May 2009
1 post
A monster storm is hitting my town right now - right as I’m supposed to be driving back from the beach to the city. Needless to say I’ve pulled into a starbucks.(I tried to post a photo but it won’t post!)
April 2009
1 post
A return to the site...
…of the cherry blossoms. Today I had a 5:00pm co-ed touch football game at Roosevelt Island for one of the 2.5 teams on which I play. Unfortunately, it wasn’t my Suze team (that was yesterday at Randall’s island - a site of strange buildings and construction sites, one-too-many potholes, one-too-few porter potties, gorgeous turf fields we don’t get to play on, crappy...
March 2009
36 posts
so on tumblr where do all our favored blogs go??
i’m struggling with all of this tumbling…
My Blog List
offManhattan Culinary Journey: Secrets of the Spanish Kitchen Found in Queens 8 hours ago
Design*Sponge in the kitchen with: jewels of new york 11 hours ago
Bear Watching Interspecies Encounter 4 weeks ago
Where the Hell is Cal? Japan 3 months ago
nerd symposium: INTELLECTUAL SNOBBERY 23 months… 11 months...
This is what you get when you Google sil + suze
Saturday, February 7, 2009
http://blog.cjanerun.com/2008/06/like-guest-in-my-own-house.html?showComment=1214507400000 Can you believe it?? She even has advertisements on her site, and a real following. Ahh a girl can dream. Tonight was fabulous though. Tonight we did sushi and BYOW (bring your own wine, red of course, and barefoot at that. barefoot wine, that is. suze found it for $4.99. we...
Just for fun
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It's all Greek to me
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
A shortened version of this piece was just published on the incredible website offmanhattan.com (to which this blog will soon link to!) Over the past few months, I’ve become what some might call a Greek groupie. It started shortly before I traveled to Santorini, Mykonos and Athens in September and just won’t subside – dreams of a traditional home overlooking the...
Frack. (forgive the length but hope you enjoy)
Friday, January 2, 2009
His list of injuries reads like the daily log of a hospital’s accident room. Soft tissue damage and contusions to both thumbs from getting caught in a beaver trap. Severed tip of frozen left index finger in metal barn door. Corneal abrasion from wild rose bush while pheasant hunting. Track career ending osteitis pubis, inflammation of the pubic bone (“I essentially...
A return to writing...and some interesting...
Someone who knows me very well told me the other day that he thought writing was easy. “Yea, its easy,” he said. “I just don’t like to do it cause it takes a long time and is so much like doing actual work,” this when referring to posting on his blog. It made me think about my writing…mostly the lack there of the past few months. Sure, the holidays and holiday...
Fall
Monday, September 29, 2008
A perfect fall weekend my first of this year rainy, but beautiful spent Friday enjoying a delicious dinner I didn’t have to cook (even better) A Saturday sleep in Coffee, bacon, scrambled eggs with peppers and onions another delicious meal, not made by me (how lucky am I) Off to a football game - ugly weather, bright t-shirts glad to be back, one week off...
My weekend in review
Thursday, August 28, 2008
A little late, but better then never! Its already feeling a bit like fall so we packed our sweatshirts well EBJ did - he always remembers those things and off we went - amazing catch up dinner at John Scotts with lobster rolls, too big steak samiches, mussels and wings what are we going to do without those mussels all winter! a few landsharks then home for a pillow...
The nights don't justify you
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
I am soon to be turning 25+1. In lieu of a real live blog post with details, my wish list (big, grand, huge wishes) is below. I have already received some of the best birthday gifts imaginable, thoughtful, amazingly wonderful presents from Sil and EBJ - but here is some fun fun fun stuff. Disclaimer…this is just the beginning Fabulous shoes with bows from JCrew ...
Dreaming of Greece...
Sunday, August 24, 2008
I’ve really wanted to write (well, blog) for a while now but the conditions just haven’t been quite right. You know how it is sometimes…too tired from too many runs; too much round the clock Olympics to watch on TV; hands too sore from my newest sporting venture, handball; its too hot; its too cold (okay, that’s just a lame excuse as it’s been really hot this summer), but...
This is happiness.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
I got a surprise this weekend - one that I can’t post photos of because we forgot to take any without us in them… but the surprise was amazing, and awesome, and thoughtful and wonderful. it was an early birthday present from EBJ and it begins with an S and rhymes with Smurf Gourd 3 months ago he decided he wanted a surfboard and 3 months ago I put him in...
8.8.08
Friday, August 8, 2008
4 years ago this week I was in Greece. well technically i had been there for a few weeks already, having arrived at 5am local time, after some ridiculous number of travel hours. I took a cab in the dark to a little apartment on a street I couldn’t pronounce to meet my new roommates - E & Z. I asked for pancakes, they laughed. I didn’t get it. We went to...
Travels with Sil
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Here I am in another airport, which, if I calculate it correctly, by the end of this trip on Wednesday, will make nineteen airport visits in one month (and two days). NY LGA Denver Aspen Aspen Denver NY LGA NY LGA Miami Grand Cayman Grand Cayman Charlotte Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. NY LGA NY LGA Denver Hayden – Steamboat Springs Denver NY LGA Good thing the Denver...
