playing catch-up

i'm a no-good, terrible, very bad blogger, but i have been too busy to update. a lack of internet makes updation a little trickier as well. but i promised an update about our apartment and the bowl-a-thon, so i'm going to resort to that old lazybones standby and do a picture post.

apartment


living room.


kitchen.


bedroom.

i know it looks a bit like a bomb went off (primarily a book and shoe bomb, i discovered in my unpacking) but can't you see its potential? think of these as before pics; i bet you can't wait until our apartment is posing in its formerly size 0XL pants.

bowling


my fellow charity bowlers (they feature in previous tales of happy hours, lost-watching parties and band concerts.)


we're an expressive bunch.

i didn't get many action shots, but we weren't all that active anyways. my teammates bowled well, i bowled terribly (but i did avoid any further injury), and we all had fun.

i want to make a pun on "gala"

but i can't i am too tired.

the venue: the mandarin oriental hotel, 36th floor, looking out over the tree tops of central park and the building beyond, lit up like a string of christmas lights after the sky darkened.

the performers: the adorable children of the special music school and philip glass. philip glass, playing his own composition, captivating the audience for a few moments. it was so beautiful, listening to philip glass, looking out the windows at blue blue sky.

the food and drink: begged for (maybe even flirted for?) but worth it.

the celebrities: usher passing through the lobby (short, cute, unobtrusive), bob kerrey (who said to me at check in "bob kerrey", tiny and dapper in his tuxedo, and i said "kerrey?" like i didn't know who he was), philip. glass.

the train ride home: never have i been so glad to see an f train.

this is one of those "only in new york" nights, when you feel so privileged to be a part of this city and its communities of artists, intellectuals and philanthropists. but next time, i want to be seated at the table.

OH, and it's not too late! i am still begging for my charity bowling team to help raise money for HIV/AIDS research through broadway cares. you don't have to sponsor my every pin bowled; if you go to the link below, you can donate online. (you can also mail cash and checks to me in brooklyn. email me for my real live mailing address.) every $5 helps (although every $25 helps even more!) if you donate, i promise i will bowl my best in your name, and in the name of raising money for a very important cause. you can click here to donate $5, $10, $25 and $100,000,000 to the cause. i know it can feel like a lot, $5, but it would make a real difference to those working to find a cure. if you have ever read something i wrote and liked it, or laughed at it, or thought about it again, please consider donating. i promise even a little bit makes a big difference. the bowl-a-thon is next monday, june 2, so please donate soon!

fun and money

last night was the much anticipated work happy hour. i left work early on wednesday feeling ill, but i managed to rally to see my coworkers thursday evening. i have never been a happy hour person, i don't actively seek out those kinds of deals, but when i can get a bombay sapphire and tonic in nyc for $3, i think it may be time to change. anyways, we started at a fratty bar on the UWS (beer pong, anyone?) and hung out with everyone we work with under the age of 40 (minus my neighbor, who had to work.) then aa, mk and i came home to brooklyn for some delicious greek food and wine at olive vine, which is a neighborhood favorite of mine. (their hummus is great, their grape leaves are excellent. and so cheap!) we got drunk and gossiped about work. and then we decided we weren't going to talk about the office, and instead talked about "the office" (s and i haven't seen the season finale, so don't tell!) and then talked about work some more, because really, it is inevitable. we also have a love of theater, food and brooklyn in common, but it was thursday and we just got a new coworker, so office it was. i walked aa to the train and myself home (i feel pretty safe in my neighborhood, although the apartment we are moving to feels even safer, so i am very excited for that!)

this is not necessarily a post about new york, but i will be doing it in new york, and you'll get to read about it later (and if you donate i'll give you a major shout-out on here) so here goes:

i know that everyone i know is broke and trying to make it here, and usually i am not one for begging for cash, but i am willing to ask when it is for a good cause. my work friends and i have formed a charity bowling team to help raise money for HIV/AIDS research through broadway cares. it's sort of like an old-fashioned jog-a-thon, but you don't have to sponsor my every pin bowled; if you go to the link i have so helpfully included, you can donate online. (you can also mail cash and checks to me in brooklyn. email me for my real live mailing address.) every $5 helps (although every $25 helps even more!) if you donate, i promise i will bowl my best in your name, and in the name of raising money for a very important cause. you can click on this link to donate $5, $10, $25 and $100,000,000 to the cause. i know it can feel like a lot, $5, but it would make a real difference to those working to find a cure. if you have ever read something i wrote and liked it, or laughed at it, or thought about it again, please consider donating. i promise even a little bit makes a big difference.

also, if you know of anyone looking for a way to donate to a great cause, please pass this link along. thanks! m