Colette took this lovely photo of Bill and I at Dan’s surprise 40th during Summer. It was sunny and it was more of a bearable heat than here in the city. It was one weekend that we really enjoyed… and yes the surprise was a good one! By the way – I have SO many…
Category: Life in New York
Pic of the day…
One of my favourite recent photos – mum, dad and Matthew at Times Square with the NYPD. The classic New York shot!
LA State of Mind
Watching Beverly Hills 90210 today got me dreaming of convertible cars, the Hollywood Hills, Santa Monica Pier, strip malls, the Valley and a summer breeze set to the backing of Chris Isaak on repeat. This scene was perfect – So later when I was talking to Bill I quickly told him – when we go…
Four seasons in one year…
Coming from Melbourne, real weather extremes are somewhat new for me to deal with living here. I absolutely love being able to feel actual seasonal changes and part of the beauty of moving here was the chance to experience four real seasons. I feel I am so lucky to be able to fully experience the…
Crandell Theatre
As I posted earlier, on Christmas night we headed to Chatham for the 7pm showing of Little Fockers at the Crandell Theatre. Chatham is a beautiful historic little village and the Crandell is a one screen theatre that is just gorgeous. Tickets are $5.00 and popcorn and candy are cheap as! They had just this…
Christmas 2010
I felt like Christmas had snuck up on us very quickly. Being totally preoccupied with the wedding and the family visit, it felt Christmassy but it just felt like it was here way too soon. This is a long post – be prepared! We had all our presents and decorations in order. The only thing…
Blizzard 2010
On Sunday morning at about 10.30am, snow started falling in Brooklyn. By 7am Monday the snow had stopped and we were left with some unbelievable scenes here in the city. While I have experienced a few snow storms now, this was a blizzard. Basically we had hurricane force winds, with snow, in absolutely freezing (well…
The twelve days of Christmas…
Fiona in Queensland decided to start a blogging challenge – #blog12daysxmas and so I just had to take part. You can read about her reasoning to start the challenge here. I feel if more people realize that the twelve days of Christmas are actually from from Christmas (25th December) to Epiphany (6th January) then that…
Goodbyes never get easier
The range of emotions over the past four weeks (actually make that the past 12 months!) have been a rollercoaster. Today, there is no doubt about it as a little cloud of sadness hangs over our apartment. It is always like this after goodbyes and yesterday, as I bawled my eyes out in the street…
Christmas in Brooklyn
Christmas has hit our apartment! We got back from Albany late Saturday night and spent Sunday afternoon putting up the tree and decorations. Here is our tree – It didn’t look so big in the store… oops. But it is pretty! We have had three ornaments given to us. This one ‘Our First Christmas’ was…