Thursday, February 24, 2011
The snow was all crisp and fresh and no one had walked over it yet.
A tempting sight for errant princesses.,
A beautiful lass with a huge red balloon was a real showstopper.
Everyone was taking her photo, I was green with jealousy of course with no dramatic balloon and no one taking my photo. ( note to self , purchase 1960's large red balloon at soonest opportunity, try party store on 5th/14th Street may stock them but probably not. Also pick up Jackie O style dress to match balloon.)
The show must go on. This valiant street performer truly earned his dollar bill.
Through the trees you could hear the sound of the saxophone, in fact we followed the sound until there he was!
This is a famous New York dog,but I could not read why it was famous as the plaque was covered with snow.
Maybe it just liked walks in the park, that seems like an educated guess. If anyone knows anything about this mystery heroic dog please let me know.
I know let's do something original, a walk in central park, why not, isn't that what New Yorkers do?
You can see the sleds in the background.
Just a little more digging and we can go for a bike ride.
The snow piled high covering everything in sight. The wee lassie should have the bike free by the summer.
That Bloomberg has put everyone to work clearing the snow including the five year olds
In the first snowfall Mayor B got a bad rap as there was no garbage collection for more than a week. All the New Yorkers were up in arms ready to sue ( any old reason will do), so now Mayor B is over compensating with child labor.
Look at this poor wee lambkins. Her wee armsies must be killing her. Where are the parents one wonders? The SP would never allow such a travesty of justice in the SPdom. No way!
She is smiling as I told her she will be in the SP blog with readers all the way from
Mumbai , India and I don't mean the corner restaurant on 6th Street and 1st Avenue.
"Aye, wee lassie, keep clearing there is huge piles of the snow everywhere. Chop ! Chop, m'lass."
Look at this poor wee lambkins. Her wee armsies must be killing her. Where are the parents one wonders? The SP would never allow such a travesty of justice in the SPdom. No way!
She is smiling as I told her she will be in the SP blog with readers all the way from
Mumbai , India and I don't mean the corner restaurant on 6th Street and 1st Avenue.
"Aye, wee lassie, keep clearing there is huge piles of the snow everywhere. Chop ! Chop, m'lass."
Monday, February 21, 2011
It was pouring with rain never mind the ice cold water
Then the camera men who were all wrapped up in wooly everythings, had the cheek to yell "SP, it doesn't count unless you dunk your head in the water! Go on!"
Huh, they must be mad thinking I will ruin a perfectly good blow dry for their silly rules. I ran to the Sag Harbor gym in my bare feet in the pouring rain to the hot showers. All the polar bears were frozen to the bone.
Huh, they must be mad thinking I will ruin a perfectly good blow dry for their silly rules. I ran to the Sag Harbor gym in my bare feet in the pouring rain to the hot showers. All the polar bears were frozen to the bone.
The SP did the Polar Bear plunge in the harbor
I am no Woose! We Scots are not namby pambys ( softies).
The wild turkeys were starving and freezing
A kind soul had dropped some seeds for them, thank goodness.
The Elizabeth Morton nature reserve was knee deep in snow also
The normally packed nature reserve was deadly quiet with only two diehard hikers, Linda and moi.
My favorite girlfriend and I played hide and seek in the woods
No one else was out, we had the trail to ourselves.
Say what you like snow beaches do make good photo scenes
I am very pleased with this artistic shot which I am sending to National Geographic and the local Hamptons Rag, Dan's Paper, with the hope of fame, it is not just the Skellys that want fame.
One man stood alone staring at the sea
There was a nip in the air, or more aptly a bitter wind, which kept beach strolls to a few minute bursts then race back to the car.
I tried jumping up and down and clapping my hands to keep warm
The sea was the only thing not covered with snow.
Juicy Couture moon boots and white sheepskin hats from the 70's are the new beachwear items
Luckily we still needed our sunglasses. As you can see the sand at the ocean was all covered with snow.
