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« Reply #150 on: July 29, 2005, 08:27:12 PM »
And one for Mahler!
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« Reply #151 on: July 29, 2005, 08:29:55 PM »
OH!  And the Yellow Cake Cupcake was surprisingly good.  Well, surprising to me since I usually get the chocolate ones - I think this was the first time I ever got the yellow cake. Once I bit into it, there was this wonderful waft of vanilla... Hmm...

I may have to go back... Tomorrow!

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... Of course, they are open until 12:30am tonight, so...

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« Reply #152 on: July 29, 2005, 08:30:03 PM »
I've been at my house just relaxing and eating dinner.  Now I have to get going to the house-sitting gig...and no computer access.  Until tomorrow.
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« Reply #153 on: July 29, 2005, 08:30:40 PM »
Jose, those sound absolutely delicious! ;D
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« Reply #154 on: July 29, 2005, 08:39:40 PM »
Here's a sampling:

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« Reply #155 on: July 29, 2005, 08:40:08 PM »
And remember:

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« Reply #156 on: July 29, 2005, 08:42:12 PM »
I do NOT need to be looking at cupcakes. I've been resisting baking a cake all week, but I think this weekend I will have to break down and actually bake one. If not a cake, at least some cupcakes.

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« Reply #157 on: July 29, 2005, 08:43:15 PM »
Yes, if I bake tomorrow, it will be chocolate.
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« Reply #158 on: July 29, 2005, 08:45:08 PM »
Well, I think the lateness of the hour and the visions of cupcakes dancing in my head are going to send me off to bed, hopefully to sleep and dream of chocolate.

Good night, all.
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« Reply #159 on: July 29, 2005, 09:04:19 PM »
Quote from: Matt H. on July 29, 2005, 08:12:03 PM
I'm also in the middle of Sue Grafton's last mystery novel R IS FOR RICHOCHET. Well, it's really a crime drama since no mystery is happening yet, and I'm more than halfway through the book.

Even without the whodunit aspect, I'm enjoying this one the most of any of hers since M IS FOR MALICE.
Last?  The latest (or newest) Grafton mystery novel is S is for Silence.
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« Reply #160 on: July 29, 2005, 09:09:57 PM »
I should add that der B is the mystery lover in the family.  He adores Grafton's work.

I'm more into non-fiction, most of the time.   :-\
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« Reply #161 on: July 29, 2005, 09:10:25 PM »
Here's how we look tonight:
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« Reply #162 on: July 29, 2005, 09:41:10 PM »
Well... As I walking around yesterday, I decided to take a few pics...  So...

*There will most likely need to be an old photo purge soon after I post these... ;)

In any case...

Just in case any of you missed it/her:
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« Reply #163 on: July 29, 2005, 09:42:47 PM »
Here's the view of Columbus Circle and the Southwest corner of Central Park from the fourth floor balcony inside the newish Time-Warner Center:
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« Reply #164 on: July 29, 2005, 09:44:15 PM »
And if you look down from the fourth floor balcony, you can see the shoppers descending into and ascending from the Whole Foods in the "basement"...
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« Reply #165 on: July 29, 2005, 09:45:00 PM »
And now the view from the outside:
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« Reply #166 on: July 29, 2005, 09:46:12 PM »
Here is a shot of the fountains as the sun was setting...  *I love using the self-timer and no-flash mode!
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« Reply #167 on: July 29, 2005, 09:46:54 PM »
And the fountains a few hours later...
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« Reply #168 on: July 29, 2005, 09:47:08 PM »
Jose: I love the name of your pic file for Suzanne's marquee. It sums it all up quite nicely.

Tonight was a lot of fun. As Jose recounted, he and I celebrated my roommate's birthday at the Heartland Brewery in Union Square and then after settling the check - which was somehow $50 short (!?!?!) - he and I headed off to Magnolia Bakery where I got 2 chocolate and 2 yellow cake cupcakes and a small cup of banana pudding, which was INCREDIBLE! I haven't tried the cupcakes yet - I don't know why! - but they look and smell amazing.

