HAPPY FRIDAY! Woohoo indeed! We raced out of work to make the 4.15 session of Cars 2 in 3D. I had not seen Cars itself and have never been to a 3D movie before, but I was trusting Bill’s judgement with his one and he was happy I had agreed to see a ‘Bill Movie’…
#blogjune – Day 23 – Feast of Corpus Christi
On Thursday night it was muggy and humid – it has been like that all week in the city. Foggy, stormy and sticky and by Thursday I was well and truly over it. We ended up heading to Holy Innocents Church on 38th Street for their Solemn Mass in the Extraordinary Form and Procession. In…
#blogjune – Day 22 – Who I know I am
My passion for genealogy started in 1991 when my cousin Grant and I spent a adrenaline fuelled day in the State Library of Victoria acting like crazies on a microfilm machine. This came to a head on Christmas Day in 2009 when I presented everyone with a 50 page book of the Cleary Family History….
#blogjune – Day 21 – Subway posters
I love looking at the posters that line subway stations. This is an example of a good subway poster… one promoting the Morgan Library and Museum, another one for an exhibition at the Whitney Museum and then a movie poster – But today… I got this – Scary clown faced man was looking straight at…
#blogjune – Day 20 – Presto Pesto!
If you are like me and love pesto sauce but hate the too-much-oil guilt factor then you just have to try this recipe from Weight Watchers for their version of pesto. I actually enjoy it more then regular pesto. For some reason it is a lot easier to eat and is perfect on anything and…
#blogjune – Day 19 – Long Beach
As it wasn’t humid today, but still nice and warm we decided to get on the Long Island Railroad and head out to Long Beach, Long Island. The LIRR leaves from Atlantic Terminal – just a 15 minute walk from our place so we got up, got ready and headed out early. It is such…
#blogjune – Day 18 – AC/DC in ’09
Summer over here means a wicked concert schedule. From festivals to outdoor concerts there are always great concerts to experience. I realized I never blogged about our awesome night at AC/DC in 2009 at the Meadowlands Stadium in New Jersey. It was an epic night! We got tickets up the top of the grandstand for…
#blogjune – Day 17 – B. Cafe West
Before we headed to the Sunburnt Calf for the Camille & Michael’s going away party, we dropped into B. Cafe West for some dinner. It is just next to the Mermaid Inn and we intended to go there for dinner, but thought we’d give B Cafe a try – it wasn’t too bad! We shared…
#blogjune – Day 16 – Bye Cam!
When you move overseas on your own, a strange thing happens when it seems your friends end up feeling like your family. One of the first friends I made when I moved here was Camille and it was super fun as we worked together. I’ll never forget my first day and I was waiting for…
#blogjune – Day 15 – Album Art
I love iTunes and downloading songs and all but as a recovering CD buying addict (I would basically live at JB/Sanity/HMV) one thing that I miss is being able to really enjoy album artwork. I guess that really being able to appreciate album artwork also died a little bit when CDs took over. The size…