Tag Archives: nyc

The nook book.

Posted on November 11, 2011 by RosieL

It was a Saturday afternoon and I was striding down Fifth Avenue. (That’s such a fine sentence with which to start a blog post, isn’t it?) My first full day to myself . I’d been out and about since early … Continue reading →

Posted in books, new york city, reading, travelling | Tagged barnes &noble, books, eBooks, nyc, reading | 2 Comments

This bag? Really? Thank you!

Posted on October 31, 2011 by RosieL

So. I went to New York. I’ve been to New York. It’s done. And the other day, in a shop, the woman taking my money for the cash register said, “Oh, what a lovely bag. It’s great, a great colour!” … Continue reading →

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I and I

Posted on September 11, 2011 by RosieL

Half of me works, avoids the wheels as they fall off the organisation, goes to meeting upon meeting upon meeting of restructure, and deals with people of power who are a few sandwiches short. The other half dreams and schemes … Continue reading →

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Hark, hark, the passport lark.

Posted on September 10, 2011 by RosieL

The photographer takes two photos for me to choose one from. She’s not really a photographer, of course, she’s a young woman working in a camera shop and I’m her customer. So she takes my picture. For a price. They … Continue reading →

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Wings for flying and a bed to sleep in.

Posted on September 9, 2011 by RosieL

Neither the TC* or I have been a’travellin’ out of the country for a long time. She needs to renew her passport. I’ll need to start an application from scratch. We have to book tickets on an aeroplane. We have … Continue reading →

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And don’t forget you’re going to nyc.

Posted on September 3, 2011 by RosieL

I can’t remember when I first thought about New York as a place to go. Maybe it was one thing that decided me, or maybe it was many. Ages, stages. A Woody Allen film, the Today Show with Bryant Gumbel … Continue reading →