Monday, Dec 22

Met E for dinner.

The Harrison
www.theharrison.com
355 Greenwich St
New York, NY 10013
(212) 274-9310

Carnegie Hall - Handel Messiah

Sunday, Dec 21st

Chicago

Friday, Dec12

Saturday dinner with V, M, P, R, G at the house.

Shopped with V on Sunday

Back in NYC - Monday

Work Holiday Party

Tuesday, Dec 16th

Apollo

Wedn, Dec 10th

Ann's Birthday

Friday, Dec 5th

Haru
205 W. 43rd St.
New York, NY 10036

Saturday, Dec 6th

Julia/Brigitta

Meghan visits

Thursday, Dec 4th

Mom & Dad

Thursday, November 27th through Monday, December 1st

Back home

The Opera

Tuesday, November 25th

Faust

E2

Saturday, November 22nd

The Modern restaurant

Il Gattopardo

Town

The Met

Wednesday, Nov 19th

The Apollo event at the Met museum.

FT - Greenhouse

L comes over

Monday, Nov 17th

Strip House

Sunday, Nov 16th

Maggy's Birthday

Saturday, Nov 15th

Mercer Kitchen
SoHo

Fig & Olive

Friday, November 14th

Meditation

Thursday, Nov 13th

Apollo Circle Black Tie Benefit - The Met Museum

Wednesday, November 19th

Another great weekend

Lunch with G at Bouley, TriBeCa. Drinks with V at the Modern.

Burlesque show

Friday, November 7th

Meet B after work on Friday at Landmarc. Food & wine plus great company, good way to finish a week.

Landmarc
TriBeCa
179 West Broadway, New York, NY 10013
nr. Leonard St

Head to Slipper Room with T

Slipper Room
167 Orchard Street
(between Rivington St & Stanton St)
New York, NY 10002
Burlesque shows

Halloween

Met E at Bruno J for couple of drinks and appetizers. Eurozone men at certain age along with teenage women. Quite entertaining to watch :-) Had actually great time, even danced. Met T afterwards. Sat went out with Y and M, first to Apollo book fair even followed by evening at the Gotham Comedy Club. Kevin was performing, love Kevin. Had dinner at Wallse at 10pm. Interesting. Sunday tried to study a little, 1 page to be exact, hopeless. Met V at the MoMa to see Miro's exibit. E missed the flight, talked on Sunday.

Year End - half day

The market better improves pronto. Really, fed up. Called in sick, food poisoning.

Philippe de Montebello

Tuesday, October 28th

8pm, the Met
Philippe de Montebello

Ballet

Saturday, Oct 18th

Go to City Center to see the San Francisco Ballet with T.

E

Friday, Oct 17th

Gossip Girl, XOXO

Café d'Alsace
1695 Second Ave.
New York, NY 10128
at 88th St

Apollo event at the Met

Thursday, October 16th

Curatorial presentation and reception.

Royal Porcelain from the Twinight Collection, 1800-1850 with Jeffrey Munger, Curator, Department of Europen Sculpture and Decorative Arts.

Presidential debate

Wednesday, Oct 15th

V & T come over to watch the debate. Couple of bottles of wine and indian food.

A visits

Tuesday, Oct 21st

A stops by your apartment. You have drinks and some food. T joins. Great evening.

Finally fully furnished

October 11th

Last furniture delivery has arrived! The apartment finally feels like home! Met P at Wallse for dinner. Followed by drinks at Gramercy Hotel with A, B, and Y.

Dinner with E

Wednesday, Oct 8th

Bruno Jamais
24 East 81st Street
New York, NY 10028

Meatpacking with B

10/07/08


Tenjune
26 Little West 12th
New York, NY

Bijoux Lounge
55 Gansevoort St
New York, NY

One
1 Little West 12th
New York, NY

October 6th - Bday

B, Y, C surprise you at the Vino Vino


Vino Vino
Manhattan/TriBeCa
211 West Broadway
New York, NY 10013

Concert at the Met

Friday, Sept 26th
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Philippe de Montebello

Saturday, Sept 27th
Oyster Fest, Financial District

Sunday, Sept 28th
Shopping and lunch with V.

