Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Hot Pandemonium

It was like a zoo today in Manhattan. Everybody was out, walking around, being in heat, in every way possible. It's been between 80-90 degrees for the last three days in the tri-state area. I have to admit, being in cold dreary weather really does pay off when you get that delirious euphoria that comes with warm weather! We would all be howling if it were socially acceptable.
Bryant Park was body to body. I took a cell phone picture of it but I don't think it came out very well. I wanted to go to the center and lay in the grass, but I sat in the side of the fountain and moved onto finding a place that juiced their own fresh fruit. (I ended up at Health King - crowded, good, but very pricey)
All in all, there's a magic in the toasty air in NYC.

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Pesach in Urbia

I'm now living in NJ and suburbia has come upon me like a wave. The town I live in is lovingly called "urbia" by my partner and I because it's not quite the rows of identical houses with mowed yards. It's a bit"rougher", if you will.
But since I've moved here I've been to my first Red Lobster (several times now), been to two different Targets and WalMarts in one day, and been to and enjoyed my first Applebee's/
Noooo, it's got a hold of me! :)
I'm freelancing for the show Chopped, on the Food Network, and that's taking up a lot of my time. (I just adore Ted Allen, the host, and his cute little facial expressions and chic glasses - if only I were a gay man).
I made a mini seder tonight which turned out to be a lot of food. We ended up looking up "short seder" on the internet and finding a 30 minute seder and doing it off of my laptop. Way to go, 21st century! And Happy Passover! I'm going to my friend's seder tomorrow night since no one had time to have a big one until tomorrow.