got milk?

This is a good sign (so to speak). Back when I was a 
major food source, I wouldn't have been able to 
do this if I'd gone back to work. But, of course, I wasn't 
working at the country's #1 parenting magazine at the time.

it's a tough job, but . . .

. . . if you have an article with instructions

for making a balloon animal, then you need

to make sure the instructions work.  My

colleague, Lisa, did it pretty well; I managed

to break the balloon.  You should have seen us 

trying to figure out how to make an origami rowboat.

practice, practice, practice!

That's the answer, and you know the question.
Wish I could tell you I had tix for Keith Jarrett
tonight, but no—just happened to be passing by
here last night.  The last show I saw here was
a couple of years ago: the 25th Anniversary
performance of "Alice's Restaurant."
Arlo Guthrie does it every year on the day after
Thanksgiving.  It was great; the audience was
half old hippies and half young kids (their
grandchildren perhaps—Arlo's were there).

it's beautiful, but . . .

More snow.  The Midwest is a sheet of ice

and it's headed our way.  If it's nasty where

you are—please stay off the roads!

Welcome to Greenpoint

One of Brooklyn's great ethnic neighborhoods, where

you can get some primo pizza and the city's absolute

best kielbasa.  It's a bit off the beaten NYC transit track

and therefore still quasi affordable.  Better hurry while

that's still true.  So what's your neighborhood like?

I won!

What? A trip to Paris?  No, I snagged

the title of GF (Golden Finger) of the year

by being the first to log on tonight to my

fave blog and the one that inspired me

to do this, Paris Daily Photo.  Whether you

love Paris or not (and especially

 if you do), it's the very best.

this is how it's done

I'm watching a rerun of the inaugural celebration
and reflecting on the events of the past week.
This really did happen this way, neighborhood
by neighborhood.  Let's keep up the momentum.