random fall wrap-up

The last bits of autumn!

I put this post-it on Nicks bed, and he moved it to here. 

It's not the end of summer until I see some outdoor opera on a big screen.

Stairway to Nowhere

leaf

Fall Brunch

A beautiful fall sunday brunch+walk around our neighborhood.

Falling sun

We've got the wheels to ride and the will to run...

One Saturday morning, Nick and I woke up fairly early and were well into our coffee and New York Times when we started talking about maybe one day taking a trip out of NYC. Then we realized we had a zip car. So we quickly gathered our things, I grabbed some food, Nick grabbed the car, and we were on our way to Sleepy Hollow.

Swimm'n

I taught my roomie how to swim this summer! I use the term summer pretty loosely, since we waited til the last week to go to our beautiful public pool. In any case, we had fun, and the Astoria Pool is wonderful.

catch up!!

So, I've had all these posts from the summer saved and never published, so here's a giant catch up on what happened this summer. I'm gonna try to update soon and get to the fall, and then I'll be all up to date!

Tropical Storm Best Birthday Ever!

     So, as you may have heard, a hurricane happened on the east coast in August.
     I'm aware that Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene did a lot of actual damage, including in my own bourgh of Queens, where power was out, houses were flooded, and falling trees did damage. Further south it was a real hurricane and did some real destruction.
     However, I do love storms. And this was the first Tropical Storm I've been in, and the first Hurricane I've ever had to prepare for, and being lucky enough to not to be hit hard by this storm, I had a lot of fun.
    I happen to find the descriptions my weather app uses funny and delightful, and I love the huge difference between the days before the hurricane and the day of pretty awesome.

Best Month Ever: Throw some glitter...

So, for my birthday my wonderful roomie Nick bought me tickets to Ke$ha. If you don't know who Kesha is, she is a pop singer who is known for dressing awful and having lots of glitter. We both love her. So, we decided to go all out and dress up for this concert. 

It was awesome. 

Nick got ready much faster than me.

Best Month Ever: I wasn't allowed to take pictures

So here's some random happenings from the summer.

First off, I went to the Museum of the Moving Image because they had an amazing exhibit about Jim Henson. You weren't allowed to take pictures, but here's the link if you want to see what it was about. I might go again. 

http://www.movingimage.us/exhibitions/2011/07/16/detail/jim-hensons-fantastic-world/

Anyway, here's some other stuff from the museum. They just have it full of old props, costumes, set models and drawings, even weird collector things. It was neat. 

Chewy!!

Best Month Ever: Island Hopping

Here's some pictures from governer's Island that aren't from the re-enactment. The Island is really cool, it has bike rentals all around  (there are no cars allowed) and all the old historic houses are now shops and art studios. It was just nice even to be around so many trees and grass. You could forget you were even in New York. 

Old canon from the old fort there. 

Best Month Ever: Battlefield Edition

I went to a civil war re-enactment at Governers Island with my friend Colin. The ferry there is free, the Island is beautiful, and it was a fun day. 

summer sun

beautiful city

I've gone on many times about how beautiful my neighborhood is. In the summer it's bursting with plants everywhere. Although there are trees everywhere, there aren't any high rises, so you can see the wonderful clouds that are always sweeping by. It's calm and peaceful and full of wonderful people. I'm absolutely in love with my neighborhood. I know I can't capture it with pictures, but here's an attempt.