Posh Pets

Today I was so excited to have the day off and be able to relax. I made an appointment with a groomer here in Brooklyn. I was torn because I never think dogs look right after a hair cut, there is just something kind of unnatural about it. I mean nobody goes out in the forest and trims all the wild animal’s hair… so why do we do it to dogs? I’m not sure but my rebellion against the grooming profession didn’t last long as I am already tired of feeling like I don’t do enough of a good job giving him baths and the hair although cute, I know it was getting in his eyes all the time. Not to mention when I took him to the vet, the vet was talking to Bradley making comments like, “oh Bradley how can you see with all that hair in your eyes?” You have to love the moments when your vet is pretending that he is talking to your dog when really he is trying to send you messages.

Here are a couple before pictures taken this morning…





Three hours later we had a happy reunion but capturing a picture was more than challenging. I think he was just so excited to be back home, he wouldn’t stay still and so I got about 15 blurry shots like these two below..





Until finally..



I promise to write about more things other than Bradley, he is just a big part of the fun in my life right now and I can't help it. :)

Bradley's Next Snow Adventure

Well this past Monday my phone came to the end of it’s life. But as an old song from my high school days, says…..every new beginning comes from some other beginnings end or something like that. All that to say I bought a new phone, a Blackberry, I have heard they are addicting but not as much as the iphone so I am feeling fairly safe. I was very excited to see that I could take video with them so today I took one of the snow and Bradley. I made a bunch of ridiculous sounds just trying to get Bradley to look at the camera…..it didn’t work. You can see his favorite fire hydrant, everytime he sees it he gets so excited and runs towards it, typical dog interest. ;)



The following are some pictures of my walk around the neighborhood today...

Petco

Went to the Petco today located in Union Square. The prices were better than expected and it was very entertaining watching everyone walk around with their dogs. Bradley was very excited when I arrived home with a new toy...





He was so excited that he ran from one end of the apartment to another a hundred times then finally settled down...



I had a lot of laughs tonight, thanks to Bradley and a green chicken. :)

Babysitting Adventure

This morning was my first time watching 4 children all 3 years old and under by myself. I'm not going to lie, I definitely was intimidated going into it, but they were amazingly wonderful. Micah as introduced in one of my previous post, is such a character. I put on the Wiggles, I know kind of comical, and Micah asked me if they could get cozy. Everyone thought it was a good idea...



I felt so blessed to be around so much joy, love, laughs and well innocents.

“Every child born into the world is a new thought of God, an ever fresh and radiant possibility” Kate Douglas Wiggins

Winter Jammin Preparation

Winter Jammin': Central Park's annual Winter Jam is taking place this weekend, and will feature local snowboarders, along with music. They created snow for this event even though it turns out we are suppose to get snow this weekend. I went down today to check out the creation of this snow and preparation for this event…

http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_things_to_do/events/winterjam/index.html

As you can see from my pictures below they had quite a bit of snow already created by the time I got down there. I was very curious as to the whole process but there really wasn’t any one around to ask.



This next one really captures what most project sites look like at least from my observations…one man working and a whole lot of people standing around watching.

I did find this sign below humorous…that these “conditions” were manmade yet the sign really almost seems to point blame on mother nature. They didn’t fool me! :)

Michael Jordan’s Steakhouse NYC

We are currently in what is called…
New York City Restaurant Week Winter 2010
Which runs January 25–February 7, 2010 and excludes Saturdays.

The following link has a list of all the participating restaurants….

http://www.opentable.com/promo.aspx?m=8&pid=69

Today I went and partook in a filet mignon lunch at Michael Jordan’s Steakhouse NYC

http://www.michaeljordansnyc.com/

I didn’t have a way to take pictures so I looked up a couple so that you can get a feel for how beautiful it was…





I was not that impressed with the food but the view was amazing and the gentle hum of the people going about their business, as you ate, was surprisingly relaxing.

BestBuy Union Square

No matter how old you get I think most people inside don’t feel their age and we all have those moments when you stop and realize wow I really am -- - years old. I don’t know maybe Oprah would call them ah ha moments. However we would like to refer to them, I definitely had one yesterday, while at BestBuy Union Square. The only BestBuy in New York which is open 24 hours, don’t ask who goes in there in the middle of the night, I have asked everyone I know and haven’t met one yet. Anyways, at this spectacular BestBuy yesterday I was completely disgusted by their customer service or lack of, it’s a long story in which I will spare all the details, but I decided to speak to the store manager and let them know how I was feeling. As I found myself expressing my complaints to the manager, I had an ah ha moment were I looked down on myself and thought wow Elizabeth you really have grown up, as the manager is replying I’m so sorry mam I will speak with my staff….


That’s right my first experience complaining to a manager, I felt so old, but so so right :)