PERSONAL NEWS #236

Sept 1^st, I had a private yoga class with Fabrice and Shiva.

Sept 4^th, I attended the monthly NYC HP meetup on the upper Westside.  Meetup was fun and a good turnout of members.

Sept 5^th, I attended an excellent forum in Park Slope called “Which Way Forward – Climate Chaos or Climate Justice?”

Sept 6^th, I met up with Debbie in Park Slope [ie: Cocoa Bar lounge] to give her Mom’s horsey pin for repair work.   Afterwards, I headed into Manhattan to meet with Wendy.  I gave her the 9 yards of tartan fabric that she’ll create into a Hufflepuff vest, sash and skirt for my HP cosplays.

Sept 7^th, I had a much needed acupuncture treatment at Dr Tan’s office.

Sept 8^th, I had a private yoga class with Fabrice and Shiva.

Sept 9^th, I attended the monthly BFP Fund/PF committee meeting at Ken’s apt.

Sept 10^th, I had a much needed chiropractor treatment appt.

Sept 12^th, I had a private yoga class with Fabrice and Shiva.

Sept 13^th, after Dana cleaned my apt in the morning, I took care of errands, worked at the office for abit, and then visited Wendy for costume fitting.

Sept 14^th, I joined friends of mine at a NY METS baseball game out at CitiFields for “Stitch n Pitch”.  We had a fun time, but sadly the NY Mets lost the game to the Washington Nationals 3-0.

Sept 16^th, I attended an interesting and productive monthly BFP A&C committee meeting at Charlotte’s place.

Sept 18^th, I volunteered, via my office, to work at an outside event from 7am to 5pm.

Sept 19^th, after a much needed chiropractor appt, I had private yoga class with Fabrice and Shiva.

Sept 20^th, I joined other TGTSNBN members for a HP cosplay in Old Lyme, CT at the delightful Gillette Castle estate.  Great time and lots of fun.

Sept 21^st, I joined other members of BFP to attend the immensely huge and awesome Peoples Climate March in Manhattan.

Sept 22^nd, I worked an all-day EY / client event offsite from 7am to 6:30pm.  Company paid for car service to and from the event.  That evening was the premiere on TV of season two for “Sleepy Hollow”  J

Sept 25^th, I joined Debbie S, Mackenzie and Debbie B for dinner at Sammy’s Noodle Shop and Grill to chat about Doctor Who, Lost and Harry Potter.

Sept 26^th, I had a private yoga class with Fabrice and Shiva.

Sept 27^th, I had a much needed acupuncture therapy session with Dr Tan

Sept 28^th, I joined other friends in heading up to Valley Cottage for the annual Tolkien theme picnic at Timdalf’s place.  We had lovely weather, fun conversations and good food.

 Annual Picnic at Timdalf's

to Celebrate

Bilbo and Frodo's Birthdays

 35 Members

From

Brooklyn for Peace

Headed into Manhattan

for the

Peoples Climate March

Sept 21st

 TGTSNBN

CosPlay Harry Potter

 Hogwart Witches Dueling
with
Bellatrix and Death Eater

Gillette Castle

in

Old Lyme, CT

Sept 20th

Inside Gillette Castle

Harry Potter and Hedwig

Rowena Ravenclaw and the Baroness

 The Werewolves Thrashing it Out

 Chillin with Friends

at CitiField

on Sept 14th to see

NY Mets Baseball Game

1st Inning

as well as

Mr & Mrs Mets

 Labor Day Weekend

in

Upstate NY

 Mom's Birthday

Breakfast Sandwich

 Roberta, Mom and Nick

IN THE NEWS

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PERSONAL NEWS #235
August 1^st, I had a private yoga class with Fabrice and Shiva.

August 2^nd and 3^rd, I spent weekend in a viewing marathon of seasons 5 and 6 of LOST on DVD.  As well as taking out some time to volunteer with BFP at Fowler Square in Brooklyn to peacefully protest the continued horrors in the Middle East.

August 5^th, I attended the monthly BFP Fund/PF committee meeting at Ken’s apt, which was very productive.  We are gearing up for the big 30^th Anniversary event in November.

August 7^th, I attended the productive and informative monthly BFP board meeting at Martha and Gary’s home in Park Slope.

August 8^th, I had a private yoga class with Fabrice and Shiva.

August 9^th, I joined my friend Judith for a tasty vegan lunch at Nanoosh and then some shopping at Gracious Homes / Pottery Barn.  Then we saw the film “A Most Wanted Man”.  The film was the last for Phillip Seymour Hoffman, who died of drug overdose in 2013.  Good film, intense and Hoffman was brilliant.  Afterwards, we had a light dinner at Fiorello’s.

August 10^th, I had a much need acupuncture with Dr Tan and discussion on fruits / veggies I can have in my diet.  After a lunch of sushi, I took a leisurely stroll through Central Park.

August 11^th, I had a private yoga class with Fabrice and Shiva.

August 14^th, after work I attended a forum at the Cooper Union regarding the horrific Israel / Gaza situation.  While there I ran into Rob Jereski and Jim McCabe.  Both gents I’ve worked with on past political campaigns and hadn’t seen in several years.

August 15^th, I had a private yoga class with Fabrice and Shiva.

August 16^th, after taking care of many errands and a manicure, I headed into Manhattan to see movie and have dinner with Wendy and Debbie.  We saw the wonderful film “The Hundred-Yard Journey” starring Helen Mirren.  Highly recommend this film.  Afterwards, we had reservations at a delightful Indian restaurant called Devi on 18^th Street.

August 17^th, I visited my friend Katherine in CT and we went to the annual SoNo Art Festival, followed by Chinese lunch and then wrapping up with buying books at B&N.

August 18^th, I had a private yoga class with Fabrice and Shiva.

August 20^th, I had a much needed chiropractic therapy appt.

August 21^st, I attended the monthly “NYC Friends of Tolkien” meetup at our usual diner.  About 12 meetup members were there and it was lots of fun.

August 22^nd, I had a private yoga class with Fabrice and Shiva.

August 23^rd, I headed out to Long Island to visit my friend Yvette.  We drove out to Robert Moses park and beach for the afternoon.  We did side walking excursions to the Fire Island lighthouse and the little town of Kismet.  Weather wasn’t the greatest, but despite all that we had a good time.  We enjoyed a tasty lunch at Surf’s Out in Kismet.

August 24^th, I had a much needed appt with Dr Tan for acupuncture treatment.

August 26^th, I attended the monthly meeting for BFP Arts and Culture committee.  Productive meeting and our guest decided to become a member of the committee.

August 28^th to 31^st – I visited the parents in upstate NY for the Labor Day holiday weekend.