All the beaches were covered in snow
This certainly makes sunbathing challenging and flip flops not necessary.
As if the Skelly and Ghoul revolution wasn't enough, we have all had snow overdose this winter
From the Records it appears that this has been the snowiest winter in the last ten thousand years or something like that.
In the Hamptons the snow at least is fun, you can go hiking and take artistic photos like this sunrise shot over Long Beach, Sag Harbor.
In the Hamptons the snow at least is fun, you can go hiking and take artistic photos like this sunrise shot over Long Beach, Sag Harbor.
Harlem Forever
This lady recounted the highlights of the concert whilst her long suffering partner waited patiently.
After the show love was still in the air in Harlem
Valentines Day spares no one. It has aptly been renamed "Singles Awareness Day." Or "Smug Couples can be even more smug day."
The band all wore white suits, it was so 70's!
When the ushers saw me taking sneaky photos, they tried to wrestle the IPhone out my hands. Fat chance!
Smoky Robinson sounded better than ever
He did 2 costume changes. I loved his glittery belt and glittery shoes and fishnet top and black leather pants. When he danced it was the closest thing I have seen to sex in months. I wanted to jump down and dance with him but the ushers restrained me.
Poster of famous black performers adorned the wall
Smoky Robinson told great stories of his old Motown days.
The lobby of the Apollo had wonderful chandeliers
They were a tad shabby next to the ones in my palace but old style glamor was oozing as soon as you walked through the doors.
The SP made the adventurous trip to Harlem to see the legendary Smoky Robinson at the Apollo Theater
Actually the subway drops you a minute's walk away! No need to be scared at all.
7pm Valentines Day - the last minute New Yorkers line up at Sunny Flowers
They know they dare not go home without a stunning bouquet or they will be in serious trouble all year. This line of guys made me laugh.
Did the SP get any roses? Actually she did and they still look lovely! ( Phew!, I held my own this year.)
Did the SP get any roses? Actually she did and they still look lovely! ( Phew!, I held my own this year.)
Monday, February 14, 2011
Sunday, February 13, 2011
In the final room, the piece de resistance , a stuffed wolf, all entangled in purple paint and purple string,possible purple floss.
"Wolfey, what in the dickens happened to you, you look like someone has been playing cats cradle over your body and then just walked away leaving you in a total mess, I am so sorry. Was it those ghouls ? "
"SP, those rotten ghouls thought I was a warewolf so they kidnapped me thinking I would protect them if the revolution goes wrong, but I am just a regular wolf who was in the wrong place at the wrong time. I was digging a hole looking for some food for Itsy and Bitsy,my wee darling cubikins and one of them ghouls sneaked up on me with a net and bang, they got me. I want to go back to my cubs I am a pacifist myself, I would be hopeless in a revolution, I am a Netflix type of wolf really,I am all about cuddling up with a good flick, like Dances with Wolves with Kevin Kosner for example.
One of the ghouls threw all this paint over me and string so that I would fit in with the floss theme of the show. My missus will kill me , I will never get the purple paint off my fur. Can you try and get it off, do you have any nail polish remover by any chance? This paint and string is really itchy and I think I am allergic to the chemicals in the paint as my fur is burning. My old pal the moose is in the other room, the pair of us are planning a Shawshank redemption ( another fav of me and the missus) getaway. We communicate through animal sounds when the gallery is closed which infuriates the ghouls who hate to be left out of anything, but we are both desperate. Despite the rave reviews of the show which we have enjoyed both of us have lives to go back to. Can you help us? Now that the revolution worked in Egypt and Mubarak went scuba diving and snorkeling in Sharm el Shek, the Ghouls and Skellys are all fired up, thinking it is their turn next as you have to admit the press seems to love a good revolution. Those skallywags all want fame and if the Egyptians can do it, they think they can do it too, crazy I know, but you try telling them that. Please SP help Moose and I escape, Itsy and Bitsy will love you forever!"
