With 'I love New York' on TV tonight I am becoming a bit nostalgic and am reminded that I have been meaning to write about the holid...
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
VERY, VERY CHEESY
But I truly enjoyed it- apparently they do it for bridal showers too and there it gets a little more wild too...
My first office baby shower
Very cheesy and funny, cause it was for a french girl who had no idea how these things work either...
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Happy Holidays in the City...
Since the weather is grey, foggy and more grey today, perfect time for a blog about the holidays in the city of all cities. It has been rea...
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Lots of people waiting
Sipping hot apple cider, enjoying the music and the sunny weather. The point of this is to help people have a good time, providing some food...
Loads of delicious pastrami sandwiches
With yummy sweet bread with nuts and raisins - although I don't eat pastrami I sure liked the bread...
With the help of some amazing little volunteers
Such as seven year old Lilly, we made each and every plastic bag a piece of art...
Making pastrami sandwiches
To give to homeless people in Harlem for an early Xmas dinner...
Friday, December 14, 2012
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
And the manager- Joe Torre
Apparently quite a big shot too- the Major League Basketball's Senior Vice President for Baseball Operations who used to manage the Y...
Yankees night again
So now I know he's Mark Teixeira, one of the most accomplished Yankee players and actually a pretty good speaker too...
Inside the holy halls of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Impressive theater room but overall feels a little stuffy with a lot of heavy carpet and not enough light...
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Hot meals?
Got sick of green beans and macaroni and cheese by the end of my shift... Served between 500-700 people today. Apparently there were 1500 ye...
The meals are being delivered
The red cross delivers frozen meals every day. People kept asking us- will they be here for the holidays. But noone knows at this point ...
Loads of donations
Impressive how much supplies are being donated...
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Selling hannukah candles
Not only 7 as in the regular chandliers but 9 in the menorah...
A big trend in New York is going green
And home gardening is very popular. However, hardly anyone has a balcony or even a garden to work with - so you just garden at home, inside ...
High heels that even I could walk in
Creative idea and nicely done- almost bought some...
A trip to hipster country ...
Went to a night market to Williamsburg tonight. Very nice market but noticed that w-burg is becoming almost more gentrified than manhattan b...
Friday, December 7, 2012
Xmas parties and root canals
I can't believe I have only been back a few days and it feels like so much has happened and I'm just exhausted thinking of it. Firs...
Next to the Xmas tree ...
In my building they have the following:
Salvation army opposite ground zero
Ringing the bells every morning...
Neighborhood Xmas market
Big sign saying 'we gladly accept credit cards' at the entrance...
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
More decoration and less tree...
And there are always some Jewish and Muslim ornaments around too...
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Xmas decoration at my place is getting set up
Man, some of this is cheesy...
Monday, December 3, 2012
On failing & more - or less....
My last trip has shown me a lot of things and I know I don't usually blog as emotionally but I think I might be in for some therapeutic...
Back home
And it's way too warm for Dec- at least 14 degrees Celsius. I much prefer this over freezing Munich though...
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