Pipa Tapas Bar
www.abchome.com
38 E 19th St
New York, NY 10003
(212) 677-2233

Dinner in the new hood

09/20

B visits

09/19

City Center Dance

09/17

Yankees game

09/15

Moving! Finally

My new building web site:


www.20pine.com

Apollo Circle event - the MET

Nikki Beach

Saturday, Sept 6th

And it happened

Stopped by S place and had dinner at 360 (UES). Went home...

Paris Je t'aime

3 blissful days in Paris over the Memorial Weekend.

Too much going on

Seriously sleep deprived. Unbelievable. Met T Saturday night, started at W Hotel for couple of drinks, followed by dinner in Little Italy. Perfect weather, good company. After dinner ventured out to Zinc for some Bossa Nova Brazilian show. Home at 3am, ridiculous. Sunday went out to 20 Pine and sign a lease for an apartment. Love the building, hope I get it :-)

www.20pine.com

Met V in the afternoon and T in the evening. Back to Zinc and walk by the Pier. Trespassing.

Monday - bit of drama with N calling me. She just.....don't know.

Tuesday finally went to renew my passport. In the evening attended the Apollo Circle event at the Met museum. J.M.W Turner tour and reception. LOVED it.

Zinc
90 W. Houston
www.zincbar.com

Hope floats

Weekend was blast.

Thursday:watched Olympics with T until 2am.

Friday: Half day at the office. Apartment search. Dinner with B.

Saturday: The Met. Picked up the Apollo Circle membership. Brunch with M. Walk in Central Park and dinner at French restaurant with T.

Sunday: Nails. Picnic in Central Park with the girls. Movie and drinks with T. Vicky Cristina Barcelona.

Buy or not to buy

Still can't decide. Met T for lunch and spent 3 hours in the health club, soaking in the hot tub.

Thursday, August 8th

Long, great evening. Dinner, drinks, more drinks, good company.

Uneventful

Death and Company

Met with A. at the bar for couple of drinks. She's sweet & funny. Loved the wine bar.


Death and Company
East Village
433 E. 6th
New York, NY

Weekend in Chicago

"Someone special is thinking of you right now" - at least that's what the fortune cookie says.

Being a tourist in Chicago. B. joined you. Great time, boat tours, drinking, walks along a lake. Breakfast picnic on a beach. Nice :-)

Tuesday night with V. All three nightclubs, one evening. Exausted.

Marquee
289 10th Ave @27th St

Cain
544 W. 27th St

Pink Elephant
527 W. 27th St

Had drinks at Opia restaurant with T. on Thursday

T

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Somewhat boring week. Work and no play. Worked out on Thursday 7.24 - such a rare event that qualifies to be labeled as an event in your life. Equinox loves such members.

Met with A. Friday night

Pudding Stones
1457 3rd Ave
btw 82nd & 83rd

Outdoor Salsa and French food

Healthy diet and no drinks last week, well almost the whole week. Cheated on Wednesday while enjoying girls night at Y watching Project Runway. Oh well, commitments are not easy to commit to....

On Sat you, B, and Y go to Lincoln Center for salsa class followed by dancing. Outdoors...hot as hell, give up after hour and ready for cold drinks. Walk over to La Boite en Bois for dinner, C joins.

Check couple of condos over a weekend and don't find anything interesting. Prices are impossible. Jasper is still a possibility.

La Boite en Bois
75 W. 68th St
New York, NY

Bastille Day

Bastille Day is the French national holiday, celebrated on 14 July each year. In France, it is called "Fête Nationale" ("National Holiday"), in official parlance, or more commonly "quatorze juillet" ("14 July"). It commemorates the 1790 Fête de la Fédération, held on the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789; the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille was seen as a symbol of the uprising of the modern French nation, and of the reconciliation of all the French inside the constitutional monarchy which preceded the First Republic, during the French Revolution.

Had drinks with Val and more drinks later.

Miss my Dad, it's his birthday on July 14th.

Love you Dad.

Giselle

Giselle
American Ballet Theatre
Lincoln Center
New York

Hot Summer Nights

Summer in full bloom, wish you could just escape the city and sit on the beach. Lack of planning skills. Week passes quickly. V takes you to Tavern for promotion event. Have couple of drinks, people watch, and go home early. Have after work drink with B, end up at Four Seasons lounge, since it is only couple of blocks from your place.

Not much else happens. Your company plays soccer game in Connecticut with one of the clients. You plan on going and last minute change your mind and mend your desk instead.