What between all these exhibits who need my help, like yesterday, how am I supposed to sort my own life out and go on a date, if anyone ever asks or do a yoga class or get the latest must have Spring item for my wardrobe , but how can you ignore all these cries of distress? What to do! I can't rescue everybody all the time just because I am a princess. I am not a superhero I am a princess with different responsibilities, like looking sexy for my prince if he ever shows up. Still I have a heart and I feel for the Wolf and Moose, the Ghouls not so sure. They can stew in their own juice, did you hear the ghoul say his diet is toasted humans, eeeewwwww.
"SP, those rotten ghouls thought I was a warewolf so they kidnapped me thinking I would protect them if the revolution goes wrong, but I am just a regular wolf who was in the wrong place at the wrong time. I was digging a hole looking for some food for Itsy and Bitsy,my wee darling cubikins and one of them ghouls sneaked up on me with a net and bang, they got me. I want to go back to my cubs I am a pacifist myself, I would be hopeless in a revolution, I am a Netflix type of wolf really,I am all about cuddling up with a good flick, like Dances with Wolves with Kevin Kosner for example.
One of the ghouls threw all this paint over me and string so that I would fit in with the floss theme of the show. My missus will kill me , I will never get the purple paint off my fur. Can you try and get it off, do you have any nail polish remover by any chance? This paint and string is really itchy and I think I am allergic to the chemicals in the paint as my fur is burning. My old pal the moose is in the other room, the pair of us are planning a Shawshank redemption ( another fav of me and the missus) getaway. We communicate through animal sounds when the gallery is closed which infuriates the ghouls who hate to be left out of anything, but we are both desperate. Despite the rave reviews of the show which we have enjoyed both of us have lives to go back to. Can you help us? Now that the revolution worked in Egypt and Mubarak went scuba diving and snorkeling in Sharm el Shek, the Ghouls and Skellys are all fired up, thinking it is their turn next as you have to admit the press seems to love a good revolution. Those skallywags all want fame and if the Egyptians can do it, they think they can do it too, crazy I know, but you try telling them that. Please SP help Moose and I escape, Itsy and Bitsy will love you forever!"
What between all these exhibits who need my help, like yesterday, how am I supposed to sort my own life out and go on a date, if anyone ever asks or do a yoga class or get the latest must have Spring item for my wardrobe , but how can you ignore all these cries of distress? What to do! I can't rescue everybody all the time just because I am a princess. I am not a superhero I am a princess with different responsibilities, like looking sexy for my prince if he ever shows up. Still I have a heart and I feel for the Wolf and Moose, the Ghouls not so sure. They can stew in their own juice, did you hear the ghoul say his diet is toasted humans, eeeewwwww.
Ghoul with Red Dental Floss
Another piece caught my eye. It looked like an advert for dental floss to me. In fact it looked like this ghoul could do with a trip
to the dentist, sooner rather than later, especially as they seem to fancy themselves as sexpots.
I mean, which nice lassie would want to do a Frenchie with those gnashers? You would get into an awful muddle with the red floss in the way and those jagged teeth sticking out here and there, smooching the ghoul was an easy health hazard.
He certainly had a huge gaping mouth, all the better for making ghoulish yelps no doubt.
"Hey Ghoul, is that dental floss you got all over your teeth or are you trying to catch flies, or is it a cats cradle game? How are you supposed to eat your tea or pieces and jam with all that red string in the way? Do ghouls eat actually and if so what do they eat?"
