weekend o fun

top 10

10. getting one thing on my to-do list accomplished. post office- Check!
9. weather being surprisingly delightful despite the humiditity
8. rumors on 14th street of flipped car
7. roaming around lower east side
6. dinner and ritas at benny's
5. pinstripe short suits and plaid with hot pink booties





4. kari faye and friends in town
3. katie coming to brooklyn for slumber party and pancakes
2. getting my hair done!
1. 3 hours at the Met with a decent museum buddy

**PUBLIC**SERVICE**ANNOUNCEMENT**

To the females out there who buy make up out of habit, necessity, practicality, or desperation...
Let me tell you something to be aware of when being consulted by a make up artist. Do not let their HATEFUL hurtful words sink in past the epidermis they are attacking. I am warning you out of personal experience that these women are out to get us at the core of our insecurities.

exhibit a: about a year ago i was in a store that i have a long history with that i will allow to remain nameless here, and the make up artist was helping me with some eye make up. my lovely mother was with me. the woman was putting eyeshadow on me i believe and commented something to this affect, ".... i can see that dark circles are hereditary" NO LIE.

exhibit b: this past weekend. in the SAME nameless store 2000 miles away. similar experience. looking for new eye concealer. i thought i knew what i wanted, i just needed a little direction from someone, but my quick errand was rudely interrupted by a make up artist who clearly wanted to make me scratch my eyeballs out to take the attention off my rare and atrocious circles under my eyes. she tells me this and i quote " your circles aren't necessarily large just very oddly colored, gray and ashy." then after trying one of the concealers she says "see this isn't really enough for you, because this doesn't make you really look fully rested still, you need something with more full coverage" AH i am offended. seriously. and proceeds to also tell me that the concealer i have been using for approximately 3 years and has been recommended to me numerous times- she would never use that concealer for under the eyes, it is predominantly used for covering up TATTOOS. i know this sounds like a fabrication. it is not.

exhibit c: comes from a third party encounter. my friend kat, tells her story-
" I had a lady walk up to me a couple weeks ago at Nordstrom and say out of the blue, I would love to work on your skin...blemishes can be really crippling and I could make your face look beautiful. You can imagine my reaction- I stared at her for about two seconds and walked off.

wow seriously?!

So ladies i just have to warn against these vile women who are out to get you to...
1) hate your face
2) buy their product

be careful out there.

other weekend highlights

i was in a cab saturday afternoon and the back right tire blew out. this seems to be an encounter i am becoming more and more comfortable with in my life. flat tires that is. i think most of you would have been shocked at my ability to stay composed under the circumstances.

and we were walking down the street this weekend and saw that someone decided to completely begin defacing their building without too much notice since the tenants stuff is still in the building...

the conclusion i have drawn from this situation is that it must be easier to shove the stuff into a dumpster than carry all that sh*T down the stairs... pardon me i don't know where that came from.

dear central park

i love you. i cant hold it in any longer. i know i haven't known you long, but the truth is every time i am with you or see you or think about you i am falling more in love with you. i cant help it any more. i just want to spend every waking moment with you. let me start by telling you why i love you.

i love you because you make us alive, new yorkers that is. you bring out the best in everyone that comes in contact with you. anyone who knows you is better because of their relationship with you. no one can deny the fact that you are a total source of joy in their life. with your green grass and your beautiful trees. your meadows and lawns, your bridges and paths, your lamp posts and nooks. the secret spots you keep closed off for just the right moment. the way you allow the sunlight to creep in and create the beauty of a dappled patch of grass. and then in other moments you allow the sun to beam down and fulfill our greatest need for sunshine in a place where it comes so infrequently. the way you allow anyone from dogs, to carnies, to musicians (good or bad), to preps, or paparazzi to frequent your space, it is so beautiful to see the way you love and serve the needs of all people. you are a being that is incomparable to anything i have ever seen or known. why has it taken me so long to meet you. how have i lived 25 years with out you?

i know i cant have you as my own, but i am totally ok with sharing you with the rest of the people who love and cherish you to the extent i have grown to appreciate you. i am sorry that i have to spend five days of the week in new jersey. i wish there were five days with you and two days of work. but we know this cannot be. the reality is i must settle for only 8 hours a week with you. it cant ever be enough. whether we are drinking wine or reading or conversing or watching the people you will not let me down. thank you for your kindness to me. thank you for improving my weekends. thank you for being the most vibrant color of green. in the city of black shirts and pants, thank you for being the place where vivid color and life exudes from every crevice and every wide open space. thank you for being massive and thank you for being you.
with all my love,
sally

ps this is a list of wonderful things i experienced while at the park on saturday AND sunday

1) perfect weather clouds and sunny
2) wine, cheese, grapes mmm.
3) wonderful friends
4) contortionists
5) human pyramid
6) beautiful dogs
7) frisbee tricksters
8) bright sun rays
9) jugglers/ plate spinners
10) flying airplanes and kites
11) steel guitar
12) saxophone
13) 10 dollars
14) enormous bubbles
15) hairy backs
must i go on?

things i could blog about...

the rappin' cowboy

my commute

kates paperie stress

walking around brooklyn

my love for brooklyn

scarlett cuteness

bring your sick kid to work day

bowling

standing in the pizzeria line

crazy people on subways and busses

amazing days at the park

weddings

homecoming

cellist under the arch

shake shack

walking home from the city

loving brooklyn- did i already mention that?

the amazing skype

swine

boas

impending detox

and the list goes on. 

sorry there is just so much going on lately. i cant even pick. if any of those topics look interesting let me know and i will think about expounding on the issue.