It's still rock and roll to me
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Gorgeous night. Billy Joel. Shea Stadium. Best. Concert. Ever.
Her light explodes in the air..pieces go...
Monday, July 7, 2008
Woke up early Thursday - too much excitement for a long weekend at the beach took an entirely too crowded train - full of complaints, but we had seats - no complaints from us straight to the deli - snackerdoos of potato salad and mac and cheese then to the beach - a walk to the jetty, a decision that seersucker was needed 1 jacket left - perfect fit off to the big house -...
"i've walked these streets, since I was ten -...
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
The title today comes from a song by a band called ‘Milton’ you should check them out! I was just reading another blog – about a weekend trip to the NYC They were ladies who lunched, and ladies who had too many glasses of wine and strolled through the city. all bits of adventure on a vacation weekend to the best city in the world… I’ve been to other...
Quotables
Monday, June 30, 2008
Suze “perhaps a quickie?” Sil: “Hey! I want one!” Suze: “You want a quickie?” Sil: “Oh no, I thought you said cookie” Cougar 1: “i’ll have a veggie burger please” Waitress: “we don’t have veggie burgers” Cougar 1: “Ok, then i’ll have a cheeseburger with bacon and a large...
tramps like us, baby we were born to walk
Thursday, June 26, 2008
I’m sure you’ve all been wondering, and i can assure you - I’m still walking. apparently we’ve made it to a beach somewhere - I know this because when I log in each morning all of a sudden I feel like I’m in a typhoon, or at least a really good white noise machine. We get seagulls and crashing waves - but the audio guy took it a little...
Its the weekend
Friday, June 20, 2008
Bit of a blogging break lately - SIl has been traveling, and my life just hasn’t been all that interesting I guess. went to the beach last weekend as usual - only this wasn’t so usual. my roommates birthday early wake up bacon and eggs (weekend trend) drive to the beach practice my photoshooting using different settings (pictures to follow) overcast, but hot...
Ecto Cooler?
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Last night I had organized a pick up football game in the park, if you’ve been following along on our blog, you know Sil and I play touch football in a charity social league in NYC. Our team took the summer season off, and I have been missing getting outside to run around like a 5 year old after 6 too many bowls of Fruity Pebbles (not that i know what that feels...
Hot town, summer in the city*
Friday, June 6, 2008
“summer is the time when one sheds ones tensions with ones clothes”
- Ada Louise Huxtable Is it just me, or does summer (especially in Manhattan) open up this magical cloud of awesome? It’s like fairy dust over the city - everyone is outdoors, and walking, and happy. Last night as i walked home from my late night (8:30, but I’m old so that is late on...
89,145 steps or Five hundred, twenty five...
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Well i have taken 89,145 steps in 13 days- that is 35 miles, or 28 cans of soda. I’m still at my desk, although the website tells me i am actually in Agua Viva, Venezuela. I can actually send you a postcard from there. Which is still confusing to me - as I am here. I have walked up the stairs of the Montauk Lighthouse, up the stairs of the 78th street 6 station, down...
A bit about the perfect weekend
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Well Sil has really put her mark on the blog this weekend, so i guess it is my turn to get involved! my Memorial day weekend was spent like this: pizza party at work jitney to the beach a trip through town iced tea and macaroni and cheese (just a snack) 21st birthday party beirut & hamburgers beer on the porch great sleeps driving with the windows down, sunroof...
Our first photo story...
Monday, May 26, 2008
This is a story of biking the “harder but scenic” route to New Jersey Memorial Day weekend, the GW bridge, sore bottoms, soccer tennis with a hose and plastic ball, Bubba burgers and Mauritian burgers, the loudest, most awful European club music coming from over the bushes, a few too many Bud Lights and drinking card games, never too many chocolate chip cookies,...
A bit about streamers
Friday, May 23, 2008
I just got streamers!! My borrowed bike is now the proud owner of red, yellow, and sparkly clear streamers. She is pimped out, super stylin’, and turned more than a few heads on our way home. Bonus points: the streamers only cost $5.41 (including tax). Best $5 bucks I’ve spent in a long time.
Okay, I’m going to get off the blog and off the computer now to...
I like bikes. Or, a bit about biking in Manhattan
Can you hear that? It’s the sound of my heart racing. My adrenaline is at an all time high. I didn’t jump out of a plane (never going to happen) or drive a racecar (not much more likely). I just rode a bicycle through the streets of Manhattan for the first time. Oh, and the front brakes don’t work. I’m going off on a bike trip with some friends tomorrow for the long weekend. We are biking to...
a bit about global fitness initiatives
I am walking around the world, without leaving the city. Well at least not leaving the city very often. Our company is participating in a Global Fitness Thinger that involves wearing a pedometer and walking as much as possible for the next 4 months. Yep, 4 months. So last week we got a backpack full of gear to help us on our walk - a water bottle, socks, 2 pedometers, a hat and a mouse pad. Now...
