Been in the city a couple days, visiting Dr. Baby Brother. I feel like I should have been taking advantage of the city, but I haven't felt like doing much. I have fond memories of winter and Christmas time in the city. It seems a world away, now.
I feel a little sickie after all semester and the kiddos down in Philly. I've gone for runs around Central Park. I read a book last night. I took a nap. I cooked a lot for the skinny brother (three kinds of cookies, lasagna, veggies, salads, breakfasts, etc.). It's kind of nice to have anonymity and nothingness. Wish I could have seen more of the brother, the city, and other friends. I am seeing a friend tomorrow morning, so that will be lovely, before heading up (finally) to Boston.
Happy Winter Solstice!
Au milieu de l'hiver, j'ai découvert en moi un invincible été.
Showing posts with label travel. Show all posts
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Philly
Back in Philly. It really feels like I just posted that I was in town for my friend's wedding, but that was way back in May! I've had a summer and a fall since then. I just love this city. It has charm, grit, a feeling of excitement, motion, and adventure. Sadly, I noticed the light balls in Rittenhouse Sq. are not up! I'll have to investigate.
When I got off the bus, I knew right where I was and just started walking through the city West to get to campus. Despite the 23 degree weather and carrying my bag, I wanted to walk. I wanted to save money, but mainly I wanted to walk because I would be passing through the city. It feels great to land in almost any city along the east coast and know my way around. Something about the independence of travel, just me and my small bag (I'm notorious for packing light) - it enlivens me. I feel empowered and connected to the world - connecting both to places and to people.
Off to the more adventures in this next stop I'm making on the long way home...
When I got off the bus, I knew right where I was and just started walking through the city West to get to campus. Despite the 23 degree weather and carrying my bag, I wanted to walk. I wanted to save money, but mainly I wanted to walk because I would be passing through the city. It feels great to land in almost any city along the east coast and know my way around. Something about the independence of travel, just me and my small bag (I'm notorious for packing light) - it enlivens me. I feel empowered and connected to the world - connecting both to places and to people.
Off to the more adventures in this next stop I'm making on the long way home...
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Last day in Denver for awhile
My eyeballs still hurt.
There was a wee hiccup in finishing my paper. I'm here, plugging away, but immensely excited for the east coast!
You can take the girl out of the east coast, but you can't take the east coast out of this girl...
Back to variable geometry. Wait, I thought I one of there was no math in law school?
There was a wee hiccup in finishing my paper. I'm here, plugging away, but immensely excited for the east coast!
You can take the girl out of the east coast, but you can't take the east coast out of this girl...
Back to variable geometry. Wait, I thought I one of there was no math in law school?
Monday, May 31, 2010
Back in D.C.
Hi all!
Made it through wedding season. I had such a nice time at both weddings and seeing all my wonderful friends. How fun! I am so lucky to have such smart, interesting, thoughtful, pun-y and funny friends. We laughed a lot. The wedding in Nashville was just delightful with a live blue grass band, wildflowers, soul food, and a thunderstorm outside our lantern-lit tent. I had the honor of being a bridesmaid and of reading the seven Jewish blessings. I loved being a part of the celebration.
I have just one paper left and I start my internship tomorrow. I suppose I'll actually start exploring D.C. this weekend or next week when I'm done with the paper. Sigh. I feels like summer but I'm just not quite there, yet. Anyone know anything about how China and Islamic empires are similar, even though China didn't really have religion and Islamic empire did? Submit answers within. I'll footnote you!
One quick story - on the plane home today, Memorial Day, Southwest said a few words of praise for the military and then let any military persons off the plane first as a show of gratitude. A thin, fit woman was the only one who walked off. Then, after she got off, someone on the plane (who, I kid you not, could not buckle his seat belt because his belly/gut was so big) said, "I bet she was just a military brat and just followed daddy around." I could not believe it! Some people are so rude and inappropriate (and insecure?) that they have to disrespect others like that. I was truly ashamed for this man, especially because of how quickly I felt shamed in stark contrast to how proud and impressed I felt when I saw this woman walk off the plane on her day of honor. Really, people? I wish I knew I should have said and then I wish I had the guts to have said it.
What would you have said? In all honesty: is there an appropriate, respectful remark I could have made? Leave me a comment!
Made it through wedding season. I had such a nice time at both weddings and seeing all my wonderful friends. How fun! I am so lucky to have such smart, interesting, thoughtful, pun-y and funny friends. We laughed a lot. The wedding in Nashville was just delightful with a live blue grass band, wildflowers, soul food, and a thunderstorm outside our lantern-lit tent. I had the honor of being a bridesmaid and of reading the seven Jewish blessings. I loved being a part of the celebration.
