After your visit to the Time Warner Center...visit 5th Avenue and look at the Louis Vuitton building at 1 East 57th Street. In my next life, I would like to work for their window display designers...amazing amazing amazing...

Just one of their FABULOUS windows...did Dale Chihuly design this???Dale Chihuly...photos

Now look at THIS!!! The building facade! I swooned when I saw this...

I'm back...On the rooftop of The Peninsula Hotel...

Need I say more..Family and Friend...on top of the world! You have to love the RED WALL!!! XOXO

Her Face says it ALL!!! I saw two couples where both the man and woman were smoking cigars. Hahahaha......idiots.

xoxo=ok, just...ok

Honestly. Loud loud music. Not a New Yorker to be seen (Of course it was Saturday in July at an 'upscale' hotel bar. Who, other than clever me and people I drag there, would be there?)

Last but not least...XO A CHARMED LIFE OX...

I am making silver (and gold, if you'd like) charms...working out the (major) kinks...but it's a start. My business, A Charmed Life, has been around for years, in various incarnations...finally, the name will make sense!!!

One Rattle for one baby mother...waiting, waiting, waiting....she's being induced today!!! Yay!!! A new baby in the family!!!

xoxoAuntieJaneoxox

xoxoacharmedlifeoxox

Making up for lost time...if you Blog...time is never lost! My diary...

For the past few days I have been throwing out rugs (more about that later), rearranging space, entertaining an out-of-town friend, eating and more eating...and there was the graduation...xoxoJaneoxox

The Graduation

The Graduate...yay!!!!!

Proud mother and brother! Brava!!!! 

xoxoMomandCyoxox

Graduation dinner at Esca....

My son ordered these after being told they had a metallic taste...needless to say, he ate all of them! He really liked them...???

Mahi Mahi crudo. Of all we ordered, the best, hands down. Thank you Justin!

A RATING SYSTEM

xo=eh

xoxo=ok, just...ok

xoxoxo=really ok

xoxoxoxo=yes+I'd go back...I've eaten here a few times...the crude is the best food they serve. The waitress was quite the salesperson. Go with your 'gut'...you needn't order crude, pasta AND an entree. 

The day before Mother's Day...lovely. A friend and I had lunch at The Smith Restaurant NYC, mid-town. We headed west and met up with another friend at the Museum of Art and Design. This is a fantastic museum. Visit...support...join...XOXOXO. After the museum I met my son went to a street fair (he was STARVING) and then we went for drinks at The Peninsula Hotel in TWO bars...and then home, alone, to the dog. It was a lovely day. xoxoJaneoxox

The Smith...VERY loud, very friendly service, expensive and ALWAYS BUSY!

A street fair on Broadway...isn't he cute???

At the roof bar of the Peninsula Hotel...the sky above...

Mother's Day flowers from Annie and John...aren't they gorgeous...

xoxoJaneoxox

This morning in NJ...to the dentist.

Breakfast in New Providence...Lovely little place. Wonderful owner...who is about to be a daddy...awwwww.................a baby girl. Lovely

PANINI CAFE

ME...'QUICK'

The year I was born....

Three brothers.Two came before me; one after me. I was told "be a teacher". (There were some intervening years between birth and 'be a teacher' but that is not 'QUICK'. So I cut to the chase...two 'brilliant, special, walk-on-water brothers (and I don't, in fact, disagree), one lost soul brother, and the 'pretty', be a teacher, get married, girl-me. Life's tough. I became a teacher. (art and shop...no less) Not really my thing but I do Love children. Married, had three children...and Fresh Air Fund Children, Big Sister, Foster Children. Did I mention I love children? ADD was not on the horizon 'then'. My diagnosis came after three children and two years in therapy. Hah. Surprise...tried drugs. Hated drugs. What difference does it make especially when I'm not driving others crazy? (I only drive them crazy when I'm with them..but not ALL THE TIME!!!) Separated...for years now. (Still have 3 children) 


I have a million ideas...I've sold my 'things'.... Different things. Did I mention ADD? Lack of commitment and confidence. I do love my ideas. I love how they come to me. Any time any place. I close my eyes and 'see' things that aren't there or are they there? What do you see when you close your eyes? I've tried to get some manufactured...begged and pleaded, smiled and smiled some more. One guy even ripped off an idea...in his own crappy way...QVC no less. Jerk. Well...I give up. My ideas will appear here sooner or later because I'm NO business woman and I just don't know how...but I'm always game...


HELP! Here's what I need...Imagine a small box (2X2ish). You want to light up the inside of this box with small bright lights with a power source and switch. The switch should be outside the box, small and sweet. Any one out there? If you know your bulbs and switches
your my 'man'...

xoxoJaneoxox

Rancho...Soup Nazi? The only Soup Nazi was on TV

The nice patron at the table watched me cough coffee quite

a distance and his reaction was "....this happens to every

one." I found the friendliest place in NYC this morning!

After walking for 1/2 hour...fast...as fast as one can walk with lights at every corner and after going to Staples I was really hungry so...I stopped at the big sign that said breakfast served here..Rancho. The gal that waited on me was AMAZING! Could not have been nicer.  I ordered The Champion BUT with changes. I should just give up but I cannot. We want what we want. Right? Over easy, 1 egg got me eggs scrambled.

  

The 'you cannot miss me' awning to the entrance.

I've passed this place a million times...this is 

finding nice people in...fun, places.

They did leave off the cheese and left the ham...! Scooped out...almost. I asked if there was 

decaf. I thought she said yes. She did not. I drank MORE coffee...never good. But the 

place was clean, the service polite and friendly and the food ok. For $4.60 I got 2 scrambled eggs/ham/bagel/coffee....3rd Avenue...NW side of street...between 

55th and 56th St...I think. You can't miss the awning!

xoxoJaneoxox

A Charmed Life and other matters...

I started three 3 III blogs! This is the one 1 I... I will pursue...The others, xoacharmedlifeox  and
Now You See It...Before You Didn't (see it!)

and A Charmed Life

will only exist in my imagination and on this blog, for the moment. Get ready for my imagination...bring yours!

Now You See It refers to scenes like the one in this picture. LOOK AROUND! The HEART is on the GROUND! All AROUND there are interesting shapes to be found! Look UP and DOWN (perhaps not while you are texting or driving or reading e-mail...that's enough to get you killed!) and LEFT and RIGHT, interesting scenes are in your SIGHT.

(Oh, I do love rhyming...so do kids...be a kid...)

xoacharmedlifeox™(and A Charmed Life) will, I hope in the nearish future be a website on which I will sell...charms, necklaces, etc.! Yes...another jewelry site. Mine is better. Stay tuned...More food, photos and...more.       

Have a lovely day! xo                                                       
oxoxjanexoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox