Just a couple things I thought I’d share on a Saturday

Posted on October 10, 2009
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Amazing:
The Berlin Reunion
Photos
Video

Funny:
I’ve Seen My Share of Bodies (don’t worry–it’s not that inappropriate!)

(Feels like) a long weekend in New York

Posted on February 1, 2009
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It’s been a long and very good weekend.  Ez and I spent Friday and Saturday in New York.  On Friday Ez worked and I wandered around, checking out Tinsel Trading Company and spending a couple of happy hours browsing (and eventually buying) at The Strand.


Spotted after lunch

On Saturday Ez was kind enough to walk with me to the vegetarian cafe S’Nice in the West Village, where I know they have delicious steel-cut oatmeal with all the trimmings.  There I ate said oatmeal with dried fruit and honey and enjoyed one of the tastiest glasses of apricot-orange tea ever.  We went to The Strand again because Ez needed to get his fix (he didn’t really have to twist my arm to get me to spend more time there), and then Ez took me to the Chelsea Market, where the New York Lux office will soon be moving.  It’s quite a nifty building.  I’ll have to upload a picture or two.

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I fell in love with this spot at the Chelsea Market.

Then we met up with Ezra’s old friend Jen Williams in the Cooper Union area (Jen went to Cooper Union and now teaches there).  I’d never met her before, though I’d heard a lot about her.  She seems pretty great, and we had a really nice time chatting with her, wandering around the Lower East Side, popping into a small gallery to check out her friend’s show, and just basically hanging out.  For dinner, the three of us went to the tasty Pan-Asian vegetarian (and largely vegan) restaurant Wild Ginger (it’s just as good as Ez and I remember).  We’re hoping it won’t be another 10+ years before we see Jen again.

And oh, hey, the Steelers won their NFL record sixth Super Bowl (that’s about 14% of all Super Bowl games that have been played).  And the game was actually exciting.  I am not a big NFL person, but we’re Steelers people in this house.  (And, incidentally, it was a day of more pleasant sports news, as PSU men’s basketball upset ninth-ranked Michigan State, the Celtics won again, and Rafael Nadal beat Federer to win his first Australian Open title.)

Every time I go to New York I want to spend more time there.  I like its energy and pervading spirit of creating new things.  I think it improves my health to be around that vibe more often!

Remember when Penn State fans used to tear down the goal post after almost every home win?

Posted on October 25, 2008
Filed Under Blather, Pennsylvania, me and my brain, sports in general | 3 Comments

Imagine that feeling, because that’s what tonight’s win at Ohio State was like.  The goal post in the part of me that belongs to Penn State is coming down.

* Yeah, I know that ACTUALLY tearing down a goal post is really stupid.  Work with me here.

A football timeout

Posted on September 26, 2008
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Since, as Jon Stewart reminds us, there are timeouts in football, let’s take one for a moment to note that last night Oregon State beat number one ranked USC, 27-21.  For those of you who don’t know, my very own Penn State Nittany Lions handed Oregon State their helmets in a 45-14 win on September 6th.

Thanks, I needed that.

For My Peeps in the ‘Burgh (in mind or in body)

Posted on September 12, 2008
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More street photos

Posted on June 25, 2008
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Kids at Copley Square, after the Celtics victory parade


Shop window, Massachusetts Avenue

Celtics victory parade

Posted on June 23, 2008
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Last Thursday my photo instructor took us down to the Celtics victory parade to take photos. I kind of wanted to go to the parade anyway, and as it turned out it was in fact a great photo op.


And the weekend goes out with a bang

Posted on May 18, 2008
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I bring you glad tidings from the Terri sports world, as the Celtics, the Penguins, and the Red Sox all won big today.

I bring you glad tidings from the baby world, wherein Nora and Jim found out a few days ago that they are having a little boy, and wherein John and Sonya have just told us that they are due to have their first on Christmas Day.

And I bring you glad tidings from the kitchen, wherein Ez and I conjured up ridiculously delicious-smelling goat cheese enchiladas with red chile mole. Picture to come.

Until next time…

Posted on September 3, 2007
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We spent our Labor Day weekend with Kim, Glenn, and Hope. They left this morning. Can’t believe they’re gone already! We had much fun.

Hope is such a cutie, as ever. She seemed to like the stuffed badger from Ezra’s Forrester days, and that clicky triangle toy we gave her when she was just a wee thing is still racking up the miles! I’m proud to announce that she has clearly inherited the boogie gene. Like her Mommy and Aunt Terri, she loves to dance, and she’s not bad for a(n almost) 2-year old! She seemed to enjoy Stevie Wonder.

Hope having breakfast

We oohed and aahed at Henry Bear’s Park on Huron Ave., found a treasure or two at Poor Little Rich Girl in Davis, visited the Frog Pond on the Common and the ducks in the Public Garden, ate yummy Indian and Italian food, and grilled with great success.

Flemings in Public Garden

Stir in all the happy sports news… Red Sox no-hitter, Michigan losing to Appalachian State (yip!), and Penn State shellacking FIU, and my happy cup runneth over.

Even after the Accident, it sounds like Big Ben is a Big Idiot

Posted on July 13, 2006
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http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/5780408?FSO1&ATT=HMA

Roethlisberger was cited for not wearing a helmet when the accident happened.

“That day I wasn’t, I forgot it. I literally forgot it,” he said. “You know there are times that, people that have been making a big deal for the last couple years about me riding first of all, and then me riding without a helmet, but it’s one of those things that I ride with a helmet also. I do a little bit of both. If you don’t wear a seat belt every time you ride in the car should I label you as a person who doesn’t wear a seat belt? And unfortunately I happened to not have it on that day because I forgot it in the basement.”

It’s not like that Ben, old boy. The whole point is that you don’t anticipate an accident. It’s not “Gee, I don’t feel like it today, and no one should blame me for that.” It’s more like, “You wear a seatbelt in a car and a helmet on any sort of bike every time you go out, or you don’t go out at all. Period.” As a public figure, I think he should take what he says a little more seriously. What a shit example he’s becoming.

You know what:
“If you don’t wear a seat belt every time you ride in the car should I label you as a person who doesn’t wear a seat belt?”

My answer to that is, YES.

“Hi, my name is Ben Roethilisberger and I’m a complete idiot.”

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