I have just one paper left and I start my internship tomorrow. I suppose I'll actually start exploring D.C. this weekend or next week when I'm done with the paper. Sigh. I feels like summer but I'm just not quite there, yet. Anyone know anything about how China and Islamic empires are similar, even though China didn't really have religion and Islamic empire did? Submit answers within. I'll footnote you!
One quick story - on the plane home today, Memorial Day, Southwest said a few words of praise for the military and then let any military persons off the plane first as a show of gratitude. A thin, fit woman was the only one who walked off. Then, after she got off, someone on the plane (who, I kid you not, could not buckle his seat belt because his belly/gut was so big) said, "I bet she was just a military brat and just followed daddy around." I could not believe it! Some people are so rude and inappropriate (and insecure?) that they have to disrespect others like that. I was truly ashamed for this man, especially because of how quickly I felt shamed in stark contrast to how proud and impressed I felt when I saw this woman walk off the plane on her day of honor. Really, people? I wish I knew I should have said and then I wish I had the guts to have said it.
What would you have said? In all honesty: is there an appropriate, respectful remark I could have made? Leave me a comment!
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Next stop...
In Nashville, stay tuned for more. One thing I have noticed, I see the U.S. Census people ev-er-y-where! I think that's pretty cool. Solidarity. Jobs for the people by the people. On the ground mobilization, organizing, and communities getting to know each other. I like it. So far I've seen them in Denver, D.C., Philly, and now in Nashville. Same little U.S. Census briefcase bags and groups of people working with pencils and bubble sheets.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
friends!
Just a quick update to say that mainly my time has been spent with friends, the friends' families, and friend's babies. I had such a lovely time at A&M's wedding. So cool! I was her Chumerit - Jewish guardian. I spent the entire day with her through the hair, make-up, dress, setting up, breaking down. Really, her family treated me as another sibling and were just wonderful. The wedding itself defied a lot of American traditions - bride and groom saw each other a lot before the ceremony, it was in a large loft-like space (worked perfectly!), had appetizers and a buffet, no meat, lots of vegan food (red quinoa, hummos, cheeses, veggies, salads, avocado on multi-grain sandwiches), Israeli music and other shows of their personality. Also, there were cool wedding guests who flew in from all over the world. I had a great time. I feel so lucky because I am equally friends with the bride and groom. And, after the whole shebang was over, I got to see them the next day, just the 3 of us, for dinner and left over champagne.
I've also been staying with A&U (and O and K). K is 3 weeks old and just so cuddly and cute. I don't have the goods to make him happy (milk) but I can trick him long enough until A can feed him. And, he'll sleep on anybody all curled up like a little frog. O is a good big sister. We're sharing a room so far. It's been pretty fun dancing, eating, playing, reading with her. It's constant energy and a lot of talking. I've always loved kids, but now I'm slowly feeling more confident with little toddlers, babies and newborns. I no longer have that panicky, "Ah, I have no idea what to do with a baby! What if it starts crying?" type of feeling. I definitely don't always know what to do and can't always stop the crying, but it feels less foreign now. Baaaabies are cute.
I've been outlining my exam on technology as a way toward new utopian vision of human rights. Uh huh, that's right. I don't know what it really means either, just trying to use the language I know my teacher wants us to use. Ick. Hope that gets written somehow.
I've also been staying with A&U (and O and K). K is 3 weeks old and just so cuddly and cute. I don't have the goods to make him happy (milk) but I can trick him long enough until A can feed him. And, he'll sleep on anybody all curled up like a little frog. O is a good big sister. We're sharing a room so far. It's been pretty fun dancing, eating, playing, reading with her. It's constant energy and a lot of talking. I've always loved kids, but now I'm slowly feeling more confident with little toddlers, babies and newborns. I no longer have that panicky, "Ah, I have no idea what to do with a baby! What if it starts crying?" type of feeling. I definitely don't always know what to do and can't always stop the crying, but it feels less foreign now. Baaaabies are cute.
I've been outlining my exam on technology as a way toward new utopian vision of human rights. Uh huh, that's right. I don't know what it really means either, just trying to use the language I know my teacher wants us to use. Ick. Hope that gets written somehow.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
May flowers
Here I sit at a vegan-only cafe in Philly with the hippest of the hipsters and the punkiest of the punks. I have let the bloggie fall to the wayside with the understanding that I would be blogging daily again in the summer. I'm not done with my Quarter work (1 paper, 1 final left), but I've left Denver, not to return until mid-August. The past Quarter was especially hard - law school politics and slaps in the face, grad school politics and less-than-stellar professors, and my internship took a turn for the worst. I have been battling plantar fasciitis and heel spur, so running has been iffy, slow, and painful, if at all. I haven't been dating or meeting anyone. All meals have been pretty much alone and, well, all of Denver has been pretty lonely. All told, I'm pretty much ready for a break from Denver and school.