Buzina Pop
1022 Lexington Ave
New York, NY

Tavern On The Green
Central Park at West 67th Street
New York, New York

4th of July weekend

Didn't plan anything, no trips, no dinners. Reorganized the bedroom to accommodate ever growing clothes & shoes collection. Cleaned up the apartment, threw out papers and crap laying around. Bought new towels. All boring, all necessary.

Slept :-) :-) :-) Interrupted, luxurious, 10 hours a night

Visited D Michelle


Happy 4th everybody!

Another week

Hunt for real estate continues. The latest one is Jasper www.jaspernewyork.com. Too expensive and too tempting.

Had a nice dinner with A, made it to Waverly Inn. The restaurant that does not have a phone number. Only in New York. Long night, long talks, finished with cup of jasmine tea at the Four Seasons Hotel, our after work hang out. A is moving to a new apartment, trying to sell her Rhode Island house, and make Manhattan home, at least for near while.

P joined you for French party at the Country. Long night, crowded, at least the place was nice. They served gourmet macaroni and cheese heavy on garlic..why would you do that when the purpose of the whole evening is to talk to people and get to know each other. Go figure.

Went shopping again. Chloe, Prada, Helmut Lang overload. Need therapy, really.

Tired of your apartment. Really tired.

New York or Chicago, what's the vote?


Waverly Inn
16 Bank St., New York, NY 10014

Country
90 Madison Ave., at 29th St.
212-889-7100

Need Sleep

Monday: Two hours of dance followed by drinks with A at 218.
Tuesday: Beach party, boat ride, went out with P
Wednesday: Rest
Thursday: Dance
Friday: Dinner with B at the City Hall

218 Lounge
Lafayette St
SoHo

City Hall
131 Duane Street
TriBeCa

HOT

It's been in 100s F this week. You sweat outside and turn on a space heater at the office. What's up with that. Long week as usual. You slept literally 4 hours a night, between long hours at the office and entertainment sleep's taken back seat. You met A at the dance studio. She's fun to hang out with. You have drinks and dinner after the dance.

T is in town. You meet at 9pm at the Spotted Pig for drinks and dinner. 5 hours later you are finally back at home.

Friday you watch soccer games at the office and have beer at your desk - yes, the company you work for, stocks the fridge with beer for its employees, got to love that.

Went out for dinner Friday night, home at midnight, woke up at noon on Saturday. 12 hours of sleep feels absolutely fab.

Bought shoes, two pairs to be exact. What is it with girls and shoes???

Dinner at Thor, nothing special.

Yuva
230 East 58th
New York, NY 10022

The Spotted Pig
West Village
New York

Thor, Hotel on Rivington
107 Rivington St
New York, NY 10002

The week's scoop

Work like a dog and love it. Dance like there is no tomorrow and love it Eat & drink too much and love it. That pretty much sums up the week.

Still hunting for a new home. Found an amazing new place, quite tempted...The Setai at 40 Broad Street. Fantastic amenities.

www.setainy.com



AOC Restaurant
314 Bleecker St
New York, NY

ARTE
274 Columbus Ave
New York, NY

212 Restaurant
133 E 65th
New York, NY

Mon Petit Cafe
801 Lexington Ave
New York, NY

Memorial Weekend

Sad thing, you are in the city - the rest of Manhattan is enjoying beautiful weather in Hamptons. Good thing, you still have your friends around and plenty of things planned.

Put your new DV dress, curl your hair and stroll down Madison Ave to meet with V. Find the perfect outdoor Italian bistro, take a table and order crisp, cool glass of sauvignon blanc. Warm bread, olive oil, olives arrive. Absolute perfection. V tells you about her week. The waiter takes your order.

Barney's is the next stop.

In the evening, well at 9pm, you meet B and Y at Buddha bar in Meatpacking district. Have couple of drinks and move to A.P.T. Long night. Get home around 3am.

Monday you shop. Fell in love with Helmut Lang.

www.helmutlang.com


La Houppa
26 E. 64th St
New York, NY

Ono at the Hotel Gansevoort
Hudson/Gansevoot
18 9th Ave
New York, NY

A.P.T club
Meatpacking District
New York, NY

Weekend, finally

Long week at the office, brighten by dance classes and drinks with A. Weekend arrives and you wish it lasted forever. Run your errands on Sat, get dentist appointment out of a way, meet V for lunch at Barbounia. Stroll through Union Square farmers market, shop a little and do your nails.