I felt sorry for poor DR Jose - he ended up walking around NYC with quite possibly the sweatiest human being on earth: me. I don't know what's wrong with me lately - I've been sweating profusely for the last couple of days. It's not even that hot outside! I guess I'm sweating out what's left of my cold...?

Anywho...it's late and I'm tired, so I'm gonna be a wussburger and go to bed. 'Night, all!!
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« Reply #169 on: July 29, 2005, 09:48:31 PM »
And, finally, my favorite shot of the day... Two girls, sisters, just started walking around and through(!) the fountain... I just had to take a pic or two!  Summertime!
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« Reply #170 on: July 29, 2005, 09:57:40 PM »
I haven't seen Columbus Circle since they finished the...well...the Circle! It must have just been completed recently - I was just there a couple of weeks ago. Lovely pictures, Jose...I love the one of the fountain at night!
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« Reply #171 on: July 29, 2005, 10:01:40 PM »
Quote from: Jason on July 29, 2005, 09:57:40 PM
I haven't seen Columbus Circle since they finished the...well...the Circle! It must have just been completed recently - I was just there a couple of weeks ago. Lovely pictures, Jose...I love the one of the fountain at night!

Actually, it is quite a bit strange now that it is completed.  I just got so used to all the construction barriers set up - and having no real "circle" up there.  You don't have to walk on the ad hoc sidewalk on the southwest part of the circle anymore.  There's a real sidewalk there now.  -And, come to think of it, it was not completed yet when I was up here in March, so...

One "weird" thing about the fountain and the statue of Columbus is that is sort of dimly lit at night.  -I'm wondering if that is due to some residential zoning ordinance.  -Or maybe they're just not done lighting it yet.
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« Reply #172 on: July 29, 2005, 10:19:18 PM »
Just getting around to reading the board today.  Strange day at the office.  We had to totally redo a project, and nobody was blaming anybody, but the person that everybody knew was at fault was the one complaining the loudest about staying late on a Friday to fix the mess.  Everyone kept asking him whether he had important plans, but he said no, he just wanted to get home because it was Friday night.   This never would have happened before the company switched to summer dress-down.  :)
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« Reply #173 on: July 29, 2005, 10:22:27 PM »
Random thought re "On the Right Track" from PIPPIN, discussed way above:  Why does the proverbial everyone kvell over Sondheim rhyming "drank will" and "tranquil" in PACIFIC OVERTURES when several years earlier Schwartz had already rhymed "dank will" and "tranquil"?
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« Reply #174 on: July 29, 2005, 10:27:54 PM »
And just to get to my 18th post, I'll post again.   Or as my parents would say, my CHAI post, in honor of all the $18 checks that Jewish parents have given all the years.  

Shouldn't the CHAI amount be adjusted for inflation, though?  

And now that I've reached 18 posting-wise, do i have the right to vote?
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« Reply #175 on: July 29, 2005, 10:31:09 PM »
Back from a splendidly splendid surprise partay for Kevin Spirtas.  Photographs to follow.

Anime: Watch Kiki's Delivery Service first - a great, great film.
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« Reply #176 on: July 29, 2005, 10:31:27 PM »
Well... I need to be up and adam when the postman buzzes tomorrow morning with at least two more Overnight envelopes.  I hope.

...And since I'm on a sugar crash right now...

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« Reply #177 on: July 29, 2005, 10:32:32 PM »
First we have Baby Ava - three weeks old, the child of proud parents Bob and Allison Boris.
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« Reply #178 on: July 29, 2005, 10:33:24 PM »
Next we have the Birthday Boy.
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« Reply #179 on: July 29, 2005, 10:34:19 PM »
Next we have Mr. John Boswell, Mr. Spirtas' musical director.
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