Month: March 2018

On Wednesday the 4th Nor’easter hit the Northeast in 30 days.  In the previous three storms, NYC got hit somewhat but not as bad as some other places in the Northeast.  However, this latest storm was predicted to drop 6″ to 12″ of snow on NYC itself.

The mayor ordered the school system closed for the day and even NYU shut down.   And, yes, we did get quite a bit of snow but it wasn’t as bad as I thought it might be.  In fact I ventured out Wednesday evening to go to my stone carving class and I made it without getting stuck in a snow bank!

 

 

Continue reading Finally snow in NYC!!

It was a busy week last week.  Jordan went home for spring break for a few days and then returned to New York last Tuesday with her mom.  I offered up my apartment so they both stayed at my place while they were here since Jordan didn’t have to go back to school until yesterday, March 20th.

We went into ‘tourist mode’ and had a lot of fun wandering around.  There were a number of ‘must visits’ on Francine’s list including The Metropolitan Museum of Art to look at the Faberge Eggs on display, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dominque Ansel bakery (home of the cronut!) and brunch at Balthazar!!  The pictures below are from our wanderings.   The exploration of NYC continues!

It was a pretty quiet week – no galleries, museums or classes!  Of course, we did get hammered by a “Nor’easter” on Wednesday and it was interesting.   The weather forecasters said it was going to get nasty and it did!  There were many areas that got lots of snow, downed trees, flooding in some areas, etc.  The snow was falling sideways outside my window most of the evening but there wasn’t much on the ground the next morning.

Jordan is on spring break and headed back to LA for a few days on Friday.  I took her to the airport on Friday.  I learned a very valuable lesson – if you’re trying to get to Penn Station – just take the subway!!  We decided to take an Uber from Jordan’s dorm to Penn Station and then take the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) (Cost &7.50) to JFK.  The LIRR connects to the JFK Air Train (cost $5.00)which goes to all of the terminals.  It took as long or longer to get from Jordan’s dorm to Penn Station via Uber (2.5 miles) as it did to go from Penn Station to JFK.  Cars are, in general, a bad way to try to get around in NYC!!  Oh well!  Live and learn! Continue reading My first Nor’easter!

There was not much exploring this week for two very good reasons.  Jordan had mid-terms in Calculus and Chemistry this week so she was over on Monday and Tuesday studying.  I’m certainly getting a good brush up on my calculus! And I help where I can with the chemistry – not my favorite nor my strong suit.  And the second reason was that the Northeast got hammered by a ‘bomb cyclone’ on Thursday and Friday.   It was so rainy and windy on Thursday, I didn’t even venture outside.  And Friday wasn’t much better.

I did, however, make it back to another open rehearsal at the New York Philharmonic on Wednesday.  It is a great way to spend 2 or 3 hours.  This time, the conductor had a microphone so when he wanted to go over a particular section of the music, the auditorium could hear what he was telling the orchestra.  It was pretty fascinating.   Continue reading Didn’t get washed away – ‘Bomb cyclone’!