Monthly Archives: February 2008

Looking back over the recent couple of posts on this blog, there is a strange new theme based in Northern Hemisphere winter sports jumping at me. Long-blade skating on a lake in Sweden, Ice Skating in Central Park, Skiing the bunny slopes at Windham Mountain in the Catskills…all of these involved a lot of falling … Continue reading »

John’s been knocked down with the most deadliest of viruses known to woman-kind. It’s called Man Flu and it’s serious. Sniffling his way through the past 4 days, forced to whisper rather than speak, watery eyes, blocked ears…Poor man really has it bad. My mom, a medical doctor, always says that the flu heals within … Continue reading »

It was bound to happen at some point. You cannot live on an island with more than 1 and a half million people without coming across it at some point. I just was not prepared for it when it did happen to me. So I was on my way downtown on the 6 train when … Continue reading »

Since my dad died on my birthday 5 years ago, I’ve really focused on doing fun things and surrounding myself with the ones I love during this time. Having help celebrating my birthday has been the aim and this year, despite the change of location and loving faces, my birthday was again a full weekend … Continue reading »

We celebrated the commercial day of love last night with a surprise date that John had organized. First we went for dinner at a really lovely restaurant in the East Village called Ipizz (I think?) and then John took me to his favourite off-Broadway play, Blue Man Group.…The show was wild! Three guys who never … Continue reading »

It’s been a strange winter so far – not that many freezing days and no snow to speak of. But oh boy did that change yesterday! It all started with temperatures in the minus degree level on Monday and then we got our first snow yesterday. And it snowed and snowed and didn’t stop snowing … Continue reading »

Like a bad relationship, a bad job is something that you can sometimes stay in, just because it’s better to have one than not have anything at all. Just like putting up with the abuse of a bad relationship, an abusive boss can damage your self-image, your relationships with others and your perception of what’s … Continue reading »

The life of a working woman in New York is no joke. Yes, it’s true…I have found a job! It is only for a month, and it is back at the old place, but at least it’s keeping me off the streets, off the Internet and offering some stimulation in the way of daily interaction … Continue reading »

It’s fun to play tourist-tourist in the city where you live, especially if that city is New York. Today Annie and I met up with Engela, a friend of a friend who’s in town on a 10-day solo holiday. We met on the Upper East side for a long Afrikaans brunch and then walked over … Continue reading »

On Tuesday night John, Annie, Sam, Laurel and I went across to the Nokia Theater in Times Square (yes, the dreaded Cypress Hell location!) to attend a concert by Xavier Rudd. We got introduced to this Australian’s sounds through Sam, our token Aussie friend here in New York and boy, was I impressed. Xavier plays … Continue reading »