... Thus! I'm in D.C. for the summer doing an internship. My generous friend, Elizabeth, has kindly let me stay in her Dupont Circle one bedroom place for the summer. It's a beautiful apartment with a twelfth floor view of the city, matching red kitchenware and plenty of books on Latin America. The JCC is across the street and gives 35% off to students. Monty, a big black woman - perhaps not Jewish? - sits at the front desk and takes good care of me. Work is 1 mile away (hellooo showing up sweaty to work!), and I'm excited to start on June 1. More on that later. For now, I hopped on a bus up to Philly for my dear friends' wedding. I'll be here playing with Andi, Uti and Oni (3 yrs) and Kai (4 weeks) for the week, while also working on my paper. Then, I head to Nashville to see Jessica and celebrate Ariel and Sam's wedding.
It feels so good to be back on the east coast. My mind can stop constantly figuring out what time it is ET. My hair is back to true curly with the humidity. There are black people around, and Indians, and Asians, and even white peo who look different from each other. There are people down the street who I want to look in the eyes, talk to, and smile at. I don't feel stressed, even though there are school things to do still.
I will miss the ability to hop on my Italo, my bike, and go for a 60 mile ride. I'll miss meeting Katie on the Platte for a quick 2 hour ride. I'll miss the births of 3 of my friends' babies. I'll miss dry, sunny trail runs until 9 p.m. and bananagrams at St. Marks with Tony and Gracie. I will miss those things. But, I'm looking forward to rejuvenating myself -- will I get to a point where I am excited to be back in Denver, where I feel proud again to be a DU student? I'll just have to see where I will be in 3 months. For now, I am pretty happy to be somewhere new, to be myself, and to be far away from Denver.
... Thus! I'm in D.C. for the summer doing an internship. My generous friend, Elizabeth, has kindly let me stay in her Dupont Circle one bedroom place for the summer. It's a beautiful apartment with a twelfth floor view of the city, matching red kitchenware and plenty of books on Latin America. The JCC is across the street and gives 35% off to students. Monty, a big black woman - perhaps not Jewish? - sits at the front desk and takes good care of me. Work is 1 mile away (hellooo showing up sweaty to work!), and I'm excited to start on June 1. More on that later. For now, I hopped on a bus up to Philly for my dear friends' wedding. I'll be here playing with Andi, Uti and Oni (3 yrs) and Kai (4 weeks) for the week, while also working on my paper. Then, I head to Nashville to see Jessica and celebrate Ariel and Sam's wedding.
It feels so good to be back on the east coast. My mind can stop constantly figuring out what time it is ET. My hair is back to true curly with the humidity. There are black people around, and Indians, and Asians, and even white peo who look different from each other. There are people down the street who I want to look in the eyes, talk to, and smile at. I don't feel stressed, even though there are school things to do still.
I will miss the ability to hop on my Italo, my bike, and go for a 60 mile ride. I'll miss meeting Katie on the Platte for a quick 2 hour ride. I'll miss the births of 3 of my friends' babies. I'll miss dry, sunny trail runs until 9 p.m. and bananagrams at St. Marks with Tony and Gracie. I will miss those things. But, I'm looking forward to rejuvenating myself -- will I get to a point where I am excited to be back in Denver, where I feel proud again to be a DU student? I'll just have to see where I will be in 3 months. For now, I am pretty happy to be somewhere new, to be myself, and to be far away from Denver.
Monday, November 30, 2009
At long last
Quick update:
Philly was fabulous. I love it there. I went to campus and the button, walked by Clark Park farmer's market, ate Ethiopian food, saw my bestest of friends, played with little O., walked around campus, got a new comfy Penn sweatshirt.
Marathon - PR!! WOOOoooo! I finished in 3:10. More on that in another post. I was just so happy, felt stronger (mentally and physically) than I had in other marathons and had an awesome time. I was extremely sore for 2 1/2 days and then life got better.
D.C. was pretty good. Saw the lovely E. for tea at a beautiful little shop with nice wood floors and tables upstairs. Then, got to A. & S.'s place, which was awesome. Such a nice neighborhood, I thought I was walking in the wrong direction because I didn't believe they could live in such a grown-up, nice neighborhood. A. made a delicious dinner, which we enjoyed while visiting with our friends S. and G. (Soooo many couples!). Broken escalator at Dupont circle was my worst nightmare, give post-marathon soreness. Next day I spent with A., visiting her apartment, walking around the mall, work at a cafe and then dinner at good Thai. We baked a little to bring with her for Thanksgiving to M.'s family in Jersey. Finished the day watching an episode of The Office and collapsed into bed.
Wednesday - at long last - saw the family!! Walked a mile down to the Nat'l Geo Museum and waited in a cafe until family trickled in. We went to the Terra Cotta Warriors exhibit (didn't compare to Incans!) and saw a photo exhibit, too. Walked by the White House, had lunch in the old post office building and then Nat'l Gallery of Art. People peeled off in their own directions and baby brother L. and I walked down to the capital building. Sat there and watched the sun set, then got a snack and took the Metro out to 'burbs. Made Cheesecake & watched a movie.