"SP, of course we eat but being ghouls we have a restricted diet, human flesh rare or toasted and rats legs, bees wings, that type of thing. And yes, this is my dental floss, we ghouls are short sighted, as we mostly are awake at night time when it is dark and you don't need to see so well, so I get a red brand easier to see. I was actually flossing before I was framed as I wanted to make sure there was no rat leg parts on my teeth before I was sealed up as I of course want to look my best for the show, when that dopey framer slammed the frame on me as he is in such a hurry being so behind and all and when I yelped," Hey Jimmy, I am not ready yet, what about the floss, you champion dopo", he simply looked at the frame, shook his head as if to say , ah well , no one will ever know it looks like the floss is part of the portrait and heartlessly chucked me on the finished picture file and so you have it. All my ghoul pals are laughing at me non stop, I am so bummed. Can you help me, just get the glass off so I can throw the dirty rat leg floss away. Oh please, it is so uncomfortable."
As if I didn't have enough to do and now this. It is a shame for the ghoul, but how can I help? I have a bad rap in the gallery scene after the porridge chair episode, if the gallery owner spots me trying to pull the glass off the frame of those two pieces, I will really be in trouble. It must be his bad karma got him into this, eating all those poor rats and bee parts. I didn't like to rub it in by saying if he was vegetarian his teeth would not need so much flossing, so I was schtum.
But being a princess, I nodded politely and sympathetically at the Ghoul's floss tale hoping that would comfort him a wee bitty and moved on to the next art piece. But when I looked back a wee tear dropped on his grey cheek, I must have been his only hope, poor lamb.
to the dentist, sooner rather than later, especially as they seem to fancy themselves as sexpots.
I mean, which nice lassie would want to do a Frenchie with those gnashers? You would get into an awful muddle with the red floss in the way and those jagged teeth sticking out here and there, smooching the ghoul was an easy health hazard.
He certainly had a huge gaping mouth, all the better for making ghoulish yelps no doubt.
"Hey Ghoul, is that dental floss you got all over your teeth or are you trying to catch flies, or is it a cats cradle game? How are you supposed to eat your tea or pieces and jam with all that red string in the way? Do ghouls eat actually and if so what do they eat?"
"SP, of course we eat but being ghouls we have a restricted diet, human flesh rare or toasted and rats legs, bees wings, that type of thing. And yes, this is my dental floss, we ghouls are short sighted, as we mostly are awake at night time when it is dark and you don't need to see so well, so I get a red brand easier to see. I was actually flossing before I was framed as I wanted to make sure there was no rat leg parts on my teeth before I was sealed up as I of course want to look my best for the show, when that dopey framer slammed the frame on me as he is in such a hurry being so behind and all and when I yelped," Hey Jimmy, I am not ready yet, what about the floss, you champion dopo", he simply looked at the frame, shook his head as if to say , ah well , no one will ever know it looks like the floss is part of the portrait and heartlessly chucked me on the finished picture file and so you have it. All my ghoul pals are laughing at me non stop, I am so bummed. Can you help me, just get the glass off so I can throw the dirty rat leg floss away. Oh please, it is so uncomfortable."
As if I didn't have enough to do and now this. It is a shame for the ghoul, but how can I help? I have a bad rap in the gallery scene after the porridge chair episode, if the gallery owner spots me trying to pull the glass off the frame of those two pieces, I will really be in trouble. It must be his bad karma got him into this, eating all those poor rats and bee parts. I didn't like to rub it in by saying if he was vegetarian his teeth would not need so much flossing, so I was schtum.
But being a princess, I nodded politely and sympathetically at the Ghoul's floss tale hoping that would comfort him a wee bitty and moved on to the next art piece. But when I looked back a wee tear dropped on his grey cheek, I must have been his only hope, poor lamb.
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Well no surprise, the Skellys had muscled in on the Ghouls show
Knowing them, probably were trying to steal the limelight.
Look at this, a semi normal picture of a regular looking guy and the Skelly has just gone and plumped himself on top of the picture, with no rhyme or reason at all. I studied it a bit longer, was the man wearing a Skelly design on his sweatshirt? Those Skellys will soon try and sneak into the fashion world, and maybe this was their first stab at it. But no, they are not that smart or subtle, no this one looks like he sort of sneaked on top of the picture, imposed himself a second before the frame was sealed shot. The poor innocent guy in was stuck with a skelly floating over him for ever.
