...but nothing every really does go without saying, so I'll join in the announcements that I have no intention of linking anyone or anything from my LJ to other social networking sites, and that I'll thank you all to do the same with my entries and comments.

I had a delightful time today with frankie_ecap, who joined me at St. John the Divine for high mass and a mini tour of the premises as part of her whirlwind tour through New York. She was indeed glamorous, from her the highlights in her auburn hair right down to her elegant golden slippers. We had a nice bit of ecclesiastical geekery and were then joined by ( Read more... )

This week our fair city is graced by a visit from tofty and octoberstory. (Well, there are tons of other tourists, too, but we don't know them so they don't count.) Last night we met them for cocktails at the Algonquin hotel and dressed ourselves in some semblance of jazz age finery. I had a sidecar, which is one of the most iconic twenties drinks. Leit aptly ( Read more... )

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Squee!! Thank you to my benefactrix bethbethbeth for the lovely and unexpected red rose for my user page!

In other news, nobody has yet gifted me with an iPhone.

My Friends page appears to be stuck on June 16th. It was a nice enough day, but I don't want to relive it indefinitely ( Read more... )

When I have carefully created a PhotoShop image at 100 x 100 pixels, cropping and balancing it exactly as I prefer, I do not need LJ's "help" in resizing the image by cutting off the border and resampling the main part of the image to make it blurrier. But any attempts to refocus the live area to that of my original seem to result in oddly shaped ( Read more... )