Get home and change quickly. Put a dress on and off to Four Seasons to meet with B. Have couple of drinks and bite of food.

Sunday back to Financial District to look at more condos. Meet V. for late lunch.


Barbounia
250 Park Ave South
New York, NY

Four Seasons Hotel
57 E. 57th
New York, NY

Stone Street Tavern
52 Stone Street
New York, NY

25 Broad St, NYC

Found a place.

www.25broad.com

Carpe Diem

Well detox stopped same day, 4 hours later. Carpe Diem.

Busy week as usual. Tuesday you end up at the Opera club, drinks & dancing - managed to get home by midnight. Thursday dance class was a blast. Wish you could go to the studio more often.

5 Day Detox starts today

Too much of wine and crap food recently. Time to stop (at least for 5 days). The day is today!

Inspiration

My weekend outfit


VIew from my Paris apartment

Desperate for real estate

More running around realizing that in Manhattan there is nothing for less then 1MIL and even 1MIL doesn't get you much. Sad. At the same time, the new developments are amazing. Enough said.

Last Thursday was a blast. 2 hours of dancing and great time with A at Balthazar.


Balthazar
SoHo
80 Spring St
New York, NY

Buy or not to buy?

Wake up at noon on Saturday. Coffee, shower, and out of the doors to see S. in Capoeira performance.

Sunday back to explore NYC real estate. Which one?

75 Wall St.
New York, NY
www.75wall.com

Cipriani Club Residences
55 Wall St
New York, NY
www.ciprianiresidences.com

45 John St
New York, NY
www.45john.com

212 E. 47th
New York, NY
www.212east47th.com

NYU Movies 101

V signed up for Movies class, V is in Chicago today, you get to go to the movies.

Four hours in meeting today, Grey's Anatomy recorded on DVR, half of a bottle of red.


Drinks last night with A


Accademia di Vino
1081 3rd Ave.
(63rd & 64th Sts.)
Upper East Side
New York, NY

And another one

"Nothing is carved in stone. Nothing. Everything is written in sand and is likely to be erased or unrecognizably altered by the next wave or wind that sweaps over it"

Thought of a Day

" Never be seduced by anything that isn't first rate "

More Real Estate

Full 12 hours of shopping with V on Saturday, with long lunch. Sunday back on the streets running from one open house to another.

Battery Park City
225 Rector Place
New York, NY
www.225rector.com

101 W. 87th St
New York, NY
www.parkcolumbus.com

505 W.47th
New York, NY
www.the505HK.com

211 E. 51st St
New York, NY
www.21east51.com

Drink & Dance

Meet A after work for a drink and couple of appetizers. Off to dance.....


Spring Street Natural Restaurant
62 Spring St
New York, NY

Looking for home in big apple

Open Houses:

215 E. 81st St
New York, NY
www.215e81.com

464 W. 44th
New York, NY
www.chatham44.com

130 W.20th
New York,NY
www.primachelsea.com

Have a blast at lunch with V.

Lunch
Chez Josephine
414 W. 42nd St
New York, NY

Yet another week

Wednesday you meet B after work and go to the Met museum for Apollo circle event. You are late for the lecture but on time for drinks and appetizers. Y joins. Love the the Met. Amazing when it is all empty and just open for small group of people. Quiet and grand, unbelievable.

Thursday and Friday is jury duty. It's like seating in DMV office. Glad's over.

Thursday night you have your dance class and love it more then you ever expected. You take a rain check for dinner on Friday. All you want to do is get home and just be in a quiet space, do nothing.

Have 38 "to do" items for this weekend.....


The Odeon
145 W. B'way
New York, NY

One day in Chicago

Weekend in Chicago. Well, one day to be exact. Flight is delayed, you get to O'Hare around midnight. Not much happens on Saturday. Sunday you are back home.

Life's good. It is even going to get better. Because you said so.

Just typical week - busy as hell

There has to be another word invented for "busy". Is it you overloading your schedule or is it just Manhattan? Impossible. If you could just manage without sleep.

Thursday, you take K for a drink, off to Houston's, Midtown. Drink, eat, and chat, but falling asleep.

Friday, late evening, you show up for your dance class. Shoes on, music on, dance partner by your side. 9.30pm, after long day in the office, you'd rather soak in the bath tub and enjoy glass of wine, but no, for the next hour you try box turns, chase, promenade and miss your steps too many times.