"Hey, you, with the black top on, can you explain why a black skeleton's face is hovering, floating in space on top of your body? I mean, I don't like to be rude but it does look a bit odd, sorry to say? Was this what the artist intended? It is a funny kind of a ghoul show so I wouldn't be surprised. I hope you don't mind me asking. I like the picture, sort of."
"SP, you don't miss a trick. I was supposed to be the normal portrait of a regular guy, and we were at the framers and it was my turn to be framed, and the framer was a bit overwhelmed with so many pieces to do, and he had a deadline and when it was my turn, one of the Skellys jumped out from behind the table and shouted, "Hey Jimmy, ( the Skellys like to pretend they are from Glasgow to get a dig in at me), what is that big black splodge on the Scream Ghoul picture it looks awful?"
Well Jimmy the framer looked up
at the picture and this sly Skelly jumped on top of me in a flash and shouted, "HAR, HAR!" as they do, and then the framer scratching his nose , as there was no black splodge on Scream at all, sealed the frame shut. When he looked at the picture and saw the black skelly on top of it, he was very confused, but given the bizarre nature of this show and his own time pressures, he shrugged and said, "Ach, no one will notice,it looks like it was supposed to be like this," and then he moved me on to the finished pile and that was that and there you have it. Now I am stuck together with this hideous black skelly for all eternity. Oh woe is me, help me SP. He smells of dead rats and moldy leaves, he burps, he cackles, he fidgets, he itches, he drives me nuts. Get him off me, the scoundrel!"
Wow, poor thing. I felt so bad for him. Those Skellys will do anything to get into the limelight."
Look at this, a semi normal picture of a regular looking guy and the Skelly has just gone and plumped himself on top of the picture, with no rhyme or reason at all. I studied it a bit longer, was the man wearing a Skelly design on his sweatshirt? Those Skellys will soon try and sneak into the fashion world, and maybe this was their first stab at it. But no, they are not that smart or subtle, no this one looks like he sort of sneaked on top of the picture, imposed himself a second before the frame was sealed shot. The poor innocent guy in was stuck with a skelly floating over him for ever.
"Hey, you, with the black top on, can you explain why a black skeleton's face is hovering, floating in space on top of your body? I mean, I don't like to be rude but it does look a bit odd, sorry to say? Was this what the artist intended? It is a funny kind of a ghoul show so I wouldn't be surprised. I hope you don't mind me asking. I like the picture, sort of."
"SP, you don't miss a trick. I was supposed to be the normal portrait of a regular guy, and we were at the framers and it was my turn to be framed, and the framer was a bit overwhelmed with so many pieces to do, and he had a deadline and when it was my turn, one of the Skellys jumped out from behind the table and shouted, "Hey Jimmy, ( the Skellys like to pretend they are from Glasgow to get a dig in at me), what is that big black splodge on the Scream Ghoul picture it looks awful?"
Well Jimmy the framer looked up
at the picture and this sly Skelly jumped on top of me in a flash and shouted, "HAR, HAR!" as they do, and then the framer scratching his nose , as there was no black splodge on Scream at all, sealed the frame shut. When he looked at the picture and saw the black skelly on top of it, he was very confused, but given the bizarre nature of this show and his own time pressures, he shrugged and said, "Ach, no one will notice,it looks like it was supposed to be like this," and then he moved me on to the finished pile and that was that and there you have it. Now I am stuck together with this hideous black skelly for all eternity. Oh woe is me, help me SP. He smells of dead rats and moldy leaves, he burps, he cackles, he fidgets, he itches, he drives me nuts. Get him off me, the scoundrel!"
Wow, poor thing. I felt so bad for him. Those Skellys will do anything to get into the limelight."
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