Category: Adulting
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A Pig Dog is My Muse
Every artist needs inspiration and mine is a wiggly pibble that we call The Pig Dog.
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The Coffee Shop Caricatures
Once upon a time (quite recently, in fact) I worked for a handful of months at a nearby coffee shop. It was my in-between job after the law firm (Oh! The horror!) and before/overlapping my current collection of jobs: dog walking (that’s puppy therapy), writing and painting. Also, have I mentioned that I’ve been drawing…
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One Year in New York City
For one year we’ve been breathing in the skin cells of 8 million people. And this is what we think of it.
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Mom’s (Third) Visit to NYC
After her triumphant retirement, my mom’s found herself with a little extra free time. She spends it creating greeting cards and mailing them to friends and family (as the latter, I’ve received quite a few), skiing through Erie’s record-breaking snowfall (a peculiar source of pride for certain Erie natives) and subsequently falling and injuring herself,…
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A New Year in the Big City
Hello, my name is Allison and I feel the need to introduce myself because I’ve been completely absent for some time now. In fact, I’ve been absent since 2014. So let me also take this moment to wish you and yours a very Happy New Year! I don’t know how 2015 has been treating you…
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Holiday Window Displays in New York
A trip to Manhattan to admire the holiday window displays and Christmas trees doesn’t go quite as planned–though that may not necessarily be a bad thing!
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A Very Unscientific Index of Adopters
This is a truly succinct catalog of adopter types (as seen in the animal adoption sector). Also, check out her blog bourbondog.wordpress.com for more excellent reads about animal rescues and dogs in general!
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Christmas Traditions
I like to think that we all have our own Christmas traditions. And while that may not be true for everyone (indeed, Christmas is not even celebrated by many), Ivan and I certainly grew up with our own. This Christmas, after thirty years of spending the holiday with our families, we spent the day on…
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Thanksgiving in Manhattan
We decided to spend our first Thanksgiving in the States since 2011 at one of the most publicized holiday events nationwide: The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Knowing that the time involved in actually getting to and then watching the parade would essentially take all day, we agreed to postpone the traditional holiday feast until…
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The Season We’ve Missed for Years
It’s finally here! (And, frankly, almost gone already, too!) I’m talking about autumn, of course. My favorite time of year! Since I was old enough to appreciate the unlikely reality of Halloween—I actually got rewarded with an almost limitless amount of free candy for dressing in a cape and acting wild (now that’s only possible…
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A Week of Visitors
A couple weeks ago, we got a message from our friends back in Erie. They were planning a five-day visit to New York and wanted to spend some time with us if we were free. Their visit coincided almost perfectly with my parents’ visit, so we were able to offer them our spare bedroom for…
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The Ragamuffin Parade and the Third Avenue Festival
Last Saturday, Bay Ridge hosted an annual parade charmingly referred to as the Ragamuffin Parade. The participants of the Third Avenue march consisted primarily of children from the area dressed in their Halloween costumes. For a few hours, itty pirates and miniature Disney princesses skipped down the street; Yoshi and Mario tromped next to…
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Drawing on the Walls
When we first moved into our apartment in Brooklyn, it didn’t take too long for our landlord to find out that I really dig art and like to work on my own skills in my downtime. I wasn’t expecting him to ask me to paint a mural in the stairwell, though! I spent a little…
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Create Art by Upcycling Bed Slats
This is a DIY project upcycling discarded pine boards to create a simple, but stunning statement piece wall art. Easy to do, cheap to make, and kid friendly.
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The New York Aquarium
In keeping with our recent tradition of investigating this amazing city, Ivan and I visited the New York Aquarium a couple weeks ago in Coney Island. We bought our tickets online to save a little money and bypass the admission lines. We arrived at the aquarium around noon and were out in less…
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Fieldtrip Day! The American Museum of Natural History
Last weekend we made the trip back to Manhattan to check out a museum. Mind you, New York City has a lot of museums to choose from. But, since we’re still in the honeymoon stages of living in the city and very much tourists when it comes to discovering the sights in Manhattan, our initial…
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Beets and Garlic Scapes
Weekends have pretty much been a bust for us lately. And what with work, chores and taking care of the dogs, the weekends are really our only opportunity to actually get out and do something or experience a new part of this awesome city. Unfortunately the past few weekends Ivan has been on-call and…
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Smorgasburg
Last weekend, Ivan and I met a few friends near the Brooklyn Bridge to check out Smorgasburg. Since I’m assuming that you don’t know what Smorgasburg is, let me tell you: Smorgasburg is a weekend summer event that involves a number of restaurateurs and their respective restaurants setting up temporary shop in carnival-style tents…
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The Coney Island Mermaid Parade
Last Saturday (June 21) was the first day of summer and, as it fell on a Saturday, it was also the date of the annual Mermaid Parade in Coney Island. Out of curiosity, I did a little research and found out that the parade is something of a big deal and attracts tens to…
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Owl’s Head Park
I suppose I touched on the subject of getting a job recently. I didn’t really go into details and there isn’t any reason to now, but it does have something to do with my lack of bloggy enthusiasm lately. I work 9-6 weekdays. Ivan leaves the house shortly before 6am. If I want to get…