MURANO....GLASS....BREATHTAKINGXOXOXOXO....

VENICE...2009...WHAT'S YOUR RUSH? XOXO

In 2009 Roseann and I went to Greece and Venice. A wonderful trip...the trip to Venice happened to coincide with...

Wow...how lucky can a gal get???...???

Pull up a seat!!!

Then we headed to Murano...wow! Just go...

xoxoJaneoxox

Moving in Florida, oh my! xoxoJaneoxox

Renting. Short sale. Moving. Again. 1 year. Crap. Practice. Makes. Perfect. I've had a lot of practice...How long til perfect...I wonder.

This is what moving looks like. I will move this myself. Outside only 85 degrees and oh so humid...a breeze!

A view of the hallway...11 days and counting.... 

The kitchen counter. Hmmmm...11 days!

What used to be a studio. Isn't that big red metal table grand!!!???
xoxoJaneoxox

PIO PIO on the westside...went for lunch...still full...

Came back from NJ and went to the westside for a walk and lunch at Pio Pio. Peruvian with a twist. The Picantito (the green drink...) was DELICIOUS! The Fried Cali (their word, not mine) was good. Hot dogs and french fries...their idea...not Peruvian. No kidding. Really good, if you like hot dogs and french fries...the seafood was very good.

Fried Cali...

Hot dogs and fries! Oh my aching tummy...I ate TOO much! Plus:Traditional Peruvian yellow corn stuffed with chic hen and peanuts served with salsa and Salsa Criolla

Pan fried Corvina, Scallops, Shrimp and Squid served with "Clasico Salsa Macho" a spicy seafood sauce and a side of yellow rice...yummy!!!

The entrance to Pio Pio with a very 'hot' or very confused guy, eating on the street....

A RATING SYSTEM

xo=eh

xoxo=ok, just...ok

xoxoxo=really ok

xoxoxoxo=yes+I'd go back

xoxoJaneoxox

Bryant Park...'witchcraft lunch, sitting and relaxing...

Go to Bryant Park! What a lovely setting...privately owned and well maintained. 'witchcraft kiosks and, of course, the Bryant Park Grill. I've not eaten there...but will. My daughter and I went to jewelry caster, Roni Casting and to a place that casts only in pewter, Quest Beads...in between stops we ate food from 'witchcraft, in the park. A perfectly lovely day...xoxoxo

Annie's Feet in the park... Follow those feet!!!

Annie's photo #2. Great photo!

A RATING SYSTEM

xo=eh

xoxo=ok, just...ok

xoxoxo=really ok

xoxoxoxo=yes+I'd go back

xoxoJaneoxox

Yesterday...today. More from the westside....

Walking down 9th (?) Avenue and saw this gal in the window of a restaurant. !Wow!!!!

Great character...I guess this is the Mercury Bar...
Or is it Across the Street, nearby the above??? I see a reflection...I do.
Yelp review: Mercury Bar in Hell's Kitchen...I only looked in the window!

Now you see it...and you won't believe it...Hell's Kitchen...

What a night! While everyone in my building and beyond left the city...I stayed right here and I'm thrilled I did...I went to the Algonquin to see the new and improved Blue Bar. It does not open until June 5th. Almost...Not yet the hip crowd they are hoping for. Not even close...perhaps when the blue bar opens. Ugh. Blue Bar. When I was much younger my father's office was on the same street as the Algonquin. I loved going to lunch there, with him. 'They' loved him and I loved that place. Blue. Why?  I had a drink and moved on...to Hell's Kitchen...

First things first. A Goat in NYC. What? A GOAT! On a leash...of course.
Dinner at The Hourglass. Three floors. Ate on the second, at the bar. Very charming interesting place. Not hip just...charming??? Had pork sliders and my dear son had barbecue brisket sliders...yum.  I would go back...for a drink and appetizer and to gab.

Welcome to Fleet Week...!!!

A Smoking Sailor? Soldier?.....

Two Sailors and a mattress...

Fleet Week Sailor...ahoy matey...I'm sorry, I could not help meself....
Stopped at a wine bar near my son's apartment...for sherry and cheese...I'm stuffed AND  tired!!!
HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY one and all...

xoxoJaneoxox

A 'NOW YOU SEE IT' day...if you don't look, you won't! xoxo

I have, for some time, taken pictures of things I see that aren't really there. I want to put them in a children's book...but will I? I've thought about this for YEARS...well over 10. I haven't made much headway but I'd love to show you some! 

And then there's brunch. I didn't take any photos but they were so nice I have to mention: Brabant Belgian Brasserie at 316 E. 53rd St. (near 2nd) I had poached eggs smothered in a wonderful cheese sauce. Yummy potatoes, on the side. The bread, served first, was wonderful. Not for the faint of heart or the high of cholesterol! This meal included a choice of drink...mimosa or bloody mary or bellini...and maybe more??? Or...coffee or tea. All for $19.95...Lovely. Really...

A RATING SYSTEM

xo=eh

xoxo=ok, just...ok

xoxoxo=really ok

xoxoxoxo=yes!+I'd go back

Not a bug you'd want to meet in a dark alley! Or on the street where you live...

The Ghost Truck...ooooooo....I took this photo of a passing truck, through my car window...I did photoshop the sky...Isn't this scary???....

xoxoJaneoxox

The Rug...short and sweet...

