Not unstuck in time; unfortunately.
It seems my absence irritated 'Dorable Grillfriend more than anything I've ever written. Good to know.
So, in honor of Mr. Snag and his Interminable Unbearable Trip, here is a list of things I/we've seen over the past few days:
- Harlem
- on the stage of the Apollo
- UN Headquarters
- The Belasco Theater (Passing Strange)
- Virgil's Barbecue
- John's Pizzeria
- The Hilton Theater (Young Frankenstein)
- The Players
- The Palace Theater (Legally Blonde)
- A chili dog made with a Usinger's wurst and vegetarian chili (?)
- A cheese/ chili dog off a street corner near Ground Zero.
- Times Square
- The Lunt/Fontanne Theater (Little Mermaid)
- Chinatown (a buddhist temple)
- Little Italy
- Central Park
- TADA! Youth theater
- The Dakota
- MoMA
- Empire State Building (86th Floor)
- Apple Store
- The Rock
ALSO: Soylent Green M&Ms.
AG may be able to find enough time to post during HER vacations, but we left every day at 8 AM and got back after 11. And the room wi-fi was 10 bucks a day. I love all you imaginary digital friends, but we're talking cash here. If I could bill it to Snag's expense account, maybe.
And yes, one of the youngsters in that photo up there bears my DNA. Poor kid.
Oh yes... AG has always been on top of her blogging duties no matter what came her way. No double standards for AG. No do what I say, not as I do.
ReplyDeleteGlad you're back, BP. Wish some people had stayed away.
ouch.
ReplyDeleteI'm gonna have to have the blog de-sarcastracized.
BP- I meant to add, it sounds like it was a wonderful trip. I hope you had a nice break from real life as you've known it lately.
ReplyDeleteYay you, BP, being in New York City. I'd say I am *jealous*, but instead, I'll just say I'm *envious.* I'll take the high road, Mr. -- Cuz I'm happy you got to go.
ReplyDeleteNothing like NYC to invigorate the soul. Hope that's what it did for you.
Snag can't bill that to Snag's expense account, so settle down there my friend.
ReplyDeleteDamn, your trip sounds better than mine, though. Welcome back.
NYC is truly one of the great cities of the world.
ReplyDeleteNothing like NYC to invigorate the soul. Hope that's what it did for you.
ReplyDeleteYou can't imagine. At the first real stop, the UN, I started taking pictures of the built environment, then gave up; It felt like too much of trying to capture lightning, you know? Besides, better photogs than I have taken zillions of pictures of the City, so I just sort of worked more on internalizing the feelings for later use...
Damn, your trip sounds better than mine, though
Big Difference: we paid for our trip, you got paid for yours.
Now, If I could only finagle a way to get paid to go to NY....
Closest I ever got was a quasi-business trip to Minneapolis to look at the skywalks. Nice cities and all, but not quite the same. and so white, you know?
No argument from me, fish. I could live there.
It felt like too much of trying to capture lightning, you know?
ReplyDeleteSo many things are like that... we want proof of what was happening to us inside when in reality, you can't capture that. But maybe, like you said, you can use that lightening as a creative spark for something down the line.
No argument from me, fish. I could live there.
ReplyDeleteExcept for that whole Yankee fan thing...
It seems to me there are other things to occupy your time than baseball. One or two things to do that don't require being a Yankees fan.
ReplyDeleteAnd the Brewers always suck, so there's no love lost there. Besides, there's always a Packer Bar in every city: http://www.southendzone.com/bars/?st=NY
Zelmo: Times Square? Made for Summerfest Feet.
ReplyDeleteNow, If I could only finagle a way to get paid to go to NY....
ReplyDeleteIf you figure out a way to finagle *that*, please let me in on the secret, K?
I always come back from NYC filled to the brim with, I don't know, wanting to create *something.*
I'd paint scenes from memory, if I could.
I'd write poetry, if I could.
What I end up doing is dreaming a lot, sighing a lot and listening to lots and lots of music.
I should effin' hope a post would be here.
ReplyDeletePerhaps you should have asked AG, Ms. New York about hot dogs, hotels with free wifi and hookers in the East Village. Whatever, you chilid dog corn kat! AG is NOT your NY tour guide. Thank you.
In closing, if you want to go on vacation that's fine. Maybe a little notice for the blog family to water the blog and feed the poochie is all we need.
Who raised you?!
