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Hey Look, It’s Shrek

Right around 7:00 tonight I was walking down 23rd street towards Sky Rink for my Monday Bluestreak session and I happened upon a screening (maybe the New York premiere?) of Shrek the Third. And who was standing on the green carpet? Shrek himself Mike Meyers chatting...

Desert-Dwellers Bring Spring!

It’s always fun when you get to reconnect with someone you haven’t seen in years. So, when this was in our guestbook on Wednesday it was great to see: “Hey! I’m taking 50-some students into New York Thursday-Sunday this week. I have an...

Soggy City

In terms of the nor’easters we’ve experienced in the eight years we’ve lived here, this one is quite odd. The wind yesterday wasn’t impressive at all, it didn’t seem to pick up until early this morning when I was woke up by the windows...

No Doubt It’s Spring, Mr. Softee Is Out!

As if the 60 and 70 degree weather wasn’t enough this week to prove that it’s spring, I spotted the first true sign of season today. Mr. Softee was parked across the street from work this afternoon dishing out some of the first ice cream of the season! It...

Lights, Camera, Action

The area around our apartment has been location central these past couple of weeks. Last week, several blocks of lower Manhattan, right around the subway station we use as well as by our gym, was headquarters for shooting that was going on somewhere (we think in...

Hazardous Exterior Conditions!

That’s the scene in New York this morning, shot at 9am looking at Broadway and 83rd street. It’s a slushy mess as a snow and ice combo fall out of the sky. Needless to say it was not a great commute this morning! And there is supposed to be more snow and...