Other stuff from the homeland

Well, just one more thing. LL was in Toronto this past weekend (she had some work meetings on Monday) and brought this funny/fab button from Enoch. I love it and am wearing it today. Speaking of LL we met up in Central Park yesterday after work -- it looks like summer here! No jackets, skirts, full leaves on the trees. We sat on the edge of some body of water near the Bethesda Fountain and watched turtles poke their heads out of the water and the gondola man row around people drinking wine.

(I don't think one actually "rows" a gondola; but what is the right verb? Anyone??)

I stumbled on the Hell's Kitchen flea market on my Sunday walk to church. Didn't pick anything up, though was tempted by a decorative plate depicting the signing of the constitution.

Engineers strike again

I am using the free but incredibly faint internet on campus at Columbia (three blocks from my house) in the efforts of sending three emails. On the way onto campus I noticed the above -- chalk another one up to the U of T engineers. I have to scam internet since there is no internet at home, for various reasons relating to our unusual-but-appropriate-to-New-York real estate arrangement.

Yesterday I got a lovely postcard from adventuress-in-Dutchland, the ever interesting blog writer and friend LtK. Among other things she said I should blog more New York stories. I actually think that would be good for me; writing helps me process.

To that end stay tuned for more (when I get back to work on Monday where the real internet is). I'll also be writing a post at Empire Remixed...

My backyard

When I was looking for apartments here I wondered how on earth the kitten could go outside, so this backyard is, to me, a miracle. My current dilemma is, do I let the kitten wander about on her own, despite the general starkness and the large rats that live in the tree stump? Any wisdom out there?

While I'm talking about the backyard, both my backyards at this house and Manning Ave had, randomly but appropriately and very homemadedly, crosses. (I am annoyed that I failed to get a pic of the Manning one.. how did that happen?)