>to blog. Especially from my phone. No spell check, and no way to make paragraphs. I also live in fear of pushing the wrong button and losing a big long post that has taken me forever to type. However it is also the best way to blog from work. This way I will have to post about our trip to the High Line and how wet we got Sunday when I come back to clean up and make it pretty. I also will have to put my pictures on the web.
>O.K. Not really. But whenever I come on my computer with every intention of blogging and getting everyone caught up on my life or writing a review(that I promised someone, that I am now behind on), I go to check my Facebook account. Then 3 hours later, I am too tired to do anything else. It is not really Facebook’s fault, I need more hours in the day. It’s the sun’s fault!
I promised you a post on Pershing Square, however before I do that I have to tell you about the hair. It started with the hair, blond hair on the sidewalk in front of our house(probably, I mean I certainly hope so, a wig), then it was on the street in front of our house. Now it is in the street but down at the corner, it is starting to look really sad. For those of you who are thinking, “Why all this fuss?” or “Why doesn’t she just go pick it up and toss it in the trash?”, I will tell you a little secret. Hair creeps me out. Yes really, when I take my blankets out of the dryer and my hair is all tied up in little clumps and falls out, it looks like a bug or spider and I jump, then I realize it is just my hair that came out and was in my blankets and I get all creeped out.
So why is Pershing Square the best place to have breakfast? Is it because they seat you really fast? no, but they do. Is it because the food comes out really fast? no, but it does. Is it because my order(so far) is always right? no, but it has been. Is it because the food is really good and cooked exactly to order? no, but it is(except today, they didn’t burn my bacon which I asked them too but the chef probably thought that was illegal). Is it because the busboys run around clearing tables super fast and never break a dish? no, but I have never heard a dish break and they are super fast. Is it because I’ve seen the wait staff running with food and never drop even a piece of potato? no, but I have. Is it because the food is super cheap? No, hey its in Manhattan across from GCT, its not cheap. Pershing Square is the best place to have breakfast in NYC because of all those things. It is worth the price.
>Em rode on the train with me. I was going to work, she was going ‘people watching’. I learned that there is enough time for me to get breakfast at Pershing Square and still get to work. Of course I wouldn’t do that on my own, only if someone rode to the city with me on the train. Have I mentioned that Pershing Square is the BEST place in NYC for breakfast? (Remember this is a BLOG and everything on here is my opinion) Have I told you why? I will have to come back to you on that, that has to be its own separate post. Next post I PROMISE.
I left work early to meet Em. She asked to meet at the new Sephora in Time Square. I met her coming out as I was walking toward the store. She had the silver and pink bag that was featured on the e-mail about the new store. She said it was too crowded there and she wanted to go to the other Sephora. She wanted her eyes done, as she is tired of what she does with them. So we go to Sephora and she asks somebody and they ask this little cute guy. He has Em sit on a stool, he has this high squeaky voice. When he goes to get something I ask Em if she noticed he was wearing eyeliner and his lashes were curled? Well her eyes looked fabulous after and we both spent some money there.
Tomorrow we are going to the city while the rest of the family goes to a Star Trek Convention. Leonard Nimoy is supposed to be there. Em and I are going to The High Line. Em also asked me to look up street fairs.
I found this website when we were down for the weekend with Gwen. SCHEDULE New York City Street Fairs and Festivals, so I went to it and found:
Sunday August 2nd ~ Festival of the Americas ~ (on 6th Avenue from 42nd – 56th Street)
Those are our plans. I hope to have pictures to post when we get home.
>The New York Times
Friday, July 31, 2009
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To view this e-mail with images and links, go to: ~The New York Times~
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Trust and Ye Shall Rock Out
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By MELENA RYZIK
Friday, July 31, 2009
Were you stymied by the beer line or the ferry wait at All Points West last year? The promoters behind this year’s festival felt your pain, and have promised to fix things this weekend. Head to Liberty State Park for Jay-Z, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Vampire Weekend and more; hopefully your trust will be rewarded.
The New York Times
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 — 6:52 PM ET
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Poll Shows Obama’s Clout on Health Care Is Eroding
President Obama’s ability to shape the debate on health care appears to be eroding as opponents aggressively portray the effort as a government-takeover that could limit Americans’ ability to choose their doctor and course of treatment, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.
Americans are concerned that overhauling the healthcare system would reduce the quality of their care, increase their out-of-pocket health costs and tax bills and limit their options in choosing doctors, treatment and tests, the poll found.
Read More: ~The New York Times~
>The New York Times
Monday, July 27, 2009 — 10:36 AM ET
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Merce Cunningham, Influential Choreographer, Dies at 90
Merce Cunningham, the American choreographer who was among a handful of 20th-century figures to make dance a major art and a major form of theater, died Sunday night. He was 90 and lived in Manhattan.
Read More:
http://www.nytimes.com/?emc=na
>Bella is an insecure whiney little thing. LOL! But it sometimes helps to whine a little. See, J. Kaye from J. Kaye’s Book Blog took pity on me and tweeted about my giveaway, and now people have entered! It is actually going to be a contest now! I am so happy. Yes really, now off to find a life.
In other news, Em got a new car, a blue Hyundai Elantra. They got a rebate from Hyundai and cash from the government for D’s old van so everyone is happy.
My mother called, she is home and feeling alright. She doesn’t know yet if she’ll have to have additional treatment. Test results are not in yet.
Lastly, my belly is healing and still looks oh so cute!
>Checking out this blog a vagabond’s sketchbook I found this Youtube clip. I’m not a big fan of Bob Hope or James Cagney, but the dance routine is only surpased by the quips. Enjoy and check out the blog. It’s pretty cool too.
>Sometimes it’s better not to know things. Like I used to not have a site meter. I just assumed that if no one was commenting, then no one was reading and I was happy. Then I got a site meter, and the numbers showed that people were reading my blog, how exciting! As the numbers went up, my mood went up. I was happy, then this morning I got my weekly report that said I have an average of 1 person reading my blog. That made me sad. Now I want a pity party, on the count of three everybody go ‘Ahhh, poor Bella, she has no life!” Er, I mean, well you know what I mean. Pity party over.
Adding to the site meter report is the fact that so far on my book giveaway I have one person entered. ONE PERSON! And supposedly I have more readers on that blog. Sigh. I am going to have to take drastic measures to get more entries. The giveaway is only for another week. For a while I was afraid I was going to
(a) tell the publishers that I had no entries; or
(b) lie and make up some entries (you know, give them the addresses of friends and family).
Well now I have one entry. Hopefully I’ll get at least one more before the end of the week.
>My postcard collection is not just postcards people have sent me. Take this postcard,
I have found the saying to be true. I meet lots of friendly people in New York.
For more postcard fun, visit postmistress Marie Reed
Thursday, 18 July 2013
May 21, 2008
NYT > THE CITY
Belleza
just a (transplanted) city girl 