I bit about real simple cooking
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
So Sil and I used to live together - to start back at the beginning, we lived in the same dorm, during a semester we did in DC. 2 years later Sil graduated and i needed a new roommate - so in she moved to our Murray Hill 2 bedroom, converted to 3 and we had a fabulous year of wine and cheese on the balcony, snow storms, bachelor party adventures and more shenanigans then...
A bit about me, a bit about you!
Monday, May 19, 2008
A few burning questions i’m sure you’ve all been dying to find the answers to! Also known as Suze is still not feeling well and is finding it difficult to write something witty! Sil - put your answers below mine! I give you money and send you into the grocery store to pick up 5 items. You can only pick one thing from the following departments.. what is it? SUZE: 1....
A bit about Wine Bars (Likely to be followed later...
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Similar to mid-day margaritas or vineyard tastings, finding a new wonderful new wine bar can be a most pleasing and fulfilling experience. And there are few better things than experiencing the find on a damp, rainy, windy New York City Friday night (especially when it has rained at least the past three Fridays in a row…)
I decided that wine bars were a new interest (my...
Friday, May 16, 2008
I wasn’t planning to post today, as i really haven’t done anything all that interesting, and then I remembered that the whole point of the blog was to record our adventures - even the small ones. so a bit about b-boys, escargot and rain rain rain… Last night I was running early (shocker) to meet EBJ for mojitos downtown - i stumbled upon a bunch of guys with...
Back to camp!
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Ok my turn, just a few days late(r). While my weekend didn’t take me on a grand treasure hunt, I too drank plenty of wine, ate a delicious home-cooked meal (or four), played, and spent hours finding something. I found my way back to camp. Have you ever gone back to visit somewhere that held a most special place in your heart? On the way there that nervous excitement...
A bit about wine tasting
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Part 2 of my weekend went a little like this… After picking up more t-g margaritas, chips and salsa, EBJ and i were off to the Jitney (a overpriced ‘luxury’ bus that takes you out to ‘the hamptons’ when its off season and the trains aren’t running as often as they should). EBJ slept for a bit and i read my new book - “The Last...
it may be time for a new theme...
we need photos! and color! heck, even stick figure drawings will do. in color, of course.
suze and i have made a pact to write, no tumbl (with no “e”) more, especially as my adventures last week and her adventures later this week have/will take(n) us off of the island and, well, to other international islands in fact - suz and the initials are off to ireland, and world traveler and i...
February 2009
4 posts
About our Tumblr
Sil & I have been writing for *almost* a year on a different host - now we are here, tumbling because I told Sil how much I heart Tumblr.
Because our posts go back so far, you can find the old ones in our archives and slowly, slowly they will all be added and new posts will begin going up.
Thank you for your patience!
May 2008
7 posts
I Dare YA
Well I’m home sick today - after an eventful weekend my body decided to give out on me so I’m posting from bed. Saturday EBJ and I decided to partake in Urban Dare a sort of day-long Amazing Race in NYC. You have to compete in teams of two and answer clues to map out your travel route - fastest teams win a prize (and a silver plate we found out later). EBJ and I are both quite...
A bit about jury duty (part #2 or is it #3??)
The Big JD (pretend I posted this on Friday) Day #2 11:30am Did you know that in New York City, jury duty is a full two-day commitment? I did not know this, and going into it my strategy was to deny, deny, deny to my co-worker who had just done her service (yes, two days) in New Jersey. Different states, lovely co-worker, I said earlier this week. Friday I’ll be in the office. We can talk about...
A bit about mid-day margaritas
they are ALWAYS a good idea. very delicious ones can be found at Dos Caminos on 50th and 3rd.
- Suze
A bit more about jury duty
What better, quintessential New York experience is there than this. No, Suze and I are not atop the Empire State Building (its foggy today), and this isn’t S&S brave the crowds and fake fendi hawkers on Canal St. (I hate Canal St.), or a foray through Times Sq. (I hate Time Square more). Hint: I’m below 14th St. I went through metal detectors (and got stopped twice already – it’s only 10:30am...
A bit about (Grand) jury duty
I know my girl Sil will have far more to speak on this category later today as she is currently sitting in lock up. i keed i keed - she got served and is doing her civic duty by showing up at the courthouse and sitting around for a few hours with the most random bunch of people in Manhattan. Everyone has their jury duty stories, there aren’t many that are too distinct at this point -...
A bit about our blog
Welcome to our blog - the idea came to us this past Saturday morning as we sat in Grand Central station eating watermelon from the market, after getting free facials at Origins upstairs. Our good friend was embarking on a year long round the world trip - South America, Greece, India and beyond, and we were just excited about our trip across the river (by tram!) to Roosevelt Island for our touch...
A bit about our blog name
as referenced in our first post, we spent this past Saturday on Roosevelt Island - Sil and I play on two touch football teams for a fabulous organization called Zogsports - it is a charity social league that combines playing sports, happy hours and raising money for charities you believe in. The best part of playing on Roosevelt Island is the tram - but little did we know, the second best part is...