In the absence of news–any news, of any sort, any kind, anytime, anywhere–from the United Nations Summit, or from the inaugural Clinton Global Initiative meeting, I give you instead shameless namedropping. Friends, it’s just a citywide gabfest, stretching from the…
I was in Spain on September 11th, 2001, but everyone here talks about what a beautiful day it was in New York: bright sunshine and a brilliant blue sky. Just like today. I made my way uptown to St. Bartholomew’s,…
I’m baaaaack. My goal for blogging has always been to do it from bed, first thing in the morning or last thing at night. This requires a wireless connection. Which I now, after some 15 or 16 hours of fiddling,…
After a week at work in London, I spent a glorious weekend in Ireland, at the home of a new friend, Harriet, who lives in a pretty fantastic house overlooking the Irish Sea. This was the view from my bedroom!…
One of the great things about friends I’ve met in London, at work and beyond, has been getting to know them, their friends and families, and getting to visit in their homes–something you don’t usually get to do as a…
Spent the weekend at Dana’s in Buffalo, having an art experience with our new friend Loretta, the talented supremo of the blog called PomegranatesandPaper. We arrived on Friday afternoon, browsed a while, and, let’s face it, spent some money at,…
Christo’s new art installation in Central Park, The Gates, is magnificent. I went to see it on a bright, sunny, very windy day. Here’s a bit of what it looks like. Enjoy!
About 20 of the McLellans got together last weekend in Durant, Mississippi–from whence we all came, more or less. We wanted to get together with our aunts and uncles and such cousins and others as could come, just for a…
The title is one of our local slogans, thought up by, I think, our borough president, Marty Markowitz. And it’s a good one, because in Brooklyn we do have everything you can think of, and a lot of stuff you…
I’m appalled by how long it’s been since I’ve updated this blog. So here goes. Today I’ve been laid low with a miserable virus–sore throat, fever, general pessimism about everything–so I’ve pretty much stayed in bed and pulled the covers…