I don't know how, or I'd replicate it, but somehow my brain suddenly clicked on again Friday morning. Sitting on the subway to work, I figured out the exact right present for Pongo's "birthday". Too bad it required me to go to the new REI in Soho, bc I was half an hour late for my date with Julian after I'd finished angsting about socks. We had ( Read more... )

My first skating lesson was eye opening. Freshly sharpened skates are always challenging and even though my mum told me I haven't figure skated since middle school, my brain was thoroughly convinced I could do all the things I used to do. Between thinking about skating and actually getting on the ice again, I found myself dreaming about the moves, ( Read more... )

Thurs night, I went to see Cowboys & Aliens. It's pretty sad that I *heart* blockbusters and I target few of them -- and yet, I rarely actually make it to the theater to see them. Sad for Hollywood I guess. I liked it a lot: Daniel Craig is growing on me, Indy got more action than in the last Jones movie, and Olivia Wilde spent half the movie wet ( Read more... )

Maybe it's just that I went to Secret Science Club on Weds, which always reminds me of Pleasure Salon, if the latter were about science and had a speaker, ( science rocks for realz )

If it's not LJ & the Russians, it's my computer not being able to handle 2 browsers AND McAfee dagnabbit. If I weren't leaving town Thurs night, I'd've bought a new computer already.

Fri was my manager's last day at work for 18 days1, so things were frantic, even without my leaving an hour early. I left a half hour later than I wanted, which was a ( Read more... )

Apparently I can be drunk but still feel ankle pain. Dammit. I was relaxing with a glass of Pedro Ximenez on Thurs night when I read something triggery on FB and switched to bourbon and emails from happier times. bleh. The only way out is through, etc.

I've mentioned the royal wedding party from Fri morning. Evil English served homemade scones and ( Read more... )

It's been a little weird hearing the media talk about the Arab revolt while reading about T. E. Lawrence. I finished the first chapter of Hero before going to hear the author at the weirdest talk I've ever been to. It was sponsored by the NY Historical Society, but held at the Society for Ethical Culture bc the former's building is being renovated ( Read more... )

Fri night was the best showtunes night we've had yet. Sing Sing on St. Marks has a broader selection than the place NY Mag recommended, although they have some eclectic choices: every song from Cinderella (presumably the R&H version) including the instrumental songs, but only one song from Into the Woods. Sna? More importantly, we had twice the ( Read more... )

Thurs night, I went to a random women's networking event to which I was invited by a chick from the last MITEF event I went to, mostly bc it was a tasting (and discussion) of MarieBelle chocolate. ( Read more... )

Anyone interested in hitting Race to the Ends of the Earth on Sunday?

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