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Food Friday – Paowalla – NYC
As I strolled along the path early this morning, I reflected back on all of the amazing meals we’ve had in New York City, and around the world. Since my walk was before breakfast I had visions of gustatory delight in my head as I walked and decided that I wanted to begin to recall those places where we have been lucky enough to feast. When I returned to my computer I sifted through my photos going back as far as I had them online and the first restaurant that came up was Paowalla, which is now sadly closed but was located on Spring Street on the lower west side…
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Staying Healthy
Everyone knows as we age we need to take extra measures to stay healthy. Admittedly, I haven’t been good on a regular basis. I’ll go for days, or weeks focusing on my health, running, walking, working out, doing yoga, trying to eat a more healthy diet. But then, then it all falls apart. I go on vacation and drop the exercise or tell myself it’s okay to treat myself because I’m on vacation, and then I just don’t get back into the swing of things. There is so much information now available and so many apps that can help people reach their goals that there really is no excuse for…
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Passive Income
On one of my first dates with my now husband, he mentioned that he wanted to be in a position where his money worked for him, not him working for money. I’ve thought about this a lot and many times wished I had pursued the conversation more fully because though I had a concept of what he meant I didn’t know the intricacies of how to implement. Living overseas made things somewhat more complicated because the tax systems are different, and moving money between international locations was far from as easy as it is now. Fast forward many years and I’ve been digging in to the term and what it…
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January 20, 2025
I have no desire to make my writing about politics since I get enough of that rammed down my throat in the daily news, but I want to put this here for my own reference to be able to easily look back on over the coming four years. I saw this on a Bluesky post, so here is where we stand today, January 20, 2025. Unemployment 4.1%, Gas $3.12 a gallon, but here it is $2.68 a gallon, S&P 500 5,996.56, Inflation rate 2.9%, and Dow Jones 43,487.83 Just a few indicators of where the US economy stands right now. I’m intrigued by what it will be next year at…
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Welcome 2025!
One of my previous yoga teachers gave all of her students a blank journal with a note that the year is like the journal, blank and ready to be written, so write it well. I hope to do so in 2025. As many may know, while there were joys in 2024 there was a lot more heartache for my family. Hoping that this year is devoid of anything like last year brought. Many Americans create New Year resolutions, generally, things that they want to change about their life – lose weight, save money, exercise more. According to some data, about 80% of New Year resolutions fail. As such, I have…
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Mexico City -Day 1
We arrived in Mexico City Monday evening after a three hour flight on Aeromexico. The flight was uneventful and fairly smooth so we weren’t completely beat when we arrived at around 18:15 and met up with my classmate for the 45 minute ride to the Radisson Perisur in the south of the city. Most classmates were already in the bar so we had a drink and a bite and got to bed early since the next day would be a busy one with a three hour boat ride and dinner at our friend’s home. One quick note about this hotel, and we didn’t know it when we checked in, but…
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“Home” again
A week ago yesterday my cousin’s daughter called me to let me know that her mom had passed away, at age 61. This was devastating news, of course, but even more so because we had just reacquainted about 9 years ago when she reached out to let me know that her daughter had moved to NYC. She had seen on Facebook that we were moving to NYC and wanted us to get in touch. Shortly after we moved to New York, her daughter graduated from college and we all spent a great time celebrating her daughter’s graduation and being together. We spent a few more times enjoying the city, and…
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Moving into fall
Fall, autumn, is my very favorite season. I don’t know if it is a result of fond memories of going back to school (yes, I was one of those kids that always loved school) or whether it is the beautiful colors that come along with the season, or if it is that I know that I’ll be able to start to make all of the slow simmering, roasting foods that signal the coming of cooler weather. Whatever it is, I love the gradual descent into shorter days and cooler weather. Here in Colorado we are not there yet. This Labor Day weekend brings upper 80s and full on sun. A…