I was just thinking how boring my week has been. Other than having our land line disconnected not much has been happening…. I did however go see M. Ward, The Shins and The White Stripes in Coney Island on Sunday. We missed M. Ward (my fav of the bunch) but the Shins were fun to [...]
Here are some great shots of David’s appearance at The Arcade Fire Show last night courtesy of the Rockin’ BrooklynVegan, who has a bunch of great photos of the shows. Also check out Arcadefire.net.
It is 6 am and I just can’t sleep the one last hour before my alarm goes off. I can’t stop [...]
I am coming back from a really successful event I organized for work. Susan Taylor of Essence Magazine was out guest speaker and she is just amazing, inspiring and moving. I started this job after my harrowing experiences in hell in May and I really haven’t gotten a good feel for where I want [...]
We moved to the city on September 8, 2001. With no jobs, phone, TV or radio we made it through 9/11 and the months that followed.
Yesterday on my walk to the subway I past a dead body slightly covered with a sheet. The leg was hanging out and there was a cane partially sticking [...]
September 11th. My kittens got spade today. Although this is not a great tribute to the fallen, it is a great distraction for me. I can focus on their recovery and not get teary eyed this year.
It is just about knitting season! Before you buy yarn at one of those poshy NYC shops consider purchasing materials here.
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The Naked Sheep will be donating 10% of every online sale during the month of September to the American Red Cross to help the victims of hurricane [...]
Barbara Bush Calls Evacuees Better Off
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Published: September 7, 2005
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 – As President Bush battled criticism over the response to Hurricane Katrina, his mother declared it a success for evacuees who “were underprivileged anyway,” saying on Monday that many of the poor people she had seen while [...]
My younger brother goes here….
Next week, on Friday September 16th, Sarah Lawrence College will observe
Constitution Day. The mandatory observation of Constitution Day is
something new to Sarah Lawrence, as it is on college and university
campuses around the nation.
In 2004, Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia introduced legislation
mandating that all colleges and universities [...]
This weekend as my dad and I were driving back from Long Beach Island, we stopped at a rest stop right outside of NYC. There were 2 vans from Louisiana there full of people looking very sad. I have not been able to really express how I feel about Katrina. I think about it everyday. [...]
I received the meanest, most hurtful email I ever have ever read today.
You forget sometimes how fragile your self-esteem can be until someone reminds you. So I am reminding you. We are fragile creatures there are much better ways to communicate than through sheer bitterness. It doesn’t have to go there. You take [...]