Okay, we're not there yet, but sitting in Washington Square Park in the sunshine this afternoon was very cheering.
Spring 2010
Started by Wilfrid, Mar 06 2010 10:14 PM
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Posted 06 March 2010 - 10:14 PM
Why live your life when you could curate it?
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Posted 06 March 2010 - 11:03 PM
QUOTE(Wilfrid @ Mar 6 2010, 05:14 PM) 
Okay, we're not there yet, but sitting in Washington Square Park in the sunshine this afternoon was very cheering.
What an absolutely wonderful Saturday.
Temperatures near 60, the remaining snow melting quickly, brilliant, cloudless sky, light breeze.
I sat outside reading my papers this afternoon, first time I've done that in several months.
Tomorrow should be more of the same.
"Peter Kiewit looked for three things in hiring people. He looked for integrity, intelligence and energy. And he said if a person didn’t have the first…that the latter two would kill him. Because if they don’t have integrity, you want ‘em dumb and lazy. You don’t want ‘em smart and energetic.”
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Posted 13 March 2010 - 09:43 PM
what a terrible weather - gusty winds with rain 
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Posted 13 March 2010 - 09:51 PM
QUOTE(helena @ Mar 13 2010, 04:43 PM)
what a terrible weather - gusty winds with rain
Nicely captured.
The wind seems to have kicked up by 10-20 mph just now, the gusts are pretty scary.
It was hard to avoid the feeling that somebody, somewhere, was missing the point. I couldn't even be sure that it wasn't me. - Douglas Adams
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Posted 13 March 2010 - 11:23 PM
an absolutely perfect day in South Beach today.
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Posted 13 March 2010 - 11:40 PM
i think my windows may get blown in by the storm
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Posted 13 March 2010 - 11:43 PM
Ferocious winds, sheeting rain, creaking trees, several power blips / momentary interruptions in the electric grid.
I put in my online order to Renee's seeds, and thought about starting my first seed bed of the year with some 2009 lettuce and spinach seeds in a wooden wine box.
I put in my online order to Renee's seeds, and thought about starting my first seed bed of the year with some 2009 lettuce and spinach seeds in a wooden wine box.
"Peter Kiewit looked for three things in hiring people. He looked for integrity, intelligence and energy. And he said if a person didn’t have the first…that the latter two would kill him. Because if they don’t have integrity, you want ‘em dumb and lazy. You don’t want ‘em smart and energetic.”
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Posted 14 March 2010 - 12:01 AM
Water pressure is down in this area, probably a power failure at a pumping station or something.
Lots of suspensions of NJ Transit train service all over the state, putting a cramp into my plans to go into NYC tonight.
The wind continues to howl.
This is a lousy day.
Lots of suspensions of NJ Transit train service all over the state, putting a cramp into my plans to go into NYC tonight.
The wind continues to howl.
This is a lousy day.
It was hard to avoid the feeling that somebody, somewhere, was missing the point. I couldn't even be sure that it wasn't me. - Douglas Adams
Please come visit my rock concert blog: Tantalized.
Please come visit my rock concert blog: Tantalized.
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Posted 14 March 2010 - 05:32 AM
Spent part of my evening in a human chain, rescuing booze from the flooding cellar of an East Village bar. All the bars down the block (yes, there were several) were having the same problem. I did my bit, and was sufficiently rewarded. :hic:
Why live your life when you could curate it?
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Posted 14 March 2010 - 09:56 AM
Snowing again here. 
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Posted 14 March 2010 - 01:12 PM
QUOTE(Wilfrid @ Mar 14 2010, 01:32 AM)
Spent part of my evening in a human chain, rescuing booze from the flooding cellar of an East Village bar. All the bars down the block (yes, there were several) were having the same problem. I did my bit, and was sufficiently rewarded. :hic:
God bless you; it's the sort of selfless humanitarianism that made America great.
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Posted 14 March 2010 - 02:15 PM
QUOTE(Ron Johnson @ Mar 13 2010, 07:23 PM)
an absolutely perfect day in South Beach today.
Oh, shut up.
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Posted 15 March 2010 - 05:52 PM
After a long and cold winter (particularly when compared to recent winters) we got to 64 degF yesterday with bright sunshine in Minneapolis. Fired up the grill and ate dinner outside last night. It felt great.
The road/sidewalk grit season is off to a good start.
The road/sidewalk grit season is off to a good start.
Suffocating under a pile of cheese curds.
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Posted 20 March 2010 - 05:15 PM
QUOTE(Suzanne F @ Mar 14 2010, 10:15 AM)
QUOTE(Ron Johnson @ Mar 13 2010, 07:23 PM)
an absolutely perfect day in South Beach today.
Oh, shut up.
What a difference a week makes. an absolutely perfect day in Lower Manhattan today.
[M]ost of the pastas hover around $25. This ought to be enough to buy bucatini that is cooked on both ends. -- Pete Wells on Caravaggio ( * review)
Tonight, there was a dessert of coconut, rhubarb, and black olive. Obvious in its execution how innovation and experiment, when introduced for their own sake, are annoying. --irnscrabblechf52, May 9, 2013
notorious stickler -- NY Times
deeply annoying and nitpicking -- Molly O'Neill, One Big Table
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Posted 20 March 2010 - 06:33 PM
I pulled out my summer sneakers and sandals and put away the boots, not prematurely, I hope.
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