Monday, March 31, 2008
Hosmer
Hosmer's obituary appeared in the paper today. You can see a ton of photos on flickr. Here's a sample.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Some More Oswego Picks
Here are some more Oswego pictures, including shots from the hospital, Greenes, the stands, and Molly on Skype in her wedding makeup with the wedding spider plants.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Happy St. Patrick's Day
GrandMary, Andy, Sarah and Anders in front of Casey's Irish Pub
A good time was had by all!
A good time was had by all!
Life on South Race Street
We've been lucky with weather from Grandmary's visit. Anders spent two days here last week after he and Sarah got back form Oswego, and the weather cooperated for outdoor time with temperatures in the 60's. Here's a few snaps.
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Lost
What does everyone think about Lost?
I really think its been good this season. Back to the nameless dread of season one. Even the really sappy conversations between Jin and Sun this week didn't turn me off, they were always among my favorite characters so I have a high tolerance.
I really think its been good this season. Back to the nameless dread of season one. Even the really sappy conversations between Jin and Sun this week didn't turn me off, they were always among my favorite characters so I have a high tolerance.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Some Oswego Photos
A few updates. Jody, Calvin and Marc left yesterday. Hosmer seemed pretty tired, but he was excited by the Spitzer news. He made a specific request that he get the New York Times to read about it today. The snow stopped--although I heard it might come back tomorrow.
Saturday, March 08, 2008
Oswego
Frank and I flew up to Oswego on Thursday morning to see Hosmer. We almost missed the plane though we were sitting right next to the gate drinking coffee and juice in the sports bar at the jetBlue terminal. Dad seems relatively comfortable and is being well cared for in the Intensive Care Unit. Marc arrived late Thursday night, Kate yesterday in the early afternoon. Beers have been consumed at Greene's on breaks from the hospital when Hosmer is sleeping.
A major blizzard has hit, we are waiting to see who will be able to make it here today.
A major blizzard has hit, we are waiting to see who will be able to make it here today.
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Monday, March 03, 2008
Happy Birthday Mom (Trish)
Happy Birthday. I am looking forward to a report/photos of the Spaghetti Factory celebration.
Sunday, March 02, 2008
Brain Dead
I've been feeling too brain dead to write anything insightful and coherent. But for anyone concerned about the minutia of my life, here is a sampling of what I have done in the last week:
Eaten buffalo stew.
Finally seen Juno. Which, despite a little squeemishness about the teenage pregnancy plot, I loved. At the end I cried sort of uncontrollably and then ran out and bought the soundtrack, to which I have been listening to obsessively ever since.
Started to write a talk about Sarah Winnemucca, which I need to finish tonight, as I need to give it tomorrow at the opening ceremonies of BCC women's history month.
Celebrated my fifth anniversary with Neilson by eating pizza at John's, site of our first date.
Become obsessed with In Treatment. It sounded so annoying, but now I can't get enough. (Note--Matt F. and I have been having Facebook conversations about HBO shows. He likes it too.)
Been concerned about the use of human hair as a trim on Project Runway.
Explored the awesome beer section at the new Whole Foods on Houston Street and bought a 6-pack of Blue Point Brewing Company Toasted Lager for $7.00.
Learned that Whole Foods yogurt is just about as good as Stonybook, and significantly cheaper. (You know you live in Manhattan when Whole Foods is where you go to bargain shop.)
Started to watch Prime Suspect I. Having finished Slings and Arrows, its nice to have a nice long series to look forward to watching.
Bought a ticket to go to Denver over Easter weekend. (Skiing, chocolate, Anders, Grand Mary, Ezra--what more could a girl want.)
And now for a few gratuitous kitty pictures.
Eaten buffalo stew.
Finally seen Juno. Which, despite a little squeemishness about the teenage pregnancy plot, I loved. At the end I cried sort of uncontrollably and then ran out and bought the soundtrack, to which I have been listening to obsessively ever since.
Started to write a talk about Sarah Winnemucca, which I need to finish tonight, as I need to give it tomorrow at the opening ceremonies of BCC women's history month.
Celebrated my fifth anniversary with Neilson by eating pizza at John's, site of our first date.
Become obsessed with In Treatment. It sounded so annoying, but now I can't get enough. (Note--Matt F. and I have been having Facebook conversations about HBO shows. He likes it too.)
Been concerned about the use of human hair as a trim on Project Runway.
Explored the awesome beer section at the new Whole Foods on Houston Street and bought a 6-pack of Blue Point Brewing Company Toasted Lager for $7.00.
Learned that Whole Foods yogurt is just about as good as Stonybook, and significantly cheaper. (You know you live in Manhattan when Whole Foods is where you go to bargain shop.)
Started to watch Prime Suspect I. Having finished Slings and Arrows, its nice to have a nice long series to look forward to watching.
Bought a ticket to go to Denver over Easter weekend. (Skiing, chocolate, Anders, Grand Mary, Ezra--what more could a girl want.)
And now for a few gratuitous kitty pictures.
Geneva-2-Denver Road Trip -- Days 3-5 and Voila, we're here!