Dog ruined rug(s). I lifted and threw out rugs. This floor is the result of one Crate and Barrel rug.

The offending rug...lovely on top...

The floor...after removing the rug I found the non-skid bottom...stuck to the ENTIRE FLOOR. Some areas were worse than others but HOLY CRAP SUPERMAN...what a mess!!!

I spoke to many people at Crate and Barrel, to no avail. Someone, an outside company, would gladly come NEXT week to take pictures and then get back to me. Really?!!! I got on my hands and knees and occasionally my rear end, with a plastic scraper and went to town. Oh the pain...my shoulder and my back may never be the same. I bought big floor tiles (by Flor) and what I could not scrape up (this is VERY hard thankless work) is hidden. Thank you Crate and Barrel. if you buy a sisal rug from them, consider putting a rug mat UNDER their NON-SKID surface. 

Birthday and Graduation Celebration at The Water Club...lovely.

Perfect weather for lunch inside and drinks outside, at The Water Club. Friends and family...a wonderful time.

Could the day have been more beautiful? I don't think so...a picture from upstairs at the H2O club...looking north.

Happy Birthday and Graduation to you...

A RATING SYSTEM

xo=eh

xoxo=ok, just...ok

xoxoxo=really ok

xoxoxoxo=yes+I'd go back

xoxoJaneoxox

Hamburger Heaven....Imagine.

I did not eat out today. I walked to the westside of NYC to the 'finisher' (sounds ominous, it's not) to pick up some of the jewelry I make, went to Uniqlo and The Gap...still NO food! My son sent me a link to an article about a young woman with flesh eating disease. She is fighting for her life while having parts of her body amputated. If you pray, pray for her. Count your blessings. xoxoJaneoxox

Need I say more......

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

Last but not least....

My darling children... I'm SORRY!!! The DAMAGE is done.....seek help.

(I had to combine two photos because the sun glare would not allow me to stand in one place and get the writing in without sun glare...) 

I can SCREAM at...anyone...catch me at the wrong moment and I'm off and running (screaming)....!!! Not something I'm proud of...I scream first...then I regret it. Oh my!

Stay out of my way!!!!

xoxoJaneoxox

Lennys...ubiquitous Lenny's...

Great Prices...NO ambiance...which is Lenny's ambiance.......

Lenny's on 2nd Avenue and 54th St....
Good breakfast, decent sandwiches...
Good prices...
Ok service...I ordered one egg and crisp bacon on a roll...
She heard egg and ham. I repeated myself...and again.
What's up?

Working in Lenny's...
I cannot, I repeat, get crisp bacon.
Why not?

A RATING SYSTEM

xo=eh

xoxo=ok, just...ok

xoxoxo=really ok, really and I will go back....

xoxoxoxo=yes+I'd go back+I really like it, I really do

xoxoJaneoxox

4 a.m. wakeup call...The man (ha!) with the stupid voice...

At 4 a.m. my phone (land line) rang. (no caller I.D., of course) This should not be. "You live on the upper eastside.." (close...but I don't)...I hung up. At 4:15 a.m. my phone rang. "Give me your millions bitch." (not even close)...I hung up. The phone rang again at 5. I did not pick up and again, at 5:15. This was an adult. What am I missing? The phone only rings at that hour with BAD NEWS. Mean and nasty begins to describe this genius. What goes around comes around...a-hole. I have been up since 4 a.m. I am not thinking clearly...

What do you see here? It is as real as my $$$millions! A carrot shadow!
Look all around!!! 

This is my CLOUD RABBIT. Am I the only one who sees it?
I see the ear and tail...fill in the rest...bunny is facing right! OK,
it's a rabbit-bird! A flying rabbit bird.With a carrot.

xoxoJaneoxox

In creating, the only hard thing is to begin. -Lowell

SOLID GOLD... Pulse

Allison Williams in Ralph Lauren dress....

Solid Gold? And I thought gold was valuable...ugly gold, ugly.

The above copy names the dress-wearer and designer...the ONLY dress in the N.Y. Post article (of the above name) that ANY self-respecting diva would be caught alive in. There are 12 more pictured-one uglier than the next! And this for the Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations red carpet kickoff at the Costume Institute Exhibition at the Met!

I could not resist...UGLY UGLY UGLY... One cannot out-do Schiaparelli and Prada, so why not take a new tack with total lack of taste and style?

xoxoJaneoxox

P.S.

A RATING SYSTEM

xo=eh

xoxo=ok, just...ok

xoxoxo=really ok, really

xoxoxoxo=yes+I'd go back+I really like it, I really do

ANOTHER DAY...ANOTHER DINER! and a bike tour.

WESTWAY DINER

I walked to the westside of NYC and joined my son for breakfast in a diner, of all places. 

I am convinced I am either invisible or don't speak the same language the waiter hears. I said, loud and clear, I thought...no potatoes. So why were they lying next to my spinach and feta very very well-cooked omelet? Why? The waiter was friendly...enough.

 I managed to muster up enough will-power not to eat them! Go Jane!!!
Now for the tour...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

Who did this? 53rd and 1st...very cool...

Ooolala...Sutton Place...

More Sutton Place...

Walking on York this morning...don't you just love this city?
"The pretty with the gritty..."
-Pat K....no gritty here...tune in next.....

xoxoJaneoxox