Revlon Run/Walk

On Saturday, April 30, I will be walking in the NYC Revlon Run/Walk to fight women's cancers. I will be walking with my sister Sandy and my mom, who is a cancer survivor. If cancer had won, my mom may not have had a family - or conversely, we would not have had a mom. But our family was lucky, and I want to raise money so that research and treatment can ensure that all families facing cancer can be as "lucky" as we were. Below is a link to my fundraising webpage. It's secure and easy to pledge or contribute online. Please donate - even just $5 is another step towards a cure.https://www.revlonrunwalk.com/ny/secure/mywebpage.cfm?pID=215159

SO freaked out!

If you are a wuss like me, NEVER, ever read scary stories on your lunch break.

Some things I love about NYC

- That city employees get Election day off- The Greenmarket farmers' market- Commodities natural market- Duane Reade (everything you need!)- Sympathy for the Kettle- The burger at Flea Market comes with salad AND fries- Sympathy for the Kettle (it's really great)- Crif Dogs (DK, this is where you got that bacon wrapped scallion and pineapple dog)- Voting across the street- Having the NY Times write about your neighborhood- The Greenwich Village Halloween Parade- Tompkins Square Park- Silver Spurs' jalapeno poppers- St. Marks Place (and not living on it)- Having more restaurants and fun places to check out than time to ever do it all :)

On my walk to...

On my walk to the subway this morning, it occurred to me that New York City (among the multitude of things you can say about it) is sorta like an onion. The City is like an onion in the way that research questions are like onions - you peel back a layer of questions, observations, issues, whatever's on the surface, and there's another new layer beneath it, so on and so on. Each morning I walk almost the exact same route, and on the days I really watch, another layer of the street peels back to reveal something new.On rainy days, however, New York is not just any onion. It's a smelly wet onion. Yuck!

back in the garden state

I'm spending the night at home in Westwood - came back on Friday to hang out with Willie (and Emily, Sandy, Liz, Devin, Sascha and Steve too). We had a fun night at Dave and Busters - Sandy and I finally collected enough prize tickets to get the big D&B soup mug!! I know that's small change for some of y'all, but I'm pumped. :) Then at around 2:30am, I drove to Princeton to see Jim. The drive wasn't as bad as it sounds. At Princeton, Jim and I fixed up his room a little and spent a nice quiet weekend together. We also went to see Garden State, the movie with Zach Braff and Natalie Portman. It was awesome, really really awesome, and particularly resonant for me lately for a lot of reasons. I've got two questions about the movie though:1) Where is it set? From my google search I learned that Zach Braff grew up in South Orange and wrote this while there as well... maybe that's it? It would explain the closeness to Newark, but I couldn't tell much from the scenery.2) How old is Sam supposed to be? I just can't believe she's as old as Large, but I don't think much is said either way.Oh well. Go see the movie!

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Oh yeah, forgot, I got more gmail invites too, like everybody I know. So write if you want one. Has Al Frente gotten one yet?