Saturday, once a week workout...shame, you need to force yourself to use that $160/month membership more often. Current schedule is bad for your wallet and even worse for for your butt. In the afternoon you take your french class, quickly shop for wine and go over to A's home for dinner. She's already have a bottle of wine open and dinner's almost ready. She cooks! You haven't had home cooked dinner for ages. She is a great girl with similar interests to yours. You leave pass 11pm.

Sunday, you wake up at noon...shower, dress, and hop in a cab to meet V. at Mesa Grill for brunch. Spend two hours catching up followed by an hour of shopping at Barney's. At 4.30pm you meet with A over at The Frick for a piano concert. One of the most pleasant concerts you've seen recently.

Kate Royal, soprano
Roger Vignoles, piano


The Frick Collection
1 East 70th Street
New York, NY 10021

Mesa Grill
102 Fifth Ave
New York, NY

Easter Weekend

3 day weekend! Meet A at Four Seasons Bar on Thursday night and surprisingly have a great evening. Almost forgot how fun can after work drinks be.

Weekend goes by way too fast. Spring cleaning, workouts, dinner with the girls...Had a french class and stopped by a dance studio.


Four Seasons Hotel
57 W.57th
New York, NY


Aquamarine
713 2nd Ave
btw 38th/39th
New York, NY

Hong Kong

Bali

Barong Dance in Batubulan
Elephant cave
Kintamani - volcano of Mount Batur
Gunuang Kwai Temple

Singapore

Efficient, organized, extremely clean and painfully strict.

Elizabeth Walk waterfront
Parliament House
Chinatown
Botanical Gardens
Mt. Faber

Bangkok, Thailand

After 22 painful hours on the Cathay Pacific flight arrived to hot and dirty Bangkok. Glad to explore the city, surely will not come back. The Thailand beaches are the spots to settle, the city of Bangkok deserves a day or two. See the Grand Palace, Floating Markets, enjoy daily massage and local foods - move on.

Buddhist temples: Wat Trimitr; Wat Po
Damneon Saduak floating market
Rose Garden
Thai village

Off to Singapore tomorrow.

Best of the Orient

Ready for vacation! Leaving tomorrow!!!

Bangkok
Singapore
Bali
Hong Kong


Yeah

Y birthday

Orologio Ristorante
162 Ave A
btw 10th & 11th
New York, NY 10009

Plan B
339 E 10th St
New York, NY 10009

Oscar's night

V and E come over. Order indian, have couple of bottles of wine .....

Girls gone wild

P and her friends are in town. You meet for dinner at Fig & Olive, downtown. Bottle of wine, dinner and desert, hours of chatting and catching up. P has a new job and has a good time in San Francisco. It is her first time in NYC. The girls have plans to go out after dinner. As midnight is about to strike, you flee, leaving you friends behind. They are still on the west coast time, you on the other hand need your beauty sleep.

Sunday is a brunch with B, Y, and M at Eleven Madison. Right after the meal you all go shopping. Barney's first stop :-)

In the evening you meet for couple of drinks with P.


Fig & Olive
420 W. 13th St
(bet. 9th Ave. & Washington St.)
Manhattan, NY 10014


Eleven Madison
11 Madison Ave
Manhattan, NY 10010


Houston
53 E 53rd St, New York

Valentine's with the girls

Meet B at the usual location right after work. Quick change in the bathroom, hair down, red lipstick on, and you are ready to celebrate. First stop Kittichai for pre dinner drink while waiting for everybody to arrive. People watch for a while and chat with B about everything and nothing. Make yourself comfortable and sip your drink slowly, let it warm you up.

An hour later walk across the street to Lola for dinner. M is already there waiting at the bar. C is running late. M has a new date, C has a new job, both full of hopes and excitement.

Four....hours later hop in a cab and go home.

Champagne & caviar

Out with your brand new friend you met at the dance studio. Drink champagne, eat caviar, people watch and dance a bit.

Midnight, way pass your bed time. Getting up at 6am tomorrow.


Mansion
530 W.28th
btw 10th/11th
New York, NY

French movie night

Belle de Jour
(1967)
Catherine Deneuve

Quite productive

You have lovely evening with B. Splurge on excellent dinner and talk for 3 hours.

