What am I going to eat now that Balducci’s has closed?? I’ve started scoping out new food sources. Yesterday I tried Whole Foods. I know it’s tremendously popular, but it’s not convenient and it didn’t really wow me. I need more prepared meals.