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July 1, 2006 | Filed under: NYC, city mouse

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Going out to dinner in Chelsea for Brian’s Birthday brought us to the 23rd Street stop of the N/W subway line. Many of the city’s stations are decorated; murals, sculptures, poems, bas-reliefs, paintings and interactive pieces can be found all over town. Much of the artwork is crafted right into the tile walls, like it is at 23rd Street, and much of the artwork is directly related to the station it’s housed in. There’s a terrific photo collection of NYC Subway art here, or you can wait patiently until I take more footage of stations throughout the year.

I’m crazy about this station. I’m also crazy about my boyfriend, partly because he has no qualms about behaving like a total geek in public with me. Huge bonus.

July 1, 2006 | Filed under: un-vlogged, NYC

Gorgeous day in the city today: gently warm and not the least bit humid. Maisie and I took a several-hours-long walk through beautiful Western Queens…okay, not all of it was beautiful, some of it was industrial and sort of barren. Armed with a large bottle of water and a Godfather hero (salami, cappicola, prosciutto, sopressata, provelone, lettuce, onions, sweet peppers,tomato, oil, vinegar, salt, pepper, oregano, mayo) we set forth toward Socrates Sculpture Park. A neat little spot about 25 blocks away with cool large-scale art and a killer view of Manhattan. It’s a terrific place to enjoy a sandwich with your dog. Then I got ambitious: we headed north-ish toward Astoria Park and enjoyed the greenery and scenery there, too. I figured since it was such a nice day, why not? Well, Miss Maisie is no spring chicken, and got tuckered out pretty quickly. This was probably the most walking she’s done at once in years. She took frequent water breaks and I took lots of pictures and once we reached Astoria Pool we treated ourselves to hotdogs (onions & mustard for me, plain for her) and a cherry Marino’s Italian ice (complete with little wooden spoon).

Once home, we fell into a furry heap onto the floor. Both of us.

May 9, 2006 | Filed under: NYC, city mouse

you can click here to watch the video, too, if you are so inclined!

I’ve been out of sorts, lately, and haven’t been able to post anything these last several days. After finishing up a long run of night shifts I took the train to DC Friday first thing in the morning to attend my honey’s art opening at the Arts Club of Washington (there’ll be video on that experience later), then he drove us back to New York that very same night. Saturday was spent preparing for his zillion mile non-stop drive to New Orleans in his 10 mi/gal pick-up with both the pets, and Sunday marked the start of the drive–a rage-inducing, hellishly frustrating experience due to a near-complete inability to escape from New York because of the 2006 Five Boro Bike Tour. To add to the fun, Maisie always throws up all over the car when they reach a certain part of Central Jersey. Poor man arrived pretty much just in time to pick me up from the airport. The house is in a state I can’t begin to describe** and we’re both freaked out, exhausted, cash poor and on the verge of twin nervous breakdowns. (there’ll be video on that experience, as well.) And it’s HOT! Like Africa Hot. And it’s only May 9th. This worries me greatly.

Excuses, excuses. Enough, already. This is the footage I took on my last shift at work. The view is lovely (although the windows could sure use a washing) and it’s a nice place to take in a New York sunrise. I think I’ll be watching this video on auto-repeat during my stay here in New Orleans. This place has already shoved me over the edge and I’ve only been here 10 hours.

**Not like an “As seen on CNN-hole cut through the roof for an escape hatch-eight feet of water-destroyed by flood-Category 5″ kind of state, but still, really, really f*#&ing difficult state. When complaining about the house in New Orleans I try and maintain some perspective. At least the house is still here.

You know when your haircut grows out and it’s in that in-between stage? This house is in an in-between stage. It’s like “house puberty” in here. This house is as disheveled, dirty, broken and confused as a twelve-year-old boy. But there is DSL. Thanks God for small miracles.

April 27, 2006 | Filed under: un-vlogged, NYC

big dog and small dog
Originally uploaded by www.nyc2005.de.

You’ve seen the video, yes? Well, Janina in Bavaria, Germany sent me this Flickr pic that she took on a trip to NYC in 2005…surely it’s the same pair! It’s a small world afterall!

April 20, 2006 | Filed under: NYC, city mouse, misadventures

New York City, although it has been pissing me off lately, is still one fabulous town. Come share some distinctly NYC activities: A perfect Spring day in Central Park. Counting used condoms in The Lake. Meat-on-a-stick (my boyfriend calls them “steak tips” but really, any meat-on-a-stick that’s $2 probably doesn’t fit into the “steak” category. I won’t eat it). The view from the N train as it glides over the Manhattan Bridge. A night at the 2006 Brooklyn Underground Film Festival, which was super cool.