Sat and Sun go fast. Errands, workout, French class, dance, shopping, endless hours on the phone...You reorganize the whole apartment, proud to put a tall bookshelf together all by yourself.

Sleep for 11 hours, you needed it. Every day next week is booked to its limits.

Le Bernardin
155 W. 51st St.
New York, NY 10019
nr. Seventh Ave

Too busy to breathe

You wake up at 12 on Saturday, 13 hours of sleep....darn what a waste of time. Feels great, though. Quick workout, mostly resting on a bench, shower, breakfast and you out to meet P. for your French lesson. Mispronouce more words then you should. Chat with P rather then learn. Promise yourself to do better next time.

Sunday morning, bright and early you meet V. for breakfast at Sabarsky Cafe. One of your favorites breakfast spots in the city. Never disapoints.

Another French lesson in the afternoon, this time with G.

Shop and stop by nail salon.

Super Bowl Sunday. Go Giants!

Loundry left untouched, apartment not cleaned, phone calls not returned, emails not answered.

Where did the time go?

Friday, finally

Shut down your coputer at the office. Friday. Time to play. Meet V for dinner, Midtown. She signed you up for expo this weekend and printed b cards, so you can get in. Now you have two jobs :-) why not, bring it on. She is a good soul.

You walk back home. All you can consider at the moment is sleep.


Vong
200 E. 54th Street
New York, NY
www.jean-georges.com

Not as easy as it looks

Latin dances ain't easy. Your hips hurt, your back hurt, your feet hurt. Yet, you love it.

Talk to N while walking back home.

Evening at 230 5th

Why do we have to work? Why are days so short?

Leave the office at 8pm and meet V at the 230 5th penthouse for FT private event. Drinks, dancing, rooftop bar. Wish you could stay longer. Need sleep!


230 5th Ave
20th floor
New York, NY

Her Pretty

Back at Gotham

Monday night, you get home after 11pm, not a good night to be out late - have to get up at 6am tomorrow :-(

You are tired as hell, but had such a good time! Glad L is here, wish she moved to NYC.


Gotham Comedy Club
208 W. 23rd St
New York, NY

Winter walks

You wake up still tired. Force yourself to get up and go to Equinox half asleep. Feels good to work out, feels better to stay in warm bed. Take a quick shower and out of the house to meet L.

Balthazar is fuly booked as always, decide not to wait. After hour of walking around SoHo you stop by Zoe for late lunch. L orders bottle of wine.

You get home at 9m and go to bed.

Welcome to NYC Lisa

This weekend is so busy, you hardly have a moment to breathe. Why can't there be 30 hours in a day, why do we need sleep?

Friday you are tired after a long week at the office. You feel like going home, taking a bubble bath, and sleep for 15 hours. Instead you meet L at 9.45pm at Devi for dinner. The sleep desire vanishes with the first glass of wine. You are glad L is here, wish she's left LA and transfer to NY. You spend good 3 hours chatting and enjoying the food & wine. Not sure if you like the place, but the company makes up for the restaurant limitations.

Saturday you meet P for another french class and hour later run to Fred Astaire to dance. Still happy :-)

At 2pm you meet L at the Met musem. Start with lunch at the Petrie Court Cafe and spend the next couple of hours wandering around.

You drag L to Capezio and try on dancing shoes. Not pretty, really not pretty, but somewhat comfortable and flexible (the key).

At 6pm B joins for dinner. 3 girls, delicious food and too much wine. After dinner you stop for more drinks.



Cafe Grey
10 Columbus Circle
New York, NY

Stone Rose Lounge
10 Columbus Circle
New York, NY

Capezio
136 E 61st Street
New York, NY

Who knew you will dance?

Sunday is a grand shopping day. 8 hours of non stop purchasing fueled by couple of glasses of wine at lunch.

The next day is one of the best you've had in a while. Start with morning french private class. P is patient and funny. Tries not to laugh when you butcher the pronunciation. Hour later you meet A for coffee and good, old chat. She's got got back from month long trip to India. Next time you are going with her!

Today is your first ballroom dance class. You've join Fred Astaire studio on the Upper East Side. The ballroom intimidates you, but it is too late to back out. You absolutely love every minute of it and sign up for private lessons. Now you need to find someone to practice with.

