meeting lizette

i took a walk to 54th street and second avenue to meet lizette at the clean market cafe/spa where she sometimes goes for an infrared red sauna. they offer reduced rates during the day.

we shared a bite to eat (chicken fajitas) at rosa mexicana just up the street from the cafe.

fresh lemon tea . . it was a beautiful day in the mid '80's with a cool breeze.

julietta's - the midtown location of greg's favorite ice cream shop. (i stopped to get a cup of pistachio and coffee ice cream for the walk home.)

i also stopped for a few cans of cat food at petsmart (24th street and 5th ave). sometimes i think i only go into this store to gaze at the giant photo of this handsome french bulldog - i would love to have a bulldog again).

on the way to the dentist and lunch with chanda . . and more of london

i passed this interesting and amazing sculpture on my way to the dentist this morning (by bruno catalano: patrons of park avenue).

on the way home i realized it was lunchtime and chanda was out of class . . i stopped at breads cafe for lunch for us (tuna and egg salad with bread on the side, and a spinach/feta bureka).

it was nice to sit with her in the school's courtyard . . 

i've also spent a lot or time putting together a post about the morning of september 18th in 2022 when we were in london . . and here's the afternoon.

knitting and a dance performance

today was "knit in public" day. i walked to bryant park for the event and to meet my knitting group. i couldn't find them at first, and so ended up sitting next to jaana from finland. when everyone else arrived, we took our chairs and joined them.

maybe this is the eating group . . 

here's the knitting . . and also spinning . . 

maria had cast on a jessie maed bralette which chanda made last summer.

discussing yarn brands . . 

anne's knitted doll . . 

sandy and jaana . .

my zoom group . . 

i left at 4:15. i had to get back to feed the cats and to meet greg for an evening dance concert. ellen's teenagers and alumni class had a 7:30 performance.

it was a magical evening! the teens (including sacha's charlotte) presented their solos (all so wonderful) and performed "tape dance" or extra genre. it's one of my favorite dances that ellen teaches and it was exciting to see. also, the six alumni (lou, amelia, krista, rakhel, maia and marina) each had a solo and they were very inspiring. they all keep morphing into their own unique and beautiful style of moving and thinking.

there was a shining silver slipper of a moon tonight (which you can see just over greg's head and the lamppost) . . 

and the linden trees are suddenly in bloom.

at the ballet and a recital

this is the coat check at lincoln center. i was waiting along with twenty other people to be ushered into the first ring for a rehearsal of a midsummer night's dream with the new york city ballet. my friend is a member and wasn't able to attend so she offered me her ticket. it was fun watching the dancers mark their places on the stage and run particular sections of their pieces repeatedly. the artistic director and ballet masters and mistresses stood along the edge of the stage watching and commenting and the stage hands adjusted the set pieces. the conductor was there but not the full orchestra. a rehearsal pianist played all the music. 

i met greg afterwards at the flame diner as we had a friend's daughter's recital to attend (after getting a bite to eat) at the school for strings. he's looking very happy as the verdict was just announced. it was the talk of the street as i walked downtown to meet him . . everyone was feeling a little bit chipper and there were many conversations about what it might mean and how the punishment might work out.

getting all the latest tweets . . 

at the recital . . a few of the songs that were sung were:

wer hat dies liedlein erdacht (gustav mahler), five melodies populaires grecques (maurice ravel), bei mir bist du shein (sholom secunda) and the light in the piazza (adam guettel).

walking home afterwards we passed a mounted police officer. we had just been talking the other week about how we rarely saw them these days. you can read an interesting article about the full new york city police department mounted unit here on the noelle floyd website.

the sky was beautiful this evening.

at the library

i met my knitting friend, evie, at the main branch of the library this afternoon.

we met at the cafe/gift shop to catch up on things, and to swap some yarn. i gave her a few skeins of light blue/grey bulky yarn and received two skeins of turquoise bulky yarn (knit collage). she's flying to london in a week to visit a friend, and then on to lisbon for her archival work.

after saying goodbye, i decided to view the library's current exhibit titled . . 

"the awe of the arctic - a visual history." they highlighted several exhibitions to the arctic accompanied by beautiful photographs, lithographs, woodcuts and engravings.

sledging over hummocky ice, april 1853

i was intrigued with the section about women in the arctic . . 

photos by jette bang, danish, 1914-1964 (children in greenland)

"greenland", one of several books she authored that included her photos.

hand-drawn map, 1908, by agnes deans cameron, canadian, 1863-1912.

in the winter of 1908, journalist agnes deans cameron planned a journey from edmonton, alberta to the arctic ocean. however, she needed a magazine to commit to publishing her account, so she sent a "pitch" package to the editor of the century illustrated monthly magazine highlighting her credentials and explaining the significance of her expedition. the map above was included.

agnes dean cameron's travelogue of her adventures in the arctic, the new north.

the book pictured above i would like to read, eine fraue erlebt die polarnacht, (a woman experiences the polar night). it's by austrian writer, christiane ritter (1897-2000) (she lived to be 103!) who traveled with her husband to a remote, uninhabited part of svalbard, norway in 1933. her writing encompasses her time alone in the their hut while he was off hunting. she shares her fears that changed into a deep appreciation for the beauty of the landscape and a strength that came from being alone for such an extended period of time in nature.

photos from my walk home:

bryant park

the sign says "lawn closed - the new sod is establishing its roots."

m and j trimming!

i bought colorful buttons . . 

and large snaps.

meeting greg at las mariscos for fish and shrimp tacos . . 

and guacamole and chips.

it was a good long walk and i should sleep well tonight!