Monday, August 21, 2017
Eclipse of the Sun
It was very exciting on August 21, 2017 here in New York City. There was an almost total eclipse of the sun. Everyone left work and stood out in the street with all the homemade devices to be able to see the eclipse without damaging your eyes (I used a long mailing tube with a pinhole in one end, and cutout to view, and white paper at the other end. It was amazing seeing all the people on the street enjoying the experience.
Thursday, July 13, 2017
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAYLOR
Today is your birthday, and you are eleven years old. That is quite an advanced age for a young man. Hopefully you are learning a lot of very cool things in school and enjoying your trips around Europe. It is quite an accomplishment to be able to see all the things we "Americans" dream of seeing once in our lives, and for you it is just a car ride away!
I am enjoying my new apartment. There is a lot less work to do than there was in a house. No lawn mowing for one thing, and no shoveling the snow! There are people that do that for the whole complex. All I will have to do is clean off my car when it snows. And I can walk to the grocery if I need to.
I went to Florida again early this month with my friend for the 4th of July and the fireworks were wonderful. I often wonder if there are any fireworks in Monaco for anything?
The outdoor theater in Central Park did a play called "Midsummer Night's Dream" by Shakespeare and it was really wonderful. It was a very hot night but I still had a lot of fun seeing it performed live. This month is also Restaurant Week in New York City, which means you can get a 3 course meal for just $39 at some of the finest eating places in the city. It is quite a lot of fun to try new places.
Love to you and Emmerson. I miss you very much.
Grandma Nici
I am enjoying my new apartment. There is a lot less work to do than there was in a house. No lawn mowing for one thing, and no shoveling the snow! There are people that do that for the whole complex. All I will have to do is clean off my car when it snows. And I can walk to the grocery if I need to.
I went to Florida again early this month with my friend for the 4th of July and the fireworks were wonderful. I often wonder if there are any fireworks in Monaco for anything?
The outdoor theater in Central Park did a play called "Midsummer Night's Dream" by Shakespeare and it was really wonderful. It was a very hot night but I still had a lot of fun seeing it performed live. This month is also Restaurant Week in New York City, which means you can get a 3 course meal for just $39 at some of the finest eating places in the city. It is quite a lot of fun to try new places.
Love to you and Emmerson. I miss you very much.
Grandma Nici
Monday, June 19, 2017
Neil Diamond Concert
Wow, we went to the Neil Diamond concert on the 17th. I wasn't sure what to expect, but it was worth it. He sang for 2 hours straight - talking very little - and did all the songs I wanted to hear.
It was very nostalgic for me. Your mom got me tickets to a Neil Diamond concert for Christmas on December 11, 1985. It was in St. Louis, and we lived in Edwardsville. I drove to the concert at the Arena, where the Blues hockey team played. I had 8-tracks of all his songs that I had played for years on the stereo, and had cassettes I played on the player in my car.
The concert was very crowded and it was close to Christmas so everyone was very cheery! It was wonderful, he did every song everyone wanted to hear. There were no cell phones then - on the slow songs people held up cigarette lighters to show appreciation. He did a Christmas medley and asked us to take out our car keys and jingle them. Imagine 19,000 people jingling keys, laughing and cheering and singing along. When we left, there were so many cars we couldn't move for a good long while. I put the cassette in my car, cranked up the volume, and everyone close all sang along with our windows rolled down.
When we got home Shellee looked at me and said with eyes wide "I knew every song!!!"
It was no wonder, she had heard them played in the house almost since she was born!
Love you TWO
Grandma Nici
It was very nostalgic for me. Your mom got me tickets to a Neil Diamond concert for Christmas on December 11, 1985. It was in St. Louis, and we lived in Edwardsville. I drove to the concert at the Arena, where the Blues hockey team played. I had 8-tracks of all his songs that I had played for years on the stereo, and had cassettes I played on the player in my car.
The concert was very crowded and it was close to Christmas so everyone was very cheery! It was wonderful, he did every song everyone wanted to hear. There were no cell phones then - on the slow songs people held up cigarette lighters to show appreciation. He did a Christmas medley and asked us to take out our car keys and jingle them. Imagine 19,000 people jingling keys, laughing and cheering and singing along. When we left, there were so many cars we couldn't move for a good long while. I put the cassette in my car, cranked up the volume, and everyone close all sang along with our windows rolled down.
When we got home Shellee looked at me and said with eyes wide "I knew every song!!!"
It was no wonder, she had heard them played in the house almost since she was born!
Love you TWO
Grandma Nici
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Spring has NOT Arrived!
It is almost Memorial Day and we still haven't had any spring. There were two warm days so far, but the days still aren't above 60 and the nights are in the 40's and 50's. I think Spring got stuck somewhere!
We will be back in Florida for Memorial Day. I really do like it there. It is a nice condo - really big, and has a lovely pool to swim in that is very warm. Which is good, because I hate to be cold!
This month has been very quiet, not much going on. There was a delightful ballet "Don Quixote" that I really enjoyed but I don't have any more tickets until next month. Broadway gets very quiet until the summer season starts - can't wait to see who wins the Tony Awards.
Love you!
Grandma Nici
We will be back in Florida for Memorial Day. I really do like it there. It is a nice condo - really big, and has a lovely pool to swim in that is very warm. Which is good, because I hate to be cold!
