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Last night, our friend came over to light the menorah as he was headed back to Spain today, and then my neighbor and his two friends stopped by on the way home from the Quarter so we all lit the menorahs. Right before another friend had dropped off four perfectly made soufganiyots that were divine! After we lit the candles one of the guys told me that this was the first year he wasn’t home…
Finally, a name for my disorder – TMA – too much activity. I was reading about how to ease anxiety and a recent study found that those who worked overtime were more likely to be anxious and depressed. People with anxiety typified by tension, worry, and high drive often develop nonstop lifestyle they feel is impossible to change. Such people get a lot done, but overactivity leads to exhaustion and more anxiety. Go figure. I…
Someone asked the other day what blogs I read and where I get my news from – I say a variety of sources – NYT online and Sunday delivery, Streetaccounts daily, The Huffington Post, and several media blogs I visit every morning. Today I saw that The Daily Mail was the most read site after the NYT and so I went to it and one of the top stories was this about a mother who…
I tend to construct these truths in my mind – most of which are centered around adages that I have heard all my life – as in, if you do this and behave this way, you will be rewarded this way. But then life has a way of throwing curve balls left and right and you start realizing that there is no right way so to speak and there may not even be good intentions…
I don’t know if it is being over 50 that suddenly makes the cycle of life so ever present on your mind or if losing a lot brings you to this point. Today, I planned to go to acro yoga but somehow couldn’t get in the mood for team sports and so I ventured over to take an open beginner’s yoga class only it turned out to be a two and a half hour here…
Action: Sitting on the bayou sipping a glass of red wine with my aunt as my uncle strolled around the bayou and Tin crawled up and down out of his chair refusing to dine al fresco in the face of many other interesting things like canoes, duck, cars, sky. A friend rode by on her way around the neighborhood by bike looking at people’s art. Apparently today there was an art opening where people either…
Well for some reason someone forget to tell Old Man Weather that it is winter and Hanukkah and people are Christmas shopping because it is in the 80s outside and simply gorgeous. My mother’s family is headed across the lake to have lunch here today and the Pitot House is having a craft and book sales on the lawn and my next door neighbor is throwing a party for his significant other’s birthday and has…
I feel like a fog lifted and right now I’m in fairy land – so I’m going to go with this feeling for a while. BTW: We ate at Italian Barrel and I have to say I am not a fan of Italian restaurants anywhere except Italy but this one is a keeper – the food is as I say to Tin DEEEEE LISHHH US. Highly recommend.
Last night, we took our friend to show him a sampling of New Orleans music, and as it happens, we didn’t have to go far. We drove to Frenchman Street where we headed to Three Muses and Luke Winslow-King was playing his renditions of 30s music complete with Washboard Chaz, a tuba and a piano to accompany his raffish good looks. After some delicious tapas, and wonderful music, we headed over to Spotted Cat where…
I was speaking to a good friend who is retiring in the middle of next summer. I said, “WHAT?” because this is someone who should not be idle – he will either kill himself or the rest of us because his mind is racing 8000 steps ahead of his body that is always in motion. Please do something, I implored him. Today I was laying out my plans for 2011 and just knowing that there…