Stacy Horn

Every year I check the pictures of the Easter Parade on Gothamist to see if anyone I photographed in the past has been included. Here is a picture of a couple I photographed in 2012. I think they look younger in 2015 than they do in 2012! The picture was taken by Tod Seelie, who is clearly a better photographer than I am.

My shot of the same couple in 2012.

If all goes well, this week I’ll be conducting research at the archives at the United Hospital Fund (today) the Municipal Archives (tomorrow and ongoing) and the New York Public Library (Wednesday).

Today is a bit of a long shot though, and I’ve been warned that they don’t have much, but you never know. Maybe I will come across something small, but crucial. I will report back.

Okay, apparently I can’t stop taking pictures of dogs. Look at that cute doggie butt in the upper left hand window.

But, but, you can’t hear the sopranos! Very unusual. Normally soprano voices carry no matter what. Maybe we were the most off and they edited us out? We were the most off in rehearsal.

I have to make a special litterbox for my cat Finney because he doesn’t squat when he pees. The litterbox has to have very high sides or else he’s peeing into the room. So I buy a storage box, cut a hole in the front for him to be able to get in easily, and then, so it’s pretty, I decorate it with glitter. Hence, I call it a Glitterbox. That opening really should be rounded, I keep forgetting.

I planned to start a business making these, and decorating them in a variety of ways. For instance, I was going to hire graffiti artists to decorate a line. I got stalled finding a place to manufacture them, however. I should still do it though.

Anyway, these storage boxes aren’t meant to be used as litterboxes and the plastic doesn’t last more than a year or two. So periodically Finney gets a new one.

I think [Name Removed] Capital Management Group LLC just told me to go f**k myself. It’s like the non-apology apology. As you will see, they really don’t want to be of assistance to me. I have a teeny SEP/IRA with them (that I totally forgot about) and I got a K-1 in the mail from them yesterday. Except I’d already filed my taxes. I’m actually quite sympathetic to getting these out late, I get them out late for Echo every year, but less than two weeks before taxes are due? So I emailed them about it and this was the response I got:

Hello Stacy,

Thank you for contacting Partner DataLink for [Name Removed] Capital Management Group LLC. I am sorry but PTPs are not mandated to issue K-1s until prior to April 15th.

Please let us know if we can be of additional assistance.

Regards,

[Name removed]
Partner DataLink for [Name Removed] Capital Management Group LLC

Translation: We don’t send them out to you in a more timely fashion fashion because we don’t have to. Anything else I can not help you with? I didn’t think so. Don’t write again.

Actually I don’t even need to translate. Their message is completely transparent. They apparently want me to know just how little they think of me and my teeny SEP/IRA. Okay, this shaming is not quite so public since I removed identifying details. I’m more outing the behavior than the specific company and person. Although I guess this is a bit of a luxury problem.

Pigeons and other birds in Union Square, except these are not real! They are made of felt. I love these! The artist, Tina Trachtenburg, even included a fake slice of pizza. The way one of the starlings was posed you could just feel the longing.