Friday, August 13, 2010

Love Fridays

Pic: Le Love

Wishing you all a lovely, lovely weekend. I can't believe it's mid-August already. 5 weeks down. It's not looking like the sun is going to show this weekend - it's kind of grey and rainy and windy here in NZ at the moment.

It doesn't take much to put a smile on my face most of the time. I take pleasure in many little things. Right now I'm appreciating every little email or text message or photograph that comes my way. Especially the ones I don't ask for. I'm even lucky enough to be shown the view out the taxi window on my Boy's way home from Manhattan... Just a little bit jealous...


Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Splish Splash I was Takin' a Bath..

The Boy tells me of plans to go for a surf on the weekend. Surfing? In New York? When I think of swimming in New York, two images come to mind.

The first is of Kramer doing laps in the East River.



The second is of the SATC girls getting some rooftop poolside action - though of course Samantha had to impersonate a British socialite to actually gain entry to the pool..

Pic: flavorwire.com

I've discovered a much better option, though not so sure a surfboard would actually fit in any of these pools.. Dumpsters have been set up on Park Avenue for New Yorkers and tourists to cool off in the heat of the New York summer! I hate to say it, but I am actually craving some heat right now - I miss the humidity of a Sydney summer that sees you sweating the moment you step out of a shower. And I think queuing up before 9am just to get one of the 420 daily swimming passes (they are free!) would be well worth it, even to be constrained in such close quarters for 20 minutes with a bunch of other hot and sweaty people..



For more dumpster diving pics, see here!

Monday, August 9, 2010

The Single Life

Some things I've been loving about have all this me-time available? Things that I perhaps took for granted for that whole other 30.5 years of my life before my Boy came along?

Not getting out of my pyjamas for an entire weekend. Not even to go to the supermarket - my lovely winter coat hides a multitude of sins.

Not having to shave my legs for 4 weeks, until it's time to go to my monthly massage appointment and being too ashamed to subject the poor masseuse to such horrors. Then remembering how nice it feels to have freshly smooth legs!

Watching episode after episode of Mad Men on weeknights. Accompanied by blocks of Cadbury.

Not having my stuff scattered over two different houses. There is so much more thinking to be done when you have to consider what you're going to wear to work well before the time that you usually have to think about - that being when you're actually getting ready for work and you have an entire wardrobe to choose from...!

Ordering Pizza for dinner two nights in a row. Not from the same place though - what do you take me for?? Hell Pizza one night, Pizza Pomodoro the next. My mouth is watering just thinking about it.

You know what? There's not a lot else I can think of. I loved having my Boy to hang out with! I love that he's in New York and working hard and playing hard and hanging out with his old friends and experiencing the greatest city in the world, and I get to hear about it all first hand. We're in contact every single day, and the one-month mark suddenly descended upon me today without so much as a whimper. Time is totally flying!

Friday, August 6, 2010

Rosemary's Baby

And because I can resist another New York film reference, how divine does Emma Watson look with her new Mia Farrow/Rosemary's Baby haircut?? I think she's totally rocking it.


Love Fridays

I've just stumbled across this fantastic project through Frankie Magazine  - check out the Facebook page for Me&Megan. It's a documentary that is being made on Flip camera phones (!!) about a Sydney couple who are living on opposite sides of the world for 12 months. Megan has gone to Ethiopia to do a volunteer placement, while her man Jason remains in Sydney.

12 months!!! And I though 4 months was going to be hard..

Of course they're hoping to turn it into a feature length doco when it's all over. I don't know if I could put myself and my relationship out there like that. But it's so great to see how others do it, and to know that I definitely don't have it as bad as others! It's been 4 weeks already since my Boy left for NYC - I can't quite believe it. Time actually is flying, which is a lovely feeling in this particular situation.

Some thoughts that have been on my mind lately...
 Pic: Unknown.. If you know who took it, all credit to them!


And some lovely light in the sky of my current city - I took this photo back in April..

Happy Friday!

x

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Bloomingdale's

Shopping Tour - 2nd Stop : Bloomingdale's

This place totally speaks for itself right? Does anyone not adore a gorgeous department store? Well, actually, if you're anything like me you avoid them at all costs at certain times of the year (Boxing Day Sale anyone?? Anyone?? Thought not..)

They sell pretty much everything a shopaholic could desire. I totally forgot that I have actually been to Bloomingdale's, however it was the San Fran store back in 2008.. I did pick myself up a small brown bag, and carried it home in a medium brown bag.

The New York store however, has that magical aura surrounding it.


The Brothers' Bloomingdale started selling hoop skirts in Manhattan in 1861, and opened their first store in 1872 on Third Avenue. The fabulous Christmas window displays that I used to love at David Jones in Sydney when I was a little girl have their history with Bloomingdale's, where theatrical visual merchandising pretty much made it's trademark.

1930 saw the famous art deco Lexington Avenue store open, and this is where you regularly will find me, most likely window-shopping, in NYC.


Maybe I'll run into John Cusack when I'm shopping for gloves at Christmas...

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Overheard in New York

I love this website. Some of my favourites recently:

Wasn't That a He-Man Villain?

Stoner: How do you spell "helter skelter"?
Friend: ...exactly like it sounds.
Stoner: H-e-l-k-e-t-o-r s-k-e-l-e-t-o-r?
Friend: (shakes head in dismay)

--N Train


Otherwise the Human Race Would Soon Die Out

Employee #1, to customers with a baby: That is the cutest baby I have ever seen!
Employee #2: I think my boyfriend and I would have an ugly baby.
Employee #1, in front of couple: No. Ugly people usually have the cutest babies!

--Subway

Overheard by: Drew


Yes.

Loud mother: So that's what this is about? Really?
Unhappy young son: (looks down, says nothing)
Loud mother: Really? That's what this is all about? An orange drink! This is all because of an orange drink?
Unhappy son: (looks down, says something barely audible)
Loud mother: I'm overreacting? You think I'm the one who is overreacting??

--Union Square Park

Overheard by: tycho anomaly