After 8 years of living in New York City nothing surprises me. This morning, while taking my cat to the veterinarian, we passed a man dressed as a large strip of bacon. He was circling the dog run at Tompkins Square Park in the East Village. Why was he dressed as a big piece of bacon?
And why was he taunting the East Village pups? Like many New York mysteries, we will never really know.
My new favorite blog! Awkward Family Photos showcases every family’s embarrassing moments. Here are some beauties.
Entitled, “Mommy the Pooh”
Sooooo much wrong with this photo.
Meet the Butt Rockers.
My friend Emmy and I have been “working” from my apartment this week. Emmy is newly unemployed and is missing what I like to call the “coworker experience”. I discovered I also miss that experience and I get a lot more done when I have a friend to hang out with in my home “office”. Emme has started to call us the Micheal Scott Paper Company (if you are an Office fan you know what we are referring to if not catch up here) because of our goofy antics and questionable work ethic. We also take long breaks (Emmy refers to these moments as our Cafe Disco time) and make pancakes (not paper shaped). We have also succumbed to a nap or two during the work day (ok just once but we’ve only been doing it for a week). We have yet to make a delivery (again an Office reference) but we think with enough work (no naps) we may be able to pull a client or two from the competition. We’ll keep you posted!
This afternoon I walked outside to find the actor Jeff Goldblum standing at my doorstep. No he wasn’t there to visit me, he was filming an episode of Law and Order on my block. I took some photos but they aren’t very clear. Sorry!
My camera phone is kind of crappy so this was the best I could do. But you can see Kathryn Erbe (she plays Det. Eames) standing far right in the black suit. Jeff Goldblum is behind the big guy in the white shirt.
A couple days ago I found three Chinese coins tied together with a red ribbon. The coins were sitting at the bottom of my apartment steps; tenants of my building usually leave items they no longer want there. Having read a book or two about Feng Shui, I knew the coins held some meaning so I scooped them up, thinking I would research them later. Today, I looked up the significance of the three coins with red ribbon, here is what I found:
Three old-style Chinese coins tied together with red ribbon activate the essence of good fortune. Keep these coins in each purse you own. It symbolizes a continuous source of income for an individual.
Awesome! Just what I need, wealth and luck 
Also lucky is giving these coins as a gift. So thanks to whoever left them there for me to pick up. Share the wealth baby!
First I have to say, I love the Swedish. Sweden has given us many wonderful things: Ikea, meatballs and my very sweet and sassy niece! But any American who has had the pleasure of visiting Sweden will surely tell you, they have some f***** up food stuffs. Need proof? Check out this bottle of squeezable bacon.
The website says it’s made of 100% rendered bacon but we’re not convinced. Interestingly enough, it’s bottled in Sweden from U.S. bred swine. It’s rumored that IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad loves the stuff and travels with a case at all times.
