March 31, 2008

Day 91 - March 31, 2008

In New York, being a material person is literally a pain in the neck. I have been meaning to go to Target for the last week to pick up necessities such as Drano, shampoo, a new broom (my current broom came from the street) and a can for recycling. Anyway, I was impressed with myself that I was able to get everything I needed into my new recycling bin and still able to take the train home. So there you go, the picture of the day!

March 30, 2008

Day 90 - March 30, 2008

It was another glorious Sunday, and I had a wonderful brunch with Angela and Katie. However, I've already taken a few pictures at brunch, so this is the picture of the day instead. This is how the houses look on Sterling Place leading up to my building. I really love the row houses which are almost all Brownstones. I love the tree lined streets even though these trees look more like twigs in March. Also, I think that it is immensely enjoyable to live so close to your neighbors. I know a lot of people that would wholeheartedly disagree with that, but for my part I think it is one of the best parts of living in a city.

March 29, 2008

Day 89 - March 29, 2008

Last night the Badgers' basketball season came to an unfortunate end. Due in large part to the Davidson player, Curry, who is pictured here and whom I believe scored about 31 points last night. I'd be much more distraught if this was football season, but I will admit that I did watch much of last night's game, and even yelled at my tv a little bit. Once a Badger always one. Also for those of you counting, football season is only 5 months away. I've been told that it might be a little premature to be counting!

March 28, 2008

Day 88 - March 28, 2008

No idea why this is underlined, but oh well. On the news today they were complaining about the new complex going up in the Meadowlands. It is a shopping complex/ sporting area and it is suppose to be really catchy. But instead it is turning out to look extremely gaudy and awful it literally looks like a bunch of shipping containers stacked onto of one another. The best part too is that it is called Xanadu. Which as I now know from being a little more of a movie buff is the name of the complex in Citizen Kane. I found this interesting, especially because of the back story about Xanadu in New Jersey.

March 27, 2008

Day 87 - March 27, 2008

Well since it is Thursday, I guess I should stop talking about the weekend. But, as my mom said New York gets about 300 of the other days of this blog so why not give a couple extra days to Wisconsin.

This is Nicky, my best friend from High School, with her finance, Pete. The funny thing about this picture is that I made them stand in front of a plant, because as my mom has always told me it is really important to have a good background. However, as Pete pointed out, when you stand in front of a plant you really can not see it at all. Fortunately, I got to see Pete and Nicky twice because we went out for dinner at Pizza Man on Saturday night. Which ironically is known in Milwaukee for its wine list and seafood.

March 26, 2008

Day 86 - March 26, 2008

Kumi and I went to a free screening of the new movie Young At Heart tonight. I thought that it looked pretty precious from the previews. But it was even more that I could have hoped for it to be. The movie was really inspirational. It was about a group of about 25 people all between the ages of 70 and 92 who get together and learn music of all genres. Then they memorize the songs and add their own special flare and preform in concerts mostly in New Hampshire, but throughout the world as well. The documentary follows them for about three months while the prepare and perform a show. I had the privilege of spending Christmas with my Grandparents in their retirement community in Southern Texas. This film left me with a similar feeling to that trip. It is so nice to be able to listen to and learn from the people who have done it all before me. It really makes life seem like it is so much more worth it, when you see people who've been doing it with such grace for so long.

March 25, 2008

Day 85 - March 25, 2008

So apparently I start every post with so, but I don't appear to be able to stop it. SO, I am having a really great week here so far, but I just have too many great pictures from this weekend, so I'm gonna keep putting those up. Mom wanted to take our Easter pictures out in the snow, so this is what they look like. It is pretty hard to believe that there was this much snow in March, but there it is! It is dine in Brooklyn week, so I had a really nice dinner with Katie and now I'm ready to get a good nights sleep. Happy Tuesday!