Wednesday, December 1st, I attended the Brooklyn for Peace “Open” Community meeting on Atlantic Avenue in downtown Brooklyn. Really good meeting and pretty much everyone was allowed to speak what was on their minds regarding Brooklyn, political and otherwise. The different BforP committees had report updates and there was refreshment for the attendees.
Thursday, December 2nd, I had a vacation day from work, so that I could hang out with my friend Sheila in Manhattan. This is an annual event for us ... we start out with lunch at the food court in Grand Central Station, then move on to the Holiday Craft Bazaar in the station. From there we have hot caramel apple cider at Starbucks before moving on to the Holiday Craft Bazaar at Bryant Park.
After seeing her off at Port Authority, I went back to Bryant Park to check out more holiday vendors, plus watch the rehearsals for the tree lighting ceremony. Then it was off to Stone Creek Lounge for the monthly TGTSNBN meetup and holiday cookie decorating. Overall it was a fun, enjoyable day.On Saturday, December 4th, after Dana did the cleaning of my apartment, I headed out into my hood to take care of many errands and chores. I also volunteered with City Harvest at the farmers market in Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn.
Sunday afternoon, December 5th, I attended Joe and Marie’s annual holiday luncheon at “Madera” restaurant in Long Island City. I highly recommend this nice, cozy restaurant with good food, and excellent service. It’s also 2 blocks from the #7 subway stop at Vernon/Jackson.
It was great to see Kathleen, Carol, Marie [with her hubby, niece and daughters] and Maria with her oh so adorable 4 month old daughter Siena.Tuesday evening, December 7th, I participated in the NYdoPeace “board members” conference call. The main topic of discussion was on NY City Council Resolution 14 and the holiday card campaign. Also, decision was made to bypass a holiday gathering, and instead, do a springtime gathering on NYC harbor cruise ship.
Wednesday, December 8th, I took off as a vacation day from work. Originally was supposed to spend the afternoon with my friend Sheila doing a walking tour around Greenwich Village. Sheila called a few days before to say she couldn’t make it, and I decided to continue with walking tour of Greenwich Village. After appt with foot doctor and a brief tasty lunch stop at Chickpea on John Street, I took the subway to Greenwich Village. The day was cold, abit windy, but at least it was sunny blue skies. The evening before I’d purchased an early Xmas giftie [on sale] for myself [Canon PowerShot digital camera] and was testing it out during my tour of the Village.
Took a leisurely “tea break” at Le Pain Quotidien on Hudson Street to warm up and get some refreshment. Also came across the cozy, charming pub called Entwine [ http://www.entwinenyc.com/ ] on Washington Street that would be perfect for “NY Friends of Tolkien” gathering on January 3rd. I also came across two shops that were awesome ... Left Bank Books [ http://www.leftbankbooksny.com/ ] at 17 8th Avenue near West 12th Street, and The Ink Pad [ http://www.theinkpadnyc.com/ ] on 7th Avenue near West 13th Street. I highly recommend both. Overall it was a good day and I came away with some terrific photos with my new camera.
Thursday evening, December 9th, at 7pm I joined other members of Brooklyn for Peace “Peace Fair” committee for their monthly meeting. Our main focus is narrowing down and obtaining a “keynote speaker” for the Peace Fair on May 7th, plus which organizations to be donors for the events journal.
Friday, December 10th, at 7pm I attended the Friday Nite Knits meetup in Kensington.
Saturday afternoon, December 11th, at 1:30pm I volunteered with “Brooklyn for Peace” at their table for the BSEC Annual Holiday Craft Fair in Park Slope. We did very well on sales for the Olive Branch olive oil at $20 a bottle. This terrific olive oil comes directly from the Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committee (PARC), and to learn more, go to http://www.pal-arc.org/
Monday after work, December 13th, I went down to Greenwich Village to take a better look at “Entwine” for the “NY Friends of Tolkien” gathering on January 3rd. Spoke with Ika, looked over the main parlor, and also discussed the menu and wine list for the gathering.
