Good-bye, summer …

September 11, 2010

And goodb-bye to the wonderful, and as you can see hoity-toity, Connecticut yacht club where my brother kept the little sail boat he had this summer.

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A Plum Grows in Venice

July 29, 2010

Here is a bowl of plums from a tree in my son’s backyard in Venice, CA. They no longer exist. They were delicious. And here is a view of Janet’s and my street in Venice, CA.

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Moving Day…

July 9, 2010

Swinging chandelier… Belly up foot stool… Worried Hector…

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Olana is … Odd

June 22, 2010

We drove up to Rhinebeck to the lovely Oblong Book Store and stayed overnight at a B&B last Saturday–there were thousands and thousands of fireflies out. I’ve never seen so many fireflies. A bull frog was rumbling away all night. I had forgotten that sound, it’s been so long. The next day we went to

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UNDER THE LINDENS! LINDEN TREE DAY RETURNS…

June 15, 2010

Today was it: Linden Tree Day! Hector and I sat beneath the perfumed trees this morning and breathed in springtime. Last night, walking home from dinner at Nice Matin, Janet and I were hit with the scent at the top of the hill on West End and 79th. My favorite day of the year.

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My NYC Backyard

June 1, 2010

So, we have really sold our apartment! We’re renting a small place in NY and moving most of our lives to Venice, CA! One more month of what has become our New York backyard, Riverside Park. It’s like having a huge, fabulous garden without having to dig or prune. I will miss the swamp full

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Going West!!!

May 24, 2010

(thanks daily dish)

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Cleveland!

May 5, 2010

I was in Cleveland to speak at a lunch held by the Jewish Federation, which was great–they raise an awful lot of money for an awful lot of good causes–and I also drove through Cleveland Heights to visit a friend, which was also great–the houses there are big and brick and beautiful and my friend

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well-mannered dogs

April 22, 2010

(thank you, Susan Ball!)

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blossoms and afghans

April 21, 2010

The Conservancy Garden was very blossomy when we were there, but I hear the wind has blown most of them away. We’re in Venice, CA right now where the blossoms have given way to fat roses, but it’s colder than NYC and also gorgeously windy. And here, as pretty as any blossom that ever blossomed,

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