V makes reservation at Ayza. You are starving and can't wait to order. The restaurant is perfect for the evening. Intimate, with attentive service and good menu.


Why can't every day be like that?


Ayza Wine Bar
11 West 31st Street
New York, NY


Fred Astaire Dance Studio
320 E 61st St
New York, NY

3 day weekend

So many things so little time, literally. It is amazing how many things you'd like to do and there is simply not enough time. Why do we need to sleep? What a waste of time. Friday at the office is quite busy, you hope to leave early, yet stay till 7pm. Tonight the grand plan was to salsa dance. You meet B and insted of crazy dance you choose to have quiet dinner. Well, dinner is an overstatements, since you both try to detox, it is just tea and appetizer.

Thought of a day

"To change one's life:
1. Start immediately,
2. Do it flamboyantly,
3. No exceptions."

-William James
(1842-1910)

Slow & quiet

Guy in front of you must be in his late 40s. He's wearing spandex t-shirt and shorts so short that you almost can see his butt. His legs are either hairless or he shaved. You're trying not to judge, but it is quite hard not to.

The rest of a day is quiet. You have your nails done, shop, wander around and order from Candle Cafe.

Candle Cafe
1307 3rd Ave # 1
New York, NY 10021

Blisful

Friday 6pm. Turn your computer off, say good night to folks who are still immerse in work, and run out. The plan tonight is to visit....the museum of sex...they have an event and B was quick to RSVP for it. By the time you all meet and arrive, the museum closes. Oh, well.

Fortunately there is Aspen close by. Beautiful people, nice surroundings, great company.

Aspen
Gramercy/Flatiron
30 W 22nd St
New York, NY 10010

The Met museum after work

You meet B after work at you usual spot by the World Trade Center. Take 4 express to the museum. B is part of an Apollo circle at the Metropolitan. Tonight there is an opening of the New Galleries for 19th and Early 20th Century European Paintings and Sculpture. You go on a quick tour and hour later pick up your first glass of wine joining the reception. B orders white, you go for red. Y and B are attending also. Four of you chat along and enjoy the evening.

You take a cab home and fall asleep immediately.

Why do we have to sleep? Such a waste of time, so many things to do.

The Metropolitan Musem
1000 5th Ave
New York, NY

You got to appreciate good friends

Day at the office feels long and you can't wait to leave. Today is just not a good work day. Right after 6pm you get your coat and on a way to meet B for couple of drinks. You chat, you laugh, you have a great time.

What would you do without friends?

Shakespeare & Sauvignon Blanc

One of those perfect days that make you love weekends.

It is warm, clear blue sky and almost 60F, or at least it feels like it. You're meeting your friends on the West Side for lunch. Make a good attempt to walk but change your mind and hail a cab. Comfort always wins in your book. Get to Cafe Luxembourg and get sitted right away. V is already there, J and S join minutes later. Couple of glasses of sauvignon blanc and delicious lunch later you move on and on a way to Lincoln Center.

V got tickets for Shakespeare's Cymbeline! Lovely play with great cast - Phylicia Rashad ("The Cosby Show"), John Pankow ("Mad About You"), Jonathan Cake ("Six Degrees"), Martha Plimpton ("Law & Order", "ER").

Talk to P and plan your vacations

Why can't weekends last forever?

Cafe Luxembourg
200 W. 70th St (btw Amsterdam & West End)
New York, NY

Vivian Beaumont Theater
Lincoln Center
New York, NY

Uneventful

You wake up early and spend literally half of a day watching movies, organizing, and running errands. Squeeze in short workout, not even worth mentioning. You are late for your yoga class and Equinox is crowded as hell. Grocery shop and take a short walk around the block, taking advantage of somewhat warm weather.

In the evening you enjoy dinner with C. and M.

Orsey Restaurant
1057 Lexington Ave @ 75th street
New York, NY 10021

The first day of 2008

2008 To Do:

1. Vacation (China, Bali, Thailand, Paris, Quebeck)
2. Classes (NYU, French, Dance, Design, Wine, Finance cont. ed., )
3. Yoga & Meditation
4. Healthy diet
5. E Business
6. Lists
7. Real Estate
8. Look D.P.S
9. Web Sites

The year end laugh

Finished the year at the Gotham Comedy Club. Loved Kevin Flynn.

“When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky”

Gotham Comedy Club
208 W.23rd btw 7th & 8th
New York, NY