very simple

Our table for seder. Seder Plate, Matzoh, and the extremely traditional Passover Haggadah, as written by Maxwell House Coffees.

Last weekend I went up to the Berkshires for our Passover Seder, which we rescheduled for everyone’s convenience to Sunday night (Passover started at sundown on Monday). On Saturday, we didn’t do too much, but we did go for a walk around the neighborhood. And then I watched our dog, Oliver, spend hours attempting to fit a basketball into his mouth. You’d think after 11 years he’d have figured out that it’s just not going to work, but he keeps trying.

Oh, and apparently everyone in my family really likes orange. Not pictured is myself, wearing orange-framed sunglasses. At least we’re ready for hunting season.

Just in case you need a giant carousel lion for your tiny NYC living room.

The best part about this old-school grocery store is the sign.

Saturday was Obscura Day, and I participated by going on the tour of the Atlantic Avenue Tunnel. It was really cool. Pictures are not the greatest, owing to the fact that it was really dark down there, and I either had to shoot with my crappy built-in flash or at ISO 1600, which left things mondo-grainy. But here are some pics.

yesterday was gorgeous out, so I took my first bike ride of the season after a five-month break. took it easy, rode 10 miles on the hudson river greenway, which just keeps getting better. Took a little pit stop at the 5-mile turnaround point to enjoy the sunshine, and took these with my iphone. It got into the 70s yesterday.

today was even nicer than yesterday. I spent several hours sitting on the steps at Alice Tully Hall eating lunch and catching up on my reading.

After a weekend of torrential downpours, the sun came out in full force yesterday.  and it got unseasonably warm.

First, let me just say that I know I have completely fallen down on the 365 project. I don’t know what it is, but at some point I kind of hit a wall. With the weather turning, I hope that changes, but for now, I’m changing the way that I format the titles of these posts to reflect the date they were taken rather than the number in the series, largely because I’ve lost track of what number these should be. So…

I ordered CO2 cartridges in bulk, because I use them to fill up my bike tires in a pinch, and they’re a lot cheaper this way…

Today was even more gorgeous than yesterday, so I picked up a sandwich and went and sat in central park with my nook for a few hours. in shorts. While the flora is still lacking enough green to make it actually pretty, the fauna has started reappearing.