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Matt and I had tickets for tonight to see the music of Danny Elfman and Tim Burton at the Nokia theatre, which is in Los Angeles, where I currently am not. The two of them have made beautiful music together for decades. Danny Elfman himself is going to be there to sing the songs from A Nightmare Before Christmas.  I almost want to cry.

Sneak Peek. More things coming eventually...  My hero. Once we can actually stand on the grass I'm totally gonna have a picnic on it. Just you wait.

I do enjoy living and working and overall being in New York City. There's honestly no place like it in the world. I was asked a few times over the weekend if I would consider moving here and no, I wouldn't, but I do enjoy the life I have now where I get to come here for work and live and love the place while I'm here. Especially because oddly enough I have a wide range of old friends that have moved here and whom I get to see while I'm here. I even have a family member! Here's a few photos in no particular order and a sentence or two to explain them. Erlinda, one of my old bests Alex's sister moved here almost 11 years ago and it was another one of those evenings where we yakked so long that we were the last at the restaurant. Then we visited Serendipity 3 which was luckily open late. Neat little place. Banksy NY : All City . Serendipity Frozen Hot Chocolate.  Banksy: This is my New York Accent . Sharon is my CBB: coulda been besties. We knew e...

So originally we were going to have a crazy week of prep here and be shooting this weekend but our job has pushed the shoot 'til next weekend (maybe?) so we've had a nicely paced week and will have the weekend off. I would rather we would have worked this weekend and gone home as originally planned but, oh well. I don't wanna do much, kinda tired but this is my third trip and I really just want to walk the High Line. It's this crazy cool park that was built on top of a railroad and supposed to be quite an experience. I'm dragging my high school pal Andy on the walk, he lives here now and he's never been. On Sunday, after brunch I assume, we're gonna try to go on a Banksy NY hunt.  And for the weekend and rest of the time here: stuff my face with ramen. We did Momofuku the first time and  Ippudo  this week but we hope to check out a bunch of other places while we're here. We are crazy for ramen. Have a great weekend everybody, see you Monday...

Matt is doing something pretty great while I'm in New York. He's fixing up our front yard. We will cease to be an embarrassment to our neighbors and will have a front lawn that has sprinklers and grass and dirt that will be ready for the eventual planting of shrubbery and such. Both our dads are helping out. As if poor Dan hadn't done enough remodeling and hard work with his yard, there he is again. Helping out. Let's give it up for my honey pot pie.

We pulled the trigger on the new bed and purchased a California King sized mattress. EPIC. Matthew then kindly reminded me that now that the mattress is on its way, ahem, we'll need bedding.  And it isn't just sheets! New mattress pad. New flannel sheets. New duvet cover. New coverlet. Ugh! I like an awful lot of bedding from West Elm, yay them for making mostly white/grey/navy which is what I want for the room. I just got a set of flannel sheets from Target and a set of normal sheets from West Elm. I'm not quite ready to commit to a duvet cover or a blanket yet. I am usure as to if the back pillows are supposed to be king sized with a sham and the standard pillows are supposed to be with the standard pillowcase? Michelle? Oh about the BED... uh... haven't ordered that yet. It's an upholstered bed so I have a choice in fabrics and ordered the swatches but until I see what the fabric would look like against the wall color, I can't order the bed. It...

Its so easy to run in a big ole park. Everyone is out and since the NY marathon is next weekend I bet there's quite a few New Yorkers in training. My new goal now when I run in new cities is "don't get hit by a bicycle." - mobile blog post. spelling irrelevant.

I mean, they're the single most important ingredients to anything. Hermajesty taught me that sometimes, most of the time actually, it's all you need. Here's some pretty ones I find myself browsing in stores and online.  I didn't realize I spend a lot of time checking out salt and pepper dispensers. Hmm.

I did not pack the right stuff for New York the first time I went. I packed like a Californian, casual & colorful. People there dress like they mean it, like they're going for a job interview or first date every day they leave their house. I should have realized that before I left but meh. It was in the summer and the job was laid back enough where we had time to shop and shop we did. By the time I left I was properly attired for NYC. The second time was this winter and it was cold as balls. Dressing up in the winter is easy because all you need is some dope coats, a scarf, a cute hat and boom you're done. And you actually get to wear a sweater with a purpose! Warm sweaters. I'm always one to throw something in my outfits that's just a little off kilter so the high top sneakers were it for me.  I meant to wax poetic about the style of New York vs the Los Angeles look but meh. You got it right? Dress up. Every outfit has to be polished. Invest in the good sh...