Chatting up the lifeguard

This guy looks very able to protect me from man eating seaweed.

Avi's cafe - best tahina served at your beach chair

As Clio said every day she had tahina, hummus and pita and delicious Israeli salad of chopped tomatoes and cucumber on the beach from Avi's and never once got tired of it. The sea air makes everything taste better.

Clio relaxes

It was great teaching my cousin there are more scary things in life than seaweed. Here she is relaxing after a stressful stint in the sea jumping around to avoid the seaweed. Even though I jumped in it constantly and never got bitten by a fierce clump of green moss or pinched by a crab she was not convinced. She needs to synch with me.

More white hats

Big Daddy and I in synch with matching shorts and hats. But who is copying who? Big Daddy is even worse than me and never stops playing with his bramble - the Scottish version of the Blackberry. Was he listening to me or zoning out I wonder?

Everyone wore white hats

People kept asking me if I was from Australia or Dallas with my cowboy hat, which is last years Burning Man hat. On the beach we read Natalie's book, "How to make people like you in 90 seconds." The trick is to be in synch with other person, copy everything they do and say without making it too obvious. If they are grumpy and annoying encourage them to copy your delightful behavior and happy demeanor instead. Here we were in synch with our hats. It is a start!

Wee mumsy sports new Gottex bathing suit

I managed to get Wee Mumsy into the water once for 5 minutes. At least she wasnt afraid of seaweed like the rest of my cousins. Without saying anything most of us turned up with some version of a white cowboy hat or fedora.

Poor Jess posing as a religious frumah

Sadly my wee McSister who is still in the Olde Country in Bonnie Glasgow is a bit peely wally (pale) and on day 1 she got super sunburnt. She had to spend the next few days swimming in tshirts and hiding in the shade.

My cousin Adele thought she was wearing pink socks until she realized that was her legs, poor wee lamb. She was brave and hardly complained at all.

Herzliya beach- perfect place to spend time

My dad was really worried what he was going to do with all us girls every day. He thought he would be booking trips in a mini bus to Jerusalem and the kineret, but we could not tear ourselves away from the beach.

Mum and the cousins

My poor dad, it is an almost all girl family.

I finally asked him how he puts up with all the girl talk. He said he doesn't even hear it. So that is why he smiles and says nothing and looks as if he is meditating whilst we all gossip , hearing aid turned off! Cheeky.

Herzliya beach Sunset

Thanks to my dad and my cousin having big birthdays, the whole family was shipped to Israel for a 4 day long royal celebration.
I hoped to meet a handsome single Israeli officer to get me through the 12 hour flight but had to make do with a married vet instead.

Thank goodness for my homeopathic sleeping pills.

I have grown fond of this Evil Elfie Character who I see in the Halloween costume shop on the way home. Today they gave him a mad aeronut doctor look for the window display. Who is he planning to inject with that giant needle? We all need a boost of something but if you see Evil Elfie heading your way , duck or hide, my advice.

Oh I've got it, he has the antidote to the swine flu that is why he looks so pleased with himself. Now it is at level 5 alert, one short step away from the pandemic level 6, everyone is jittery, although they have not closed schools or the Yankee stadium down yet so I guess New York is still safe. If you have the sniffles, now you know who to see! You heard it first here.

Night all! Achoo! Achoo! (Just kidding I am totally fine).

Glad I had dinner before I saw this window display, reminding me that it might just be possible that artists feel tax payers money is not best used to prop up the ailing banks. Well that is my interpretation. I guess you can choose for yourself who the heads are, any ideas please send them as comments!

Walking home last night, I enjoyed this topical art exhibit which I named "Banker CEO'e Before and After."
Now is that not the Lehman CEO there on the ground or is it the Merrill chappie, maybe Wachovia. Who knows but heads have rollrf and the blood bath is far from over.

I have been practising the splits for years and still need a yoga block. Very impressive, I must practise again tomorrow and the next day, although I will probably need my block for several more years.

Burlesque is all the rage these days. This looks like burlesque yoga. Advanced postures that got cheers at Roland's Flower Power party on Saturday, for me every burlesque performance is much the same as the last one.

Chuck Close and Philip Glass. These monumental portraits are awe inspiring. A master at work indeed.

The 21st Century Fresco, roll over Giotto.

All New Yorkers love famous people and I am no exception.
Wow o wow o wow.
Chuck Close the art legend and giant and the SP at his opening in Chelsea last week.
The new show was fantastic and he was very friendly but did not ask me if I wanted to be his next model, a tad disappointing.

Britelite gets 20 out of 10. For costumes that light up, for a physique that is beyond yummy and for dancing ability. A blog star who never disappoints at any party. A Norse God now that is what I call Manly.

Small Change rocks the house. His 1970's Playboy hat tells me all I want to know, just recently single, a writer, a sexy dj , ten out of ten for hipness. He also is a big SP fan so make that eleven out of ten.

At one point everyone started doing the rumba or whatever the dance is called, SP tip -wings can be cumbersome during group dances, for everyone else.

Look my Captain has a matching costume? Is this a sign we are to be together for ever after all? Manly and spotty at the same time and he has a matching man bag. We could hit the town and cause a 101 sensations but watch out for old Cruella DeVille.

No hide the tummy belts needed for these two skinny malinkey beautiful gals, Miss KJ and Miss LVB. I am not jealous, I accept my outfits require covering rather than exposing but I have other strengths. I can tell you what plays to see on Broadway, useful info for tourists and theater buffs at least.

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Hhhmmm. Aztec Bird Red Indian Caped Warrior. Ten out of ten for combining ten themes into one costume. But how sexy are you under all the paraphanelia? This needs investigating.

KJ and Claudinsky look fantastic, colored eyelashes elaborate head pieces and make up, sparkly, quirky. I once wore the fake eyelashes and they got stuck to my real lashes and nearly caused an accident when I was struggling to get them off with that horrible glue stuff, never again.

Smooching area. Stuart is in every photo, where there is action, there he is.

He has green horns, I take it all back, yes that is a costume. This is the only time in the night when my horn was actually straight as you will see in later photos.

Stuart's purple tights and underwear constituted his costume but that strong muscley back and sexy firm body drew some good old fashioned fondling from my girl friends.

Yes - it is - A Horned Ball It Couple, love exists in our community and these two are prime examples. Not the most flattering costume and quite racy given the swine flu fears but worn with flair and confidence. Hours of work with green body paint. I have not taken costuming to that realm yet and prefer to throw things together in ten minutes.

For wit and ingenuity Michael Cha wins every time and he makes his costumes himself.
Michael you promised one for the SP, I need to think of something clever for you to make but I cant think of anything original or worthy.