Ok..."there" is "where" cuz i don't really seem to have a good handle on where the fuck I am at the moment.
I had a 36 hour trip to NYC.. Sunday night redeye..landed at LGA at 630am..and by 8am I was munching a fresh hot bagel from H&H. I actually flew back for a memorial service for my former partner, Lauren. It was very 'sedate' and not at all what would have been her. Apparently the company she'd been working for planned it and about 500 people came out. I went with my long time pal, Lee and her ex boss, Michael. We met at Gray's and it was a quick walk down to the schule..which let me tell you in the 13 years Lauren and I were partners never once did she ever go to schule.**

NOTE: for the next few weeks a few of those type words will flit in and out of my vocabulary.

anyway.. I cannot believe how big JD is now..all grown up and def looks like his dad but has his mom's great personality. I hope he doesn't have Frank's addictive personality.

I must have seen about 150 people that I haven't seen in 15 years but prior to that used to see daily or at least weekly.

Seems Lee is unemployed again as of this weekend..her club is now closed due to her health concerns. She is however booking DJs into different venues around town.

After the service we walked down to Robert's apartment which is on 76th and CPW (service was at 76th & Amsterdam) He lives in the 2 tits tower aka San Remo. Around 4pm we went down to the office to meet the rest of the Staff. I took Lee along just to be able to hang a bit more with her. We went to dinner at David Bouley's place in Tribeca Where they FROWNED on me for trying to take pictures. I did get a few.



My Fresh Sweet Corn Tortalini:



(that's where i got the frown)


I have like 200 that i need to upload, btw. Mostly of things that are important places to me and my kids to remember. And we were in Robert's car. I forgot how much I love riding in cars driven by others that come complete with bar service. We then went to Lee's club and looked around. One of my purposes of this trip was to make sure she was hooked up so that she doesn't need to pound the streets 24/7 to make sure she's covered. That's the good thing about friends..you just never know when you are going to need them or be there for them. Even though we've drifted in and out over the last 17 years, I always knew if ever I was in need I could at least count on her, and likewise.

After about 2 hours of loud pounding music.. Robert and I went back up town. I stayed at Lee's apartment but I made him drive by our old house at 205 w.88th street..just so I could say I went. and we popped into the liquor store and sure enough the same OLD dude that had been there when I first moved to that block in 1980 was still there. not so strange.. except he was older than god when we moved in and now 27 years later he is still OLDER. LMAO..anyway.. Back down to Lee's apartment and I sat for around an hour just watching Columbus Ave action. Even at midnight on a Monday it was still rocking. Lee came in around 1230am.. and we sat up until 4am just talking until the car came for me to whisk me back to Newark. (with another pit stop at H&H which to my JOY i found out i can order them ONLINE!!--Bagels for EVERYONE)

anyway..my flight was at 6:10am. and thank the goddess for 1st class upgrades. cuz I slept the whole way. Because it was a semi business trip I can expense it. It was all I could do to force myself to leave Lee's apartment. She said I could stay, move back with her until my place is ready. I think she was really happy for the company.

Reality check when I got home. My flight landed at 1030am.. ok a bit earlier.. headwinds. I was so pumped up and energized...Only to find out that spud was still at home..sleeping.. his dad "forgot" to get him up for school.. so i rushed in the cab and took him to school.. then came home to crash. MIND i really only slept a few hours on the plane.

From then on it has been NON stop work. While in the city I picked up a huge portfolio of pending projects.. i guess i really need to get them to go "green" and digitize as much as possible.

Wednesday wasn't much going on.. Dah came over to drop off the child support cashola. yeah..and Spud's report card came..
4 A's (am history, english, logic & theory and Spanish)
2 B's (chemistry & algebra II)
1 F.
yes I said 1 F.. and guess in what subject???
Web Design.
The teacher insists he use Dream Weaver.. well guess what.. dreamweaver is on the laptop and the laptop has crashed..and apparently he can tell whether or not spud hand coded it or not. it's a high f. Let me just say..everyone who knows us.. got a good laugh on the F.

Thursday..i got 2 more bags of cards.. which I did both before heading to bed. Spud had to finish his Am history project..

He did a journal as if he was one of the people assisting the Nat Turner Uprising.. and he wrote a 1st side of a debate for "pro-slavery" told me he needed a shower afterward. if you click thru and read the journal entries..start at the bottom and read upward.

Friday we met up with Elizabeth for lunch and Dave's pal billy came over to hang out. Elizabeth is probably the only person I know that is as well traveled as I am. she was an entertainer on a cruise line and traveled everywhere. Yet someone who's never set foot out of the country except bar hopping in TJ..was trying to tell her how progressive China is and that they have total freedom of speech. LMAO.. ok Laugh with me now...

I came home and redid my inventory.. amazed that i have so much MISSING.. as in not posted. so I'm slowly working on it.. I plan to have every piece i have listed on ebay by tomorrow.. no wonder i haven't sold them..

and today I kept making stuff ready to post tomorrow.. my goal is to have it all up and posting by tomorrow and then just don't buy any new until after the new year.. I even *barf* got some hello kitty stuff.. OK it's funky hello kitty.. with an anchor and 1 with a fleur de lis.

Went to the palms to put in the football pics.. no we didn't make the movies yet.. gonna try to get to American Gangster and see 30days of night again. John gave me a pass to the frightfest at the Palms this week.. and I gave it away already to my friend Dee who is a FREAK for blood guts and gore..and all those nasty teenagers on an emo trip at 11pm on a saturday night..

and so we are NOW up to date..





**schule: yiddish word for synagogue