You already insulted our dog ONCE, Thankyewverymuch.
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure. I am here all week if you need anything.
ReplyDeleteI think that BP's kid is the second on the bottom next to his GF in the pink North Face fleece.
The Brewers do not always suck. If their pitching holds up this year-- not a huge if by any means--they have a really good shot at making the playoffs.
ReplyDeleteYou really need to get over this half-empty view of the world, BP.
Crikey mate.
dude, having an optimistic point of view does not require nor imply that I support, or even follow, everything in my vicinity.
ReplyDeleteBud Selig destroyed the Brewers, in my view. Thompson arm twisted a special tax on the metro area for 400 million dollars so Selig and his cronies could make more money, at a time when Howard Fuller couldn't beg for 1/4 of thatl to REPAIR Milwaukee's school infrastructure.
Yeah, you can say I'm bitter, and maybe it doesn't seem to be so important to you, but I think the priorities were/are fucked up when we can spend four times as much on a sports team to benefit a private citizen and let the schools fall apart.
you know, read some of my posts without looking for evidence of a negative world view. You might notice that I'm inherently optimistic. Kind of goes with the territory as one who works to create something.
But it also doesn't make it a given that I'm Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. When things are shit, acknowledging that fact is the first step toward improving things. Which is, in itself, inherently optimistic; it's a presumption that things can be improved.
Glass half empty? Maybe you get that from what I write. I can't tell what you see; but if the glass isn't full, why should we be talking as if it is? The optimist sees the glass as half full; the pessimist sees it as half empty. The engineer says the glass is too big and the architect says we need more beer.
Please realize that I'm not saying the Brewers are shit. I don't pay enough attention to know.
Of course, if they start doing well, I'll jump right the hell on the bandwagon. Fair weather fan, that's me.
Maybe the Brewers are half full of shit...
ReplyDeleteCrikey?
ReplyDeleteWho the hell uses that word anymore?
Grandma, this ain't your type of blog. Move it along and take your little dog and walker too.
umm, 'scuse me AG, but I'LL handle the ejections round here.
ReplyDeleteI like Nick, he likes to argue even more than I do, if that's even possible.
I'll ban you. And your little llama. Don't think I won't.
I'm Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
ReplyDeleteOh, man. Am I ever going to use that!
Thanks, Rebecca.
I'll ban you. And your little llama. Don't think I won't.
ReplyDeleteDo it. It's been a long time since I made a blogger eat my twat.
Oh. Did AG say that?
Must be the pain meds talking.
Okay, compared to AG, you are a ray of sunshine BP.
ReplyDeleteCrikey is used extensively in Australia, as is Mate. At least, this is what I have learned from Crocodile Dundee movies.
I am not Australian. Nor have I ever been to Australia. But I like some of their expressions.
One problem with the "identify things as shit so that you can then improve it" philosophy is being able to recognize when said improvement has occurred. The Brewers have improved and the Selig family no longer owns the team. Time to let go and jump on that band wagon-- it's leaving soon.
Another problem is not conflating one issue with another. I agree that our priorities as a society are whacked when we pay athletes many, many times more than we pay teachers. I even agree that public financing of Miller Park was wrong, but that d/n sour me on my enjoyment of baseball or keep me from rooting for my home team. Make sure your bitterness is appropriately directed is all I'm saying.
And I don't read your posts looking for a negative view. That just leaps out and whacks me upside the the head most times.
;->
Okay, compared to AG, you are a ray of sunshine BP.
ReplyDeleteThat baby is going on an RoD tee shirt.
Best. Day. Evah.
umm, I BELIEVE I stated that I was not saying that teh Brewers were shit. Improvement or no, I'm not a baseball fan.
ReplyDeleteBut then, I'm an America-Hating Terrist Loving Baby-Killing LIEBrul, so it goes without saying that I hate motherhood, apple pie, baseball and Chevrolet also.
Never owned a Chevy. Probably never will.
But then, I like Harleys. Go figure. (although to be fair, I OWNED a Yamaha. Much more affordable.)
And I look forward, I say FORWARD, to the day AG wears "BP" on her shirt. The BP-triarchy conquers!!
I have no problem dissing British Petro, love chop.
ReplyDeleteI too look forward to that day and when Leena poops on yer head.
Good for you for not owning a Chevy. Nobody should own an American car until they build them as well as they pay their union folks. (Not dissing on union.)