A colleague was in town with her daughter who is thinking of Tulane and she got Tin a zebra puppet. He has not noticed it even though another friend got him a zebra that he adores (and mommy bought him a zebra menorah that he is yet to see) but suddenly the puppet is his new best friend. He carries the zebra puppet around everywhere as a puppet which is a big jump for him…
Our neighbors gave us their kid’s bike seat and so after a few minor adjustments at Le Jouet (New Orleanians if you don’t know this place you are missing: toys galore, bike and bike service that is so far below the service fee at most major bike shops here and excellent) and we were ready to go. We rode through the park and along the bayou on the new bike path to the lakefront and…
The author of the kids books I’m reading, Your Two Year Old: Terrible or Tender speaks about how the child grows up with through these half years, the first half of two is actually tender, it’s the second half that is terrible. The titles are great, Your Three Year Old: Friend or Enemy, Your Four Year Old: Wild and Wonderful, etc. I’m almost convinced that this equilibrium and disequilibrium continues into old age. The first…
I was having lunch with a long time friend the other day, at a Greek restaurant in San Francisco, and he recommended the Duckhorn Cabernet – yum! – and I had the lamb kebob and he a squid salad. Delicious. We were talking about too many things to find a common theme but I can tell you both of us have crossed over into the second half of our life whether that is measured in…
A popular male singer who recently went from rags to riches was quoted as saying, “I still don’t understand it. If you don’t have any time for yourself, any time to hunt or fish, that’s success? After my week long journey and a lot of soul searching and deep dive conversations with trusted friends, I came to the same conclusion, more poignant now in this phase of my life, but really do I want get…
I’ve decided that I have to learn DYI. I always plant my own garden but this year, I hired someone because I had Tin and I didn’t have the two days to do the front yard that it takes and so I paid someone to do it. Similarly, these wood columns and their maintenance has been getting me cranky and so I’ve decided when this guy comes to strip, sterilize and finish them that I…
The travel home yesterday seem to go on forever and when I finally arrived I was so exhausted, but my energy renewed when it came time to lounge on the sofa and have Tin run back and forth and jump all over me giving me kisses and lots of hugs. I was also greeted with delicious food T had prepared – cauliflower, cabbage and Vietnamese pho. We even managed to stay up and watch last…
I was Skyping with a friend and talking about how I’m in a weird place with myself on time. T has her coffee shop time on Monday and works on Tuesday and Wednesdays are supposed to be my time to myself but Wednesdays come and I don’t know what to do – the other night I cleaned out my closet of all my high heeled shoes – two bags full of stilettos – what goes…
I walked behind a woman who was wearing a fleece jacket (yes the weather went from 91 degrees to 61 seemingly overnight here in San Francisco) and the back said: Destroy Change Rebuild I just told a friend to use this as a mantra. To go on an inner journey and not be afraid to tear off a layer or more, and to change, because the more you break through the accumulated layers the closer…
I went to see the Daniel Libeskind‘s Contemporary Jewish Museum – very understated either consciously or budget wise. I headed there late yesterday to see the Black Sabbath exhibit, which was an odd set up of a few bar tables and chairs with headphones and a play list all depicting black musicians singing Jewish songs. I picked up the CD anthology with Nina Simone to Johnny Mathis singing. There was a video projected on the…