because what fun is the news that is?
There’s not much ‘natural beauty’ in our small corner of the world, but Mother Nature blew through a few days ago, leaving several inches of snow all around. I noticed this completely undisturbed creation while taking the trash out.
The snow was completely smooth, the pattern created by the airflow through slots in the table. Then, I noticed it was smiling at me!
I scored some complimentary tickets to see the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Anoushka Shankar (daughter or Ravi, half-sister of Nora Jones) play in one of our favorite near-Jersey suburbs, South Orange. You may recall this is where Adrienne and I spent the first week of our time out East, and where we discovered a nice little restaurant called The Reservoir. We’ve made a point of visiting the restaurant every now and then (and even brought some of you with us), both for the good eats and good memories. Last night we broke tradition and under the advice of a co-worker, ordered the Chicken Murphy, along with the Tony Salad for One (it’s big enought for two) and a side of sauteed spinach. Turns out Chicken Murphy is large pieces of chicken, somewhat breaded and cooked along with our choice of medium-spicy peppers and lots of mushrooms in some sort of broth, topped with thick-sliced fried potatoes. Interesting, and very tasty. Which is a good thing, because we have lots of leftovers!
Chicken Murphy at The Reservoir in South Orange, NJ
By the way, if you want to hear the music we heard last night, WNYC is broadcasting live the same concert from Carnegie Hall tonight at 8pm EST.
I still had to do a good bit of cropping on this capture.
Umbrellas die!
My alarm went off at 4:30, so I’d have time to start the caramel rolls before we left the house at 5:30ish. Once we got into the city, we stopped by a deli for some breakfast sandwiches to go with our hot chocolate in a thermos. Got to our viewing area around 7am, and the crowd was pretty small. It filled out quite a bit in an hour’s time – by 8am we basically couldn’t move, though we had everyone from little stuck up, poorly-parented kids pushing through to elderly people hitting us with their bags. Fisticuffs almost broke out at one point between some definite Jersians; a fun time was had by all! We stayed for maybe half of it, then fought our way through the crowd to freedom. Enjoy the pics!
There’s a Chinese-Mexican restaurant (huh?) just around the corner from us. They’ve had this sign out for what must be at least the last week, maybe more.
Much like the market, I noticed my page views for the ‘ole blog-a-rooney have fallen recently:
So, what better than a shameless post with a little picture gallery to gather some interest (ha!). ‘All the news’ indicates confidence is high, so let’s hope this isn’t a failed attempt! Ok, enough with the bad puns… here are some pics from a visit to the WBGO transmitter. Enjoy!
By the way, as I write I’m listening to some music from the Village Vanguard we recorded a bit ago. Upcoming this week we’ve got another broadcast, featuring the very-talented (and kinda cute – I can say that ’cause Adrienne’s out of town, right? 🙂 ) Anat Cohen. Hope you check it out. That plus two other live remote broadcasts plus a programming special will make for a very busy week!
Just a few minutes ago I was taking the garbage out, and noticed a moon halo. Figured I’d grab a photo of it, but then I realized the G9 was left at work today. So I pulled the old A70 into service, after scrounging around for 4 AA batteries that had enough juice in them. So I took the pic – or rather, lots of them. Isn’t it funny how it’s always one of the first that are the best? At least that’s how it is for me.
By the by, for those of you keeping track, dpreview.com came out with their review of the D90 today. I have to say, I’m a bit conflicted. For all the accolades, it doesn’t seem as outstanding a review as I’d have maybe wanted. More research is definitely warranted!
Part two: so there’s a guy that rides a unicycle to and from his car. It’s unclear where he’s coming from/going to. It (the car) has a bumper sticker on it that says ‘unicycle powered.’ I caught a pic of him this morn:
Only in JC…