gardening karma
Posted by: lorider on: April 25, 2009
I don’t know how I have so much luck, but the last two schools I’ve taught at (both in the inner city) have beautiful gardens on land donated to the school! today was spring cleanup day, so I headed on down and worked on a lovely, hot sunny day. (then recovered with a mineral bath & facial!) here’s some snaps:
home again!
Posted by: lorider on: April 18, 2009
ahhhhh, so nice to get off the plane, come home for a nap, have breakfast for dinner, and then get on tha internets while listening to kitty contentedly snoring next to me.
vacays rule! and now…. here are my posts for my trip:
DC art visit
Posted by: lorider on: April 17, 2009
- In: art| travel
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wednesday, I went to see the phillips collection off dupont circle in DC. it turned out to be a very rainy day, perfect for a long day in the galleries:
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I saw tons of things I liked, but I’ll only show a few, as I’m sure it’s highly illegal. first off was this cool elizabeth murray piece. can you believe she was in her 60’s when she made this? how awesome:
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then there was a rothko room! check out the website, if you keep reloading the main page, a photo of the room eventually shows up at the top. basically, it’s a small room with one canvas on each wall – so you can sit in the middle and be surrounded by rothko! truly a religious experience. oops, didn’t see the sign about staying two feet away from the artworks till later – so much texture to check out! they were just lucky I didn’t lick ‘em- yum!
then I saw an amazing variety of modern works. I really felt honored to see these works in person, and of course they are so much better that way than in some reproduction. here are a couple more that show up okay:
georges braque ‘bird’
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georges rouault ‘woman in profile’
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paul klee ‘figure of the oriental theater’ ****
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amazing, right? now we know where anime comes from! then it was off to lunch (check out those mussels!):
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even tha metro was artistic!!
post on the fly…
Posted by: lorider on: April 14, 2009
- In: bff's| travel
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my trip to Maryland has been fun so far! I’ve spent lots of time with my friend Sharon and her family: we went to the Baltimore Aquarium on Monday, and have hung out around the house, watching movies, listening to the kids do their piano practice, checking homework, and eating, eating, eating! Sharon’s a great cook and as she knows my blood-sugar vagaries all too well, she makes sure I stay on a full tank! as it’s passover, we’ve eaten haroset, gefilte fish, matzoh ball soup (which Sharon makes with lots of veggies), matzoh kugel and even a matzoh lasagna!
Shar, as I call her to her eldest daughter’s bemusement, has to email me a copy of the pic we all took together in the Aquarium — then I’ll post it, but anyway, I can report that we saw all manner of rays, sharks, a tortoise, an electric eel, anemones (my fav), sea stars, etc, plus four dolphins performing at the dolphin show. it was lots of fun.
tonight, Shar & I got the night off (not that I’ve taken any responsibility with the kids beyond kissing them and listening to their piano) and went to get matching! manis and pedis. we found a great dark purple by OPI in their parisian collection, except Sharon had to get a lighter color on her hands as she’s active duty.
anyway, I’ll give a run-down of the cute lil’ darlings Shar has popped out the next time, as well as an update on all the fun DC happenings…..
BYE!
lessee…..
Posted by: lorider on: April 10, 2009
I’m on vacation this week, so I’ll get a nice break from teaching. (I probably need to re-charge: I got a little note this week which read, “your the best teacher in the wolrd.” hmmm.)
I’m headed to “sin city,” Ellicot City on the Beltway. oh, no? not known as sin city? well, I’ll try to have fun anyway. I may even buy a camera and actually put pix on this mug. may.
I bought a book yesterday for my vacation – Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. needless to say, if you are a fan of both Jane Austin & zombies, this is a must-read. plus, I found out I can get my netflix sent to my friend’s house for one week. and I’ll bring my mc’puter to continue on my mp3 quest-just looked up a bunch of rancid. (YEAH!) so I think I’m all set in terms of entertainment!
see ya on the road!
mmmmmMuza!
Posted by: lorider on: April 9, 2009
I just wanted to tell you about my dinner! I ate at Muza Restaurant in Troy – I wish I found this place long ago, but it was in a part of town I’m sorry to say I had no idea existed.
anyway, they serve real european (polish) food: ie well-prepared, simple dishes – cutlets and sausages and some basic fish dishes- all to be served with some cabbage and potatoes or noodles on the side, of course!
I had the Vienna Schnitzel and it was absolutely delicious – of course!!! you could hear the chef pounding the hell out of the cutlets all the way to the second floor! damn tender!! everything was cooked properly and the ambience was, well… like a european restaurant. not “fancy-schmancy,” just thoughtfully laid out and unpretentious. very relaxing.
and you know it was authentic by the “polish vegetable salad:” a potato salad with some peas and carrot slices stuck in. yum! gotta love those eastern european “vegetables”- guaranteed to get you through a long winter!! 
anyway, lots to tell you – will update tomorrow…..
TTFN
the fam!
Posted by: lorider on: April 6, 2009
a bunch of my family got together yesterday – in Albany (or Troy. whatever.) my sister and her kids came north from PA and our parents came south from VT, and they all met here! one of my nephews has his break this week, so they did a kind of meet-you-partway thing so he could go visit the grandparents. but the cool part is now halfway is my house!
us younger generations went swimming in the morning at the hotel, then we all met for brunch, then came back to my place and wandered all over the hay-fields… it was a gorgeous day! we went up the biggest field – I’ve always wondered how far it really was to the top (far) – and had a great view down over the hills and fields and woods and my little house waaay down below…..
bye
WHAAAAAAAT????
Posted by: lorider on: April 1, 2009
did these geniuses ever hear of this movie? seriously.
raphael saadiq got me!
Posted by: lorider on: March 29, 2009
I’ve been thinking about getting mp3 downloads, but the apple store is a bitch, so I was just… “thinkin’ about” checking into amazon downloads – until, that is, I heard this song on wext – I downloaded that amazon software so fast, my head spun. (v easy to use, too!)
now I’ve got it on repeat!
UPDATE: uh-oh. I think I’m going to lose a lot of dough with this. and possibly any cultural credibility. I went on just to get a few tres chic Carla Bruni songs (I swear!) and suddenly I had downloaded a ton of Flo Rida and Fabolous songs… how did that happen?!? I guess I’ll know I’m really in trouble if I start downloading Warren G.
