Archive Meme

May 31, 2008 | Filed Under Buildings, Doors/Doorways, Memes | 3 Comments

Above the doorway of an office building in mid-town Manhattan

Long, long time ago, Tracy of Pink Purl tagged me for this Archive Meme. I’m finally getting around to completing it.

Paz

Link 1 must be about family:

LOL! Umm… Well, I don’t write about my family, so I don’t have a post to give you. Instead, here’s a link to my very first post. This is were it all started.

Link 2 must be about friends:

LOL! Umm.. I don’t write much about my friends here, either. I did write about meeting Elizabeth for the first time, a few months ago. We had a good time at the Neue Musuem. You can check out it out here.

Link 3 must be about yourself, who you are… what you’re all about:

LOL! With the exception of the ABOUT ME section, I don’t have any posts about myself. Instead, here’s a link to an old post on one of my favorite subjects.

Link 4 must be about something you love:

I love NY! So many things to see and do. So many different people to meet. It never gets tiring. There’s always something interesting, something entertaining happening on the streets and sidewalks of the city, like here.

Link 5 can be anything you choose:

Here’s an old post about what I saw on a bus ride.

Do you have any favorites from my archives so far? Tell me.

According to Tracy’s thoughts on this meme: "I think this is a great way to circulate some of the great older posts everyone has written, return to a few great places in our memories and also learn a litte something about ourselves and each other that we may not know."

I think Tracy’s right. In that light, I tag:

1- Anyone

2- Who

3- Would

4- Like to

5- Participate

If you’ve decided to participate, please let me know, so that I can go check out your response on your site.

Paz

Archive Meme Guidelines:

Post your five links and then tag five other people. At least TWO of the people you tag must be newer acquaintances so that you get to know each other better… and don’t forget to read the archive posts and leave comments!

‘You Make My Day’ Award

May 30, 2008 | Filed Under Awards, Bloggers, Central Park, You Make My Day | 25 Comments

Central Park

‘You Make My Day’ Award

(Click on the image and "Save as…" to use on your own blog)

A short while ago (Okay, okay, at the beginning of the year, which is more than ‘a short while ago’. I know, I know.), Tracy of Pink Purl and Joy of Norwich Daily Photo kindly gave me the ‘You Make My Day‘ award. I never got a chance to formally acknowledge the award and thank them. Thank you, ladies, for thinking about me. Their blogs also ‘make my day’ whenever I stop by.

Award guidelines:

“Give the award to 10 people whose blogs bring you happiness and inspiration and make you feel happy about blogland. Let them know by posting a comment on their blog so they can pass it on. Beware you may get the award several times.”

In turn, I’d like to pass the award to the following bloggers (Please note that this is completely optional. You are under NO obligation to pass it on or even accept it. I just wanted you to know that I enjoy your blog. That’s all.):

1- Bonnie Luria at Bonnie Luria and StCroix-nicity

2- Merisi at Merisi’s Vienna for Beginners

3- Abby at Salt Lake City Daily Photo

4- The guys at Stockholm by Pixels

5- Gisela at Guildwood Gardens

6- Lala at My Castle in Spain

7- Terry at Terry Rafferty Paintings

8- Alicia at My Place Over the Hill

9- Faye at Faye Christian Phillips

10- Frank at My Paint Box

Some rules are meant to be broken. I’m adding more recipients:

11- Aunt B at Aunt B’s Backyard

12- Judy at Grand Life.

13- Christine at Christine Mercer-Vernon

14- Sherry at Espirt * d’Art and The True and Amazing Adventures of a Beautiful Life

15- Ambera at Ambera Wellmann

16- Eric at Eric Orchard Illustration

17- Melissa at My Life

18 – Danne at Today’s Picture

19- Melinda at Phos Graphis

20 – Elizabeth at The House in Marrakesh

Aww, heck! I could go on and on. Go check out the other blogs in my Blogroll section. All of them ‘make my day’. Thanks, everyone, for all your work. It’s always a pleasure to visit your blogs.

Paz

Meme: Philosophy of Life in Six Words

May 29, 2008 | Filed Under Memes, Restaurants, Russian Tea Room | 8 Comments

On the door of the Russian Tea Room

Tracy of Pink Purl recently tagged me for this new meme — Philosophy of Life in Six Words. Very challenging. It took me a while but here is what I came up with:

"Be kind to animals and less-fortunate."

Yep, that’s it.

Thanks, Tracy, for the tag. I owe you another meme, which I haven’t forgotten about.

Paz

I tag the following:

1. Joy of Norwich Daily Photo

2. Abraham Lincoln of Abe’s Town

3. Peter Fristedt of Fristedt.org

I also tag anyone who would like to participate. Feel free to participate (Let me know you’re participating so that I can go read your philosophy on your blog). Just follow the guidelines below:

What is your philosophy of life in six words? Think about it for a few moments.

1. Link to the person who tagged you or where you found it.
2. Post the rules.
3. Share a 6 word philosophy of life.
4. Tag at least 3 other people, and post in the language of your choice.

Pigeon Watch

May 28, 2008 | Filed Under Birds, New York City Wildlife, Pigeons | 14 Comments

This pigeon looks like he (or she?) just woke up. He’s got bed hair.

I couldn’t figure out which photo to post, so you get both. Which one do you prefer?

Paz

Ed. Note: The majority seems to like the top photo best. Cool. I also liked the second photo because it shows the colors of the bird — black and white. I liked the white feather. Thanks for your input, everyone!