This month has been very quiet, not much going on. There was a delightful ballet "Don Quixote" that I really enjoyed but I don't have any more tickets until next month. Broadway gets very quiet until the summer season starts - can't wait to see who wins the Tony Awards.
Love you!
Grandma Nici
Monday, April 24, 2017
British Virgin Islands Trip
Well, I was wrong a few months ago when I said I would never have another amazing trip. I just had one.
My friend rented a 60-foot catamaran in the British Virgins Islands. We sailed from Beef Island, Tortola and spent 10 days sailing all around from island to island. We snorkled, paddle-boarded, kayaked, surfed the waves, spent days laying on the beach, and sailing. We had a cook and a captin to make things easy. There were six cabins - both of his daughters, their husbands, and their children (2 each) were along. So there was a 10 yr old boy, a 9 yr old girl, a 6 yr old boy, and a 5 yr old boy. The 10 yr old and 6 yr old are the same age as you and Emmerson. He really likes to fish, and they caught lots of fish which the captain cleaned and the cook cooked. We all ate them up!
I didn't want to come back! It was the most relaxing vacation I have ever had and would do it again and again if it didn't cost so darn much!! Well, there is always sailing on the little lakes in New Jersey and a lot of the small tropical places off Florida or in the Dominican Republic or Puerto Rico often have small Hobie Cats to rent. Grandma owned a Hobie for many years, sailing and racing it around Washington DC and Virginia.
I got a great suntan too!!
Love and kisses,
Grandma Nici
Monday, March 13, 2017
HAPPY BIRTHDAY EMMERSON
Happy birthday Emmerson!! I hope your birthday was just grand!! Mine is tomorrow - we are almost twinsies in our birthdays (I actually encourage your mom to wait JUST A LITTLE WHILE LONGER so we would have the same date). I'll tell you the story of when you were born.
I was working in New York City. Your mom brought Taylor to the city in a stroller to go to the doctor to check and see how you were doing. Your birthday was supposed to be a little bit later, but not by much. Well, when she got to the doctor, the doctor took one look and said - we are calling an ambulance and taking you to the hospital, you are going to have the baby!!! But wait, Taylor was there, what to do with him? So the doctor called me, and I raced over to pick up Taylor. But I couldn't leave the office yet. Taylor came back to my office and played there until I could go home - about 3 hours. He drew pictures, looked at a movie on the computer, and ran around introducing himself to everyone on the floor. He was beloved by all!! Meanwhile, by the time I got home there was a phone call that Emmerson had arrived. Unlike Taylor, I wasn't there for your birth, but I got to see you the next day and you were adorable....well, as adorable as newborn babies can be. Don't worry - you got really cute really fast and that's all that counts!
So that's the story!
Love you TWO
Grandma Nici
I was working in New York City. Your mom brought Taylor to the city in a stroller to go to the doctor to check and see how you were doing. Your birthday was supposed to be a little bit later, but not by much. Well, when she got to the doctor, the doctor took one look and said - we are calling an ambulance and taking you to the hospital, you are going to have the baby!!! But wait, Taylor was there, what to do with him? So the doctor called me, and I raced over to pick up Taylor. But I couldn't leave the office yet. Taylor came back to my office and played there until I could go home - about 3 hours. He drew pictures, looked at a movie on the computer, and ran around introducing himself to everyone on the floor. He was beloved by all!! Meanwhile, by the time I got home there was a phone call that Emmerson had arrived. Unlike Taylor, I wasn't there for your birth, but I got to see you the next day and you were adorable....well, as adorable as newborn babies can be. Don't worry - you got really cute really fast and that's all that counts!
So that's the story!
Love you TWO
Grandma Nici
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Happy Valentines' Day
Happy Heart Day from New York/New Jersey!!
My friend's best friend passed away the first of this month. It was very hard on everyone, but he was never going to recover and I think he may not have minded going on to whatever comes after this life. I hope when I go that it is quick, and without months of debilitation and hospitalization. There won't be anyone to help me, and if I can't help myself it is better to pass onto a better place.
There was a wonderful Masquerade party this month with amazing Cirque du soleil type acrobats, lots of costumes from the French Revolution (think Marie Antoinette). I was all dressed up too - I love costume parties where everyone is wearing a mask. There is another one coming up - it will be a recreation of the Black and White Ball that the author Truman Capote held in New York City. It will be a benefit for the West Palm Beach theater, so we will be going down to West Palm twice this month. It's a good time to go, warmer there than here, that's for sure!! I posted photos on Facebook so you can see them if you go look! It was February 11, and the Black and White Ball will be March 11.
Love you kiddos!
Grandma Nici
My friend's best friend passed away the first of this month. It was very hard on everyone, but he was never going to recover and I think he may not have minded going on to whatever comes after this life. I hope when I go that it is quick, and without months of debilitation and hospitalization. There won't be anyone to help me, and if I can't help myself it is better to pass onto a better place.
There was a wonderful Masquerade party this month with amazing Cirque du soleil type acrobats, lots of costumes from the French Revolution (think Marie Antoinette). I was all dressed up too - I love costume parties where everyone is wearing a mask. There is another one coming up - it will be a recreation of the Black and White Ball that the author Truman Capote held in New York City. It will be a benefit for the West Palm Beach theater, so we will be going down to West Palm twice this month. It's a good time to go, warmer there than here, that's for sure!! I posted photos on Facebook so you can see them if you go look! It was February 11, and the Black and White Ball will be March 11.
Love you kiddos!
Grandma Nici
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