Tuesday evening, December 14th, I volunteered with WCW national office to assist with their data entry and research.
Thursday evening, December 16th, I attended the EY NESA holiday party at Planet Hollywood in Times Square. It was quite a large turnout for the party. Personally, I was not impressed with the refreshments, or how it was served. Left around 8pm and when I arrived home I finished wrapping gifties, plus made some granola bars.
Saturday evening, December 18th, I joined my friend Jackie in going to the movies to see Narnia3, shopping at B&N and dined out at Vapiano on University Place.
Tuesday, December 21st, I had an appt with my lung specialist regarding recent chest X-rays and CTSCAN. Received free samples of Symbicort inhalers from Dr Abbot.
Wednesday, December 22nd, I volunteered with City Harvest at Union Square’s farmers market. I also did a walking tour around my neighborhood [photos below] to take pix of the lovely variety of holiday decor.
Thursday through Saturday, December 23rd – 25th, I visited my parents, brother and sister-in-law upstate NY for the Xmas holiday. I enjoyed a relaxing few days of shopping, hair salon, cable TV, photograph scenery, cooking, and exchange gifts with my family on Xmas Eve. I came back on Xmas Day to beat the arrival of the blizzard.
Thursday evening, December 9th, at 7pm I joined other members of Brooklyn for Peace “Peace Fair” committee for their monthly meeting. Our main focus is narrowing down and obtaining a “keynote speaker” for the Peace Fair on May 7th, plus which organizations to be donors for the events journal.
Friday, December 10th, at 7pm I attended the Friday Nite Knits meetup in Kensington.
Saturday afternoon, December 11th, at 1:30pm I volunteered with “Brooklyn for Peace” at their table for the BSEC Annual Holiday Craft Fair in Park Slope. We did very well on sales for the Olive Branch olive oil at $20 a bottle. This terrific olive oil comes directly from the Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committee (PARC), and to learn more, go to http://www.pal-arc.org/
Monday after work, December 13th, I went down to Greenwich Village to take a better look at “Entwine” for the “NY Friends of Tolkien” gathering on January 3rd. Spoke with Ika, looked over the main parlor, and also discussed the menu and wine list for the gathering.
Tuesday evening, December 14th, I volunteered with WCW national office to assist with their data entry and research.
Thursday evening, December 16th, I attended the EY NESA holiday party at Planet Hollywood in Times Square. It was quite a large turnout for the party. Personally, I was not impressed with the refreshments, or how it was served. Left around 8pm and when I arrived home I finished wrapping gifties, plus made some granola bars.
Saturday evening, December 18th, I joined my friend Jackie in going to the movies to see Narnia3, shopping at B&N and dined out at Vapiano on University Place.
Tuesday, December 21st, I had an appt with my lung specialist regarding recent chest X-rays and CTSCAN. Received free samples of Symbicort inhalers from Dr Abbot.
Wednesday, December 22nd, I volunteered with City Harvest at Union Square’s farmers market. I also did a walking tour around my neighborhood [photos below] to take pix of the lovely variety of holiday decor.
Thursday through Saturday, December 23rd – 25th, I visited my parents, brother and sister-in-law upstate NY for the Xmas holiday. I enjoyed a relaxing few days of shopping, hair salon, cable TV, photograph scenery, cooking, and exchange gifts with my family on Xmas Eve. I came back on Xmas Day to beat the arrival of the blizzard.
On Sunday, December 26th, we got hammered in the Northeast and NYC area with our first official snowstorm of the winter season. Total count was roughly 20 inches of the white stuff, along with howling winds, thunder and even some lightening.
On Monday, December 27th, I took half a vacation day from work in the AM, as the sidewalks and streets hadn’t been cleared yet in my neighborhood. By the time I left at 12:30pm to head into the office, there were many “paths” through the 2 feet of snow and 4-5 foot high drifts to slowly wend my way to the subway. I arrived at the office just before they closed Café 22 at 1:30pm to get lunch. On my floor there was just me and two others. Most of the office building was pretty quiet with folk either on vacation, or stuck at home due to the blizzard. I finished up several projects from week before and then left office at 6pm to head home.
