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Wed, March 21
A New Addition to Our Family!
Yes! It's finally happened! J and I are now the proud, proud owners of a 42 inch plasma screen HD TV! Goodbye Granmda TV (the one that came with our apartment was from the 1970's) and hello 2007 TV. I am so happy. The ironic thing is--J and I are not really TV watchers. But perhaps that's because our previous TV was from the stone age. I had forgotten that every channel should not have a reddish-orange tint to it.
It's kind of a big deal for our relationship, if you think about it. We have about a year to pay off this purchase, which means this better work out at least till then. And on top of it, we have that five year warranty. J and I agreed to try to make it work and do whatever it takes, you know, at least for the TV.
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Tue, March 6
Art!
Baryshnikov, my love. Last Thursday night, E. invited me to attend a gallery opening of photos taken by Baryshnikov (i.e. Carrie's Russian lover on S.I.T.C., aka big guy in the ballet world) on 5th ave and 58th. As I walked through the revolving doors of the building of the gallery, I bumped into countless photogs and ballerinas...By the time I got upstairs, E. informed me she had just seen Annie Liebowitz leave the show. I didn't expect to be so star struck by this short, older man in cream colored converse sneakers and a suit. By the looks on every tall, well-dressed woman at the gallery, Baryshnikov was the hunk of the evening. Oh, those poor dark rimmed glasses twenty-somethings with shaggy hair and suit jackets. They paled in comparison to the adorableness of Baryshnikov. Dreamy.
The actual photos were just so-so. They looked like blown up versions of the type of pictures a person who'd just discovered playing with his digital camera might take (blurred images, different types of flashes, etc.) But the people-watching was divine. Women were dressed to the nines in adorable graphic print dresses and heels. I even saw Elizabeth Berkely of "Saved By The Bell" fame! Sadly, I had just come from the gym. I hope I wasn't captured in ANY of those photos. If I was, I am sure I was blurred out (much like my NYTimes Style section debut).
After that show, we headed to another gallery. Jules's boyfriend Lee had a couple pieces of his work up at a private auction. This crowd was more my speed--the typically East Village/LES types (note: The types who USED to frequent that area, not the I-bankers who crawl all over it now). His pieces were by far the superior ones of the show. He works in the neatest way--by injecting his canvases with needles. The effect is so beautiful and different.
Afterwards, E and I went to Patsy's for a huge pizza.
On Friday night I was sitting at Cafe Centro eating my chips and salsa, discussing my wild days of yore with E., when I looked to my left, and one of my authors and her husband was sitting within arms length of me! What a small, small city I live in.
Tonight I went back to yoga, after all this time. It was taught by candle-light. The mellow atmosphere did little to ease the pain of having not gone for such a long time. I am sure to be sore tomorrow.
And now, laundry needs to be folded. Domesticity!
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