I remember people telling me that moving to New York in January was not a great idea. They said it was cold and dreary and that I might get depressed. They said how much better it would be to come in the spring. I thought they were exaggerating the influence of weather and the seasons, but now that spring has sprung I see what all the fuss was and is about! While I was unaware at the time of any alleged depression due to winter in the city, the light-hearted freedom I now feel makes me wonder if I wasn't in fact suffering from some circadian rhythm defects that have now been most blessedly healed by the sun! So as to take full advantage of the double blessing of weather and freedom from work, ali, maria and I rented bikes and took a spin around the island. A spin, however, doesn't do it justice, as what started out easy became quite a workout by the end of our 4-hour tour, which took us down the Hudson around the financial district and back up the East River... [refer to either of their blogs for undoubtedly better descriptions--biking apparently made me too tired to write about biking]
Note to self: sucking on a lollipop in above fashion makes your face look very weird and may not be a best practice for future pictures. Just maybe. Or definitely.
Amateur Night at the Apollo Theater in Harlem with Laura and her fun ward... I had a harder time with the "boo"-ing of participants than I would have expected. I was so excited at the prospect of heckling, but when it came down to it, I just wanted to cheer for everyone and I wanted to go give the people who got "boo"-ed off a big hug. I sat there worrying about how in less than 5 minutes we were undoing the years of self-esteem building that some darling mother has slowly and steadily been working on for years!
Followed by a rooftop afterparty with delicious food... LOVE it!
So HAPPY SPRING to all!
