Well, another week has gone by! The week went really quickly and was nowhere as eventful as last week, but I'm pleased to say there are still some gems to report in on.
So, Wednesday night I went watch the lighting of the Rockerfeller Centre tree... me and 4 million others! Let's just say there was no chance of seeing a thing, so I walked myself back home and watched it on the tele. So devastated because I missed Justin Bieber lighting the tree!... (I hope you picked up the sarcastic tone!).
Thursday night I caught up with an old colleague from PM in New Zealand, which was very nice - we went to an "Asian Fusion" restaurant (everything here seems to be Asian fusion), and that was very pleasant.
Friday night I went and had a look at the Rockerfeller tree (the photo of me is a shocker, but I thought it was funny to share that I look like the marshmallow man in my puffer vest! - now I just need one with arms)....
This is the Rockerfeller building itself, and I was getting very creative with my photo taking and was impressed with this one.
Saturday morning I made my way out to Greenwich village - this is the home of many a celebrity, not at least the NY superstar herself - SJP (Sarah Jessica Parker for the less informed). I was certain this was going to be my moment - surely I would get my celebrity sighting.... not to be.... the squirrels were pretty cute though (and no, the photo is not upside down!). The other photo is of Bleeker street a famous little shopping strip - the photo does not do it justice. It's a beautiful, quaint village and you can't believe you're in Manhattan. I guess that's why the real estate here is DYNAMITE!
On my walk home from Greenwich Village, I saw this very interesting site... what can only be described as really leading edge safety practices...
...OMG! A country that is so advanced in someways and archaic in others... Glenice, Lyn and Mark, I think some US employees could use your representation over here! The second photo gives you some context for the height that they were working.
So, this morning I was on my way to the ice skating rink before going to work (yes, it was Sunday...) thinking how uneventful my blog was going to be this week. I got to the rink just as it was opening - I was thinking "how great it's quiet at this time and even better there's great skaters here at this time, no need to worry about the carnage this time". So I 'lace up' (so up with the lingo now) and get out on the ice... oh oh, I have the wobbles... oh oh, I need the edge... phew, it's okay, safe this time... venture away for the edge.... oh oh, wobbles again... oh oh, disaster strikes...oh oh, I'm face down sliding with arms forward doing a brilliant unintentional version of superman... it's okay, I'm near the edge, can get up quickly without anyone noticing....I keep going, pepping myself - "you're good at this Michele - you belong out on the ice with all of these professional skaters that have been skating since they were two years old and probably lived in the north of NY state where there's ice lakes probably all year round, you are worthy!" ..... I keep going, wobbles again... oh oh, superman impersonation again!... oh oh, over comes Skate Patrol and a medic... how humiliating...straight over to the edge and off the ice without making any eye contact with anyone. Ice rink - 1: Ego and knees - 0...(I seriously have fat, swollen knees with bruises all over them!).
So I guess you're asking yourself why this seemingly great skater went from awesome to completely useless in just one week, well there is a reason.... new skates, thus my revelation that all skates are not created equal. After my great outing last week, I went straight home and ordered myself a pair of ice skates on ebay. I was so excited when they arrived on Thursday - they're beautiful figure skates (white, elegant, and with a maple leaf on the side - how professional looking) and they cost me a total of $10.90! I was so stoked with my skates, but they are evil, horrible things. Who knew there was a difference between ice skates - they're just a shoe with a blade on the bottom, right? Nooooooo, figure skates blade sticks out further out the front so they get caught in the ice if you don't know how to skate properly. Who knew 'hobby skates' (i.e the ones they hire out to the public) are designed for useless skaters like me to make them feel like they knew what they were doing?...Anyway,anyone want to buy a pair of ice skates for $20? They're really good ;)
That's me signing off for another week! Keep in touch.
Michele
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