On Tuesday evening, December 28th, I joined the other Peace Fair committee members for a conference call regarding organizing and planning for the 2011 Peace Fair.
On Wednesday evening, December 29th, I checked out Annie & Company [upper eastside of Manhattan] about getting a completed needlepoint project framed, and picking out new embroidery yarn for a new needlepoint project.
On Friday evening, December 31st, I attended Peter and Nadine’s New Years Eve party on the upper Westside of Manhattan. Pretty much all of their friends / attendees [10-12] are vegetarian or vegan. Excellent! I made two different vegan cookies [ie: Lemon and Cinnamon] to share at the party. This was my first time visiting their new apartment since they purchased it earlier in the year, and it’s such a nice space with good closets. It’s great seeing Peter, Nadine and their dog Sparky. Hadn’t seen them since Sept 2009 when I visited their weekend home in the Catskills. I’d met most of their friends at the party from a previous dinner engagement earlier in 2010. Lots of good food, nibblers, wine, champagne, diverse conversations, games and of course play with Sparky. Nadine works for “Hot Socks” in the fashion district area of Manhattan, and she gave everyone 7 to 8 pairs of lovely socks as party favors. I love knee-hi socks and just can’t get enough of them. Just before midnight we turned on the TV to view Times Square, plus put on party hats and utilize noise makers. Abit scary seeing Dick Clark on TV and we all thought he’d died a few years ago. Guess not! We hung out until 2am and then got ready to head out. Peter’s friends, Gary and Debbie gave me a ride home, so I didn’t have to take three subways. Dealing with subways at that hour wouldn’t have been fun, especially on New Years.
On Monday, December 27th, I took half a vacation day from work in the AM, as the sidewalks and streets hadn’t been cleared yet in my neighborhood. By the time I left at 12:30pm to head into the office, there were many “paths” through the 2 feet of snow and 4-5 foot high drifts to slowly wend my way to the subway. I arrived at the office just before they closed Café 22 at 1:30pm to get lunch. On my floor there was just me and two others. Most of the office building was pretty quiet with folk either on vacation, or stuck at home due to the blizzard. I finished up several projects from week before and then left office at 6pm to head home.
On Tuesday evening, December 28th, I joined the other Peace Fair committee members for a conference call regarding organizing and planning for the 2011 Peace Fair.
On Wednesday evening, December 29th, I checked out Annie & Company [upper eastside of Manhattan] about getting a completed needlepoint project framed, and picking out new embroidery yarn for a new needlepoint project.
On Friday evening, December 31st, I attended Peter and Nadine’s New Years Eve party on the upper Westside of Manhattan. Pretty much all of their friends / attendees [10-12] are vegetarian or vegan. Excellent! I made two different vegan cookies [ie: Lemon and Cinnamon] to share at the party. This was my first time visiting their new apartment since they purchased it earlier in the year, and it’s such a nice space with good closets. It’s great seeing Peter, Nadine and their dog Sparky. Hadn’t seen them since Sept 2009 when I visited their weekend home in the Catskills. I’d met most of their friends at the party from a previous dinner engagement earlier in 2010. Lots of good food, nibblers, wine, champagne, diverse conversations, games and of course play with Sparky. Nadine works for “Hot Socks” in the fashion district area of Manhattan, and she gave everyone 7 to 8 pairs of lovely socks as party favors. I love knee-hi socks and just can’t get enough of them. Just before midnight we turned on the TV to view Times Square, plus put on party hats and utilize noise makers. Abit scary seeing Dick Clark on TV and we all thought he’d died a few years ago. Guess not! We hung out until 2am and then got ready to head out. Peter’s friends, Gary and Debbie gave me a ride home, so I didn’t have to take three subways. Dealing with subways at that hour wouldn’t have been fun, especially on New Years.
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