Long Weekends are nice

Long weekends are great. They enable travel, which is what I did this weekend. I went to my oldest friend ever in Balty. We grew up together in KC. She got married in 2005 and moved there. It's where he is from. I was a little sad when she moved there cause i didn't know when I would see her, or who I would go see broadway shows with, or who i would hang out with over the holidays when my family was annoying me. Well, as it turns out I do go and see her every once and a while. I must say, I have a whole lotta married friends. None are as welcoming as them. I really really enjoy going to see both of them. When I get there, I can tell they are both genuinly excited to see me. Not just my girlhood friend, but her husband also. She always tells me the nicest things her husband says, like "Why don't I have friends for ----, so she can move to Balty and live near by. " It's sooo nice to go there. I think he's the best friend-in-law I ever made.

My Cousin is on Crack!

My cousin is on crack. These are her new shoes. I personally think she is crazy. But I love her anyways. She decided to go to the Nike Store where you can personalize your own pair of Nike shoes. It's actually really cool. These shoes are specifically designed for YOU. You get to pick your colors and they measure your foot perfectly. Plus, as you can see, you can personalize them any way you would like. Now, I call my cousin an "Orthodox ConservaForm Liberal." so basically she knows a whole lot. She is pretty cool. But I just don't get why she would put this specific writing on her shoes. She strongly strongly believes in her religion, don't get me wrong. But of all things that you can write on your shoes, why this?

All Hallows

Yes, I know I'm Jewish. And yes, I know I don't celebrate halloween. But I couldn't resist going outside last night and looking at all the costumes. The kids are so cute in their little cow, or witch, or princess costumes. And when you say happy halloween to them they get all excited, it's just soooo cute. The only costumes I don't really like are the ones like a pumpkin. I just don't see any creative juices flowing there.


This is my nephew!! He's a hungrey Caterpillar. Isn't he just the cutest. How could you not like Halloween if all the kiddos looked as cute as him? And believe me, ever kiddo I saw was cute (just not as cute as my neph!)
I also like the costumes the adults put on. I happened to go down to the village with a friend last night cause I heard that the Halloween parade is a blast. We couldn't get anywhere near the parade, so we just walked around Union Square. Wow, TONS AND TONS of people. It rememnded me of Times Square on New Years, ok, maybe not that bad, but pretty bad. It was a whole lot of fun though. There was dancing, music, lights. All the stuff that makes a party. AND SOME GREAT COSTUMES. I think my all time favorite was a couple who dressed up as Little Red Riding Hood and the bad Wolf. The Wolf was great. He had on the granny nightgown and nighthat. So creative. It gives me so many ideas for Purim!