Anders in his "dudes" -- March 1, 2008
Chicago was terrific -- we had a great room and a huge day Tuesday, with a movie, an early dinner at Joe's Stone Crab, and then Jersey Boys (click on the Video tab for a preview). Grandmary really loved this show -- almost all those Four Seasons songs have become part of pop DNA. Lots of nostalgia and lots of energy and tremendous entertainment.
The next three days were pretty quiet -- West Des Moines (the middle of NOWHERE!!!! -- it makes you wonder how Laura Ingalls and family ever survived), North Platte Nebraska, and finally home in Denver on Friday by 1 pm. The picture on the left tells the Nebraska story.
We drove just a little under 1700 miles, averaging about 350-400 miles a day. The following pictures show why this was a good thing to do -- it was 80 degrees here today (!) and Grandmary, Anders and I were outside all afternoon.
The video above -- 3 pm Saturday -- Anders is in sand-box world and Mom is talking to Barb in New Hampshire on her birthday. We even had a tea party, as Mom tells Barb on the call.
Just to complete the Colorado story, the temperature had dropped 50 degrees by 5 am Sunday and we had six inches of blowing snow and lots of road closures, so the taste of Spring was short lived, but a good harbinger of things to come.
Remember -- next weekend is Spring forward, Fall back!
Saturday, March 01, 2008
Friday, February 29, 2008
Did any one watch . . .
the Project Runway semi-final. Stop reading if you haven't seen it--but I think the human hair was a mistake.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Personality Types of the Candidates
Slate has an article about the psychological profiles of the 3 remaining presidential candidates.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Genev-2-Denver Road Trip -- Days 1 & 2
DAY 1 - Departure
Day 2 -- View of Lake Michigan and Lake Shore Drive (from Hotel)
Lakeshore Drive and Lake Michigan during snow storm (from hotel)
DAY 3
Mom relaxing, reading the paper and watching Martha Stuart
Grandmary and I are making great progress so far. I really meant to post everyday, but that's clearly going to be a challenge, so every few days will be more likely.
The first day (Sunday) was sunny and dry all the way to Toledo and we made great time. We had lunch at a Cracker Barrel (southern cooking; very hokey, and of course, little Christian-fundamentalist, with lots of lot of after-Churchers in attendance but the food was really good). I had the country fried chicken special and Mom had ham and biscuits. Whoowee! We stayed at a Courtyard Marriott in a shopping center in Toledo Sunday night.
We only drove four hours Monday, having a big classic breakfast (for lunch) at Denny's in South Bend and touring the Notre Dame campus, and now we are at the Drake in Chicago for two days. We got here just as a big storm was starting but we made it while it was still only rain and then we spent the night inside watching the snow over Lakeshore Drive. We have a nice "suite" and just decided to stay in last night, getting room service and watching Raisin in the Sun. Ellen stopped in to say hello and had dinner here also.
Today is our BIG day in Chicago -- a movie, an early dinner at Joe's Stone Crab and then Jersey Boys tonight. This is a lot, but we can sleep in tomorrow before we head to Des Moines.
More later ......
Day 2 -- View of Lake Michigan and Lake Shore Drive (from Hotel)
Lakeshore Drive and Lake Michigan during snow storm (from hotel)
DAY 3
Mom relaxing, reading the paper and watching Martha Stuart
Grandmary and I are making great progress so far. I really meant to post everyday, but that's clearly going to be a challenge, so every few days will be more likely.
The first day (Sunday) was sunny and dry all the way to Toledo and we made great time. We had lunch at a Cracker Barrel (southern cooking; very hokey, and of course, little Christian-fundamentalist, with lots of lot of after-Churchers in attendance but the food was really good). I had the country fried chicken special and Mom had ham and biscuits. Whoowee! We stayed at a Courtyard Marriott in a shopping center in Toledo Sunday night.
We only drove four hours Monday, having a big classic breakfast (for lunch) at Denny's in South Bend and touring the Notre Dame campus, and now we are at the Drake in Chicago for two days. We got here just as a big storm was starting but we made it while it was still only rain and then we spent the night inside watching the snow over Lakeshore Drive. We have a nice "suite" and just decided to stay in last night, getting room service and watching Raisin in the Sun. Ellen stopped in to say hello and had dinner here also.
Today is our BIG day in Chicago -- a movie, an early dinner at Joe's Stone Crab and then Jersey Boys tonight. This is a lot, but we can sleep in tomorrow before we head to Des Moines.
More later ......
Friday, February 22, 2008
Charles Barkley on the Election
CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer interviewed Barkley at the NBA All-Star game last week. Read the transcript- you have to go down a bit on the page, there's a bunch of other stuff before they get to the interview of the Round Mound of Rebound. I was glad to find out that Barkley is not the Republican he claimed to be a few years ago.
New Glasses from Sol Moscot
Kate, Trish and Frank all buy their glasses at Sol Moscot, I thought I would give them a try too. I love the way this place looks, I don't think they have changed the decor since 1945, though they do have a large plasma screen with animations about eyecare.
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