Our Last Date.

I've become attached to Ella and her cute little Texas family since last August. We have a bond that is out of this world. Every weekend, we hang out by the lake in the park, go running through Strawberry fields, and chase squirrels while tourists snap pictures. Well, her family is leaving for their summer house in Maine this week. :( I am going to have separation anxiety.

Today was her day. Her family said I could keep her as long as I wanted, so we headed to Riverside Park to hangout by the water.

Lookin' good, haha.

Ella walked over to this couple as we were scoping out a place to lay out. The guy saw Joey's Saints t-shirt and told us he was born and raised in Baton Rouge. Small world!

Ella wasn't cooperating with the camera....right before this was snapped she was resting her head on my knees. Such a cute little lap dog!

Then she got side tracked with squirrels...

I know this post is really silly....but I am obsessed (obviously) and wanted to profess my love for her to the world. :)

On a side note, Joey and I went to Little Italy for dinner last night. While walking around eating yummy gelato, we ran into this crazy street carnival. They had a clown propped up on a suspendable chair. You throw a ball, and if it hits the target- bam! He falls in the water. We were both really close...but not close enough.

Happy Memorial Day Weekend! :)

Today I made it a point to spend the entire day outside. Here are some neato pictures from the Village, LES, and Soho.

This little street near NYU looked like it would belong in Rome with it's charming quaintness.

Poor puppies waiting for their owners, haha.

One of my favorite things about downtown (mostly LES) is street graffiti! It somehow turns out looking like....art.

I love the wisdom in this one: "Rich girls will break your heart. Poor girls will take your money."

I went to the white building in this picture for a client a while back. He owns a beautiful ballet studio on Broome St. and told me he purchased it on September 6, 2001. He said a week later, they heard a loud noise and looked out the window to see a plane graze their rooftop heading downtown. They saw the whole thing from their window, which gave me chills. (It's still so crazy to believe that horrible thing happened in the city we live in...)

If you look in the window on the right, you will see a reflection of a painted man from across the street.

When I got back home, I dragged Joey out of the apartment for some fresh air.

Joey grabbed some street food from a vendor on 72'nd and we headed to our version of a backyard, Central Park.

We went to a spot where you can pretend for a minute that you are not surrounded by concrete. It's pretty secluded, green, and there are little birds hopping all over. If you just avert your eyes from the occasional tourist looking for Strawberry fields and the taxis zooming down CPW in the distance you are golden. :) We found this spot on the top of a hill and there were two rocks to sit on...but we wound up sharing one. The other one was occupied by a little bird who was apparently busy nesting with leaves and twigs.

We ended the day at Pier 1 cafe, which was awesome. It's right along the Hudson River, so we got to smell saltwater while the sun was setting.

I'm making it a point to spend my summer weekends outside...

Catch up time.

This blog has been asleep for a while. Like everywhere else, job searching officially stinks here. Apply, apply, apply...nothing. It's like no matter what, you are under-qualified. See this guy dressed as a banana in front of Jamba Juice? I'm pretty sure he has a PhD. ;)

So, I've been keeping busy by helping this girl Ali out with her walks in Soho. Since the weather's gotten warmer/drier, all of the film crews have been out. Below is a shot of America Ferreda filming for Ugly Betty.

Supermodels using construction pipes as a jungle gym?

Yesterday, on Bond St. they were filming a movie with a winter set. They were spraying cars down with fake snow and unrolling these huge white cotton sheets unto the sidewalk.

What else has been going on...there was a karaoke night in Korea town, Italian dinner party at our place, football game in Central Park, homeless person using the sidewalk as a toilet, night with NY cares kids in the Bronx, planning a nature getaway trip for June, getting excited about Alli's visit up here.

I think that's it!

Dog Walk Against Cancer.

(I stole this picture of us from: http://www.uni-formcity.com/ )

Joey, Ella, and I went to a "Dog Walk Against Cancer" in Riverside Park this morning. Walk and Train, the company I do dog walking for, had a table set up selling cute dog treats and toys for the Lisa Bowman Foundation. Lisa Bowman used to work for Walk and Train, and is currently fighting breast cancer. She was interviewed by NY1, and was the official ribbon cutter for the walk, which is exciting. Here is a link to her website: http://stores.homestead.com/hstrial-CSafford2/StoreFront.bok

Feel free to make a donation. When you purchase accessories, beds, or collars, all of the proceeds go to the fund.

The turnout was awesome for the event, but unfortunately the weather was yucky! I didn't get to bring my camera out there because of it, so there are no pictures unfortunately. But here is one of Colleen with her boxer Luna....cute!

Last night, we wound up in Time Square (sarcastic yippee) for a night at Dave and Buster's for Elizabeth's birthday. Time square is a place where anyone with ADD would go crazy, for obvious reasons. It's loud, crowded, flashy, so it really takes a lot for one individual to stand out of the crowd. Apparently last night, Asia's mother made it happen quite effectively.

Who is Asia you ask? She was a lost child around 46th and Broadway last night. Her strapping mother was running through oncoming traffic shrieking "ASIA! ASIA! ASSSSSIIIAAAAAAA!" She was approaching me and Joey in full force, and I jumped to the side. And Joey....okay, you know how sometimes you are walking in the grocery and there is someone trying to pass, so you move one way, they move the same way, and it goes in an awkward shuffle until you get it right? Haha, well that's what happened to poor Joey and this gargantuan woman last night. So she shoved him *bam* square in his chest almost pushing him down. Wow.

Anywho, Dave and Buster's was fun. I got to whip Joey's butt at the Daytona racing game twice.

Rooftops.

Rooftop parties are a very popular thing in Manhattan during the summer. You put on a cute sundress and sip on some cocktails while hanging out with friends :) Take a look at these two beautiful terraces.



They look pretty similar, right? The only difference is that one is a rooftop fifteenth floor lounge (bottom picture), while the other belongs to a couple's apartment (top photo).

I was scrolling through nymag.com and noticed the crazy similarity. I dogsat for the people that own the crazy apartment with the terrace. Before they moved into this posh Soho pad they sold their house to Bon Jovi! Must-be-nice! Jeez...

On an even crazier note, Justin and Meghan are having a baby GIRL! She's due in October....so exciting! A little baby roaming around.... :) :)


Happy Weekend :)