Thanksgiving - hung around, had the meal at cousin's house. Pretty good food, but skimpy on the vegetables and no stuffing! Watched Brother's Bloom with L. that night.
Friday - unveiling. Spent the morning with grandma, went to the cemetery for the unveiling. It was nice, a little sad, but mostly just a nice family gathering. Bummed around at Aunt's house eating without being hungry and talking to sibs.
Saturday ended up being flying back, getting a new phone because the old one died and going to the grocery store. Welcome back to Denver. :/ Miss the fam. already. :(
Back to studying for me...4 finals, 1 paper and 1 presentation before it's over and I go home to play with D.
Philly was fabulous. I love it there. I went to campus and the button, walked by Clark Park farmer's market, ate Ethiopian food, saw my bestest of friends, played with little O., walked around campus, got a new comfy Penn sweatshirt.
Marathon - PR!! WOOOoooo! I finished in 3:10. More on that in another post. I was just so happy, felt stronger (mentally and physically) than I had in other marathons and had an awesome time. I was extremely sore for 2 1/2 days and then life got better.
D.C. was pretty good. Saw the lovely E. for tea at a beautiful little shop with nice wood floors and tables upstairs. Then, got to A. & S.'s place, which was awesome. Such a nice neighborhood, I thought I was walking in the wrong direction because I didn't believe they could live in such a grown-up, nice neighborhood. A. made a delicious dinner, which we enjoyed while visiting with our friends S. and G. (Soooo many couples!). Broken escalator at Dupont circle was my worst nightmare, give post-marathon soreness. Next day I spent with A., visiting her apartment, walking around the mall, work at a cafe and then dinner at good Thai. We baked a little to bring with her for Thanksgiving to M.'s family in Jersey. Finished the day watching an episode of The Office and collapsed into bed.
Wednesday - at long last - saw the family!! Walked a mile down to the Nat'l Geo Museum and waited in a cafe until family trickled in. We went to the Terra Cotta Warriors exhibit (didn't compare to Incans!) and saw a photo exhibit, too. Walked by the White House, had lunch in the old post office building and then Nat'l Gallery of Art. People peeled off in their own directions and baby brother L. and I walked down to the capital building. Sat there and watched the sun set, then got a snack and took the Metro out to 'burbs. Made Cheesecake & watched a movie.
Thanksgiving - hung around, had the meal at cousin's house. Pretty good food, but skimpy on the vegetables and no stuffing! Watched Brother's Bloom with L. that night.
Friday - unveiling. Spent the morning with grandma, went to the cemetery for the unveiling. It was nice, a little sad, but mostly just a nice family gathering. Bummed around at Aunt's house eating without being hungry and talking to sibs.
Saturday ended up being flying back, getting a new phone because the old one died and going to the grocery store. Welcome back to Denver. :/ Miss the fam. already. :(
Back to studying for me...4 finals, 1 paper and 1 presentation before it's over and I go home to play with D.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
is it Thanksgiving yet?
I bought my flight to D.C. for Thanksgiving today. Hurrah! Can I go there now? Can I eat mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie yet? Can I play with Momster, Bellie-button, Giliga and other characters?
Sigh. I think I have a long way to go before then, but at least I know I'll be with the Goldens (and Steiners, Prices and Zapatas!) this year. The plan:
Friday 11/20 - Fly to Philly
Sunday 11/22 - Run Philly Marathon (I officially registered today!)
Monday 11/23 - Bus to D.C.
Saturday 11/28 - Back to Denver.
Sigh. I think I have a long way to go before then, but at least I know I'll be with the Goldens (and Steiners, Prices and Zapatas!) this year. The plan:
Friday 11/20 - Fly to Philly
Sunday 11/22 - Run Philly Marathon (I officially registered today!)
Monday 11/23 - Bus to D.C.
Saturday 11/28 - Back to Denver.
Monday, July 27, 2009
san francisco
Oh, there's much to say. I was in SF for the long weekend visiting a college friend. I loved it there. I must sleep, but more's to come and here are some photos.
hipster park and beautiful church-turned-high school.
the view of the city from bernal heights.
mayan calendar mural thing on some kind of city community college.
pretty west coast style victorian houses.
la melanie and la alex chan. love 'em.
moi.
looking pretty smug on the zoom in size. sorry 'bout that! smile was just about to spread!
hipster park and beautiful church-turned-high school.
the view of the city from bernal heights.
mayan calendar mural thing on some kind of city community college.
pretty west coast style victorian houses.
la melanie and la alex chan. love 'em.
moi.
looking pretty smug on the zoom in size. sorry 'bout that! smile was just about to spread!
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