Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Pop Pops & Wood Shops

Posted on January 18, 2014 by judisunshine

“Would you just hand a child a saw?” someone recently said, forget who, but all I could do was mentally address that rhetorical question, because 30+ years ago, I was handed a saw and taught how to cut wood by … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Childhood, Family, Miscellaneous, Women | Tagged Air Force, Body Buddies cereal, grandchildren, grandfathers, Long Island, meteorologists, pink roses, Pop-Pop, saws, Ward's Deli Merrick | 2 Comments

It’s Christmas Time In the City

Posted on December 8, 2013 by judisunshine

I never went to see the ball drop in Times Square on New Year’s Eve. I never took a carriage ride in Central Park. I never even went ice skating in Rockefeller Center. But as my third Christmas in Colorado … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Friends, Going Out, Miscellaneous, Women | Tagged bar crawls, carriage rides, Central Park, chestnuts, Christmas, Christmas in New York, cigarettes, Colorado, crisp air, energy, gasoline, glittery sidewalks, Greenwich Village, ice skating, John Denver, LIRR, magical (AHHHH!!!), Manitou Springs, Myspace, New Year's Eve, New York City, NYC, Rockefeller Center, Silver Bells, skyscrapers, TImes Square, winter | Leave a comment

The Best Postcard

Posted on November 21, 2013 by judisunshine

I was eight years old when I sent Beverly Cleary a very long and urgent handwritten letter, wherein I patiently explained that she and her writing meant – well, absolutely EVERYTHING to me. In my very-best penmanship (which, if you’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Childhood, Family, Friends, Miscellaneous, The '80s, Women | Tagged 1984, 2002, 2007, Alan Tiegreen, artists, Beverly Cleary, birthdays, fraternal twins, getting older, goddesses, growing old is not for sissies, Henry Huggins, horses, humid summer days, imagination, Kinko's, late bloomers, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Long Island, Louis Darling, Mitch and Amy, Nanny Posch, Passion, postcards, Reagan, Rebecca, Ribsy, spry, Walter Cleary | 2 Comments

A Good Memory From My Most-Hated Grade

Posted on November 8, 2013 by judisunshine

I hated sixth grade. It was the year my parents made me go to Christian school, after I’d finally and painstakingly eked out an identity for myself at Chatterton, the public elementary school in my district. I wasn’t the prettiest, … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood, Family, Friends, Miscellaneous, School, The '80s, Women | Tagged " corsages, 1986, banquets, Chatterton Elementary, Christmas, Connect Four, costumes, essays, gymnasiums, Halloween, hoedowns, Ireland, Long Island, Madonna Virgin Tour, posterboard, private school, prom, public school, Saint Lucy, sixth grade, Snickers, South Shore Christian School, Sweden, The Rock, topographical maps | Leave a comment

The Costumes of My Life! Part I

Posted on October 24, 2013 by judisunshine

As many of you already know, I’m in love with Halloween, and costumes especially. Were I a more knowledgeable geek (and also had more money (which I probably would if I were a more knowledgeable geek)), I’d be at every … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood, Family, Friends, Going Out, Lists, Miscellaneous, School, The '80s | Tagged 1975-1987, Angel, Annie, blue eye shadow, Christmas, colored hairspray, costumes, Dorothy, elementary school, fabric paint, fairy, fluorescent socks, Glinda, glitter, gypsy, Halloween as satanic?, hoop earrings, interdenominational Christian school, Janis Joplin, leggings, Manitou, pierced ears, punk rocker, side ponytail, SSCS, the 80s, Thingamajig, Thundercats, tiara, Wicked Witch of the West, wings, Wizard of Ox | 1 Comment

Along Came a Spider

Posted on September 28, 2013 by judisunshine

I’m sitting in the office of my apartment as I type, and right in front of me is a huge window. I can hear the breeze rustling the leaves, and can see the effects as the branches bend. But I … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Apartments & Other Domiciles, Family, Manitou, Miscellaneous, Women | Tagged 2:30 in the morning, 4:30 in the morning, apartments, autumn, bathtubs, cat perch, counting your blessings, Dexter, Long Island, screens, spiders, the woods, trains, trees, windows | 1 Comment

My Second Tattoo

Posted on September 15, 2013 by judisunshine

It’s been fifteen years since the day I spontaneously went with Shannon to DaVinci Tattoo in Wantagh. We weren’t planning on getting tattoos that day, but we did. I didn’t think I’d ever get one, but Shannon had paved the … Continue reading →

Posted in Body Image, Books, Friends, Going Out, Miscellaneous, Women | Tagged Bible study, Blade, Chinese symbol for friend, coworkers, DaVinci Tattoo Wantagh, Jigsaw, Joker, kitties, marbles, Margaret Atwood Cat's Eye, Scrubbins, Shannon, tattoos, Townhouse Lounge, Virgin Mary, Wantagh New York, Wesley Snipes | 1 Comment

Trendz

Posted on September 5, 2013 by judisunshine

While I’m no slave to fashion, I’m not immune to what’s all the rage, especially when I was a kid. Here are seven examples! Golddiggers/Termites When I was five, I really didn’t watch much TV. It was mainly the ‘70s … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Childhood, Family, Friends, Lists, Miscellaneous, The '80s, Women | Tagged '70s, '80s, 1984, Barbies, Cabbage Patch Kids, Catholic school, charm bracelets, charm necklaces, Christmas, Corn Silk, Electric Company, fashion, Garbage Pail Kids, Golddigger jeans, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie, Madonna, memories, Mister Rogers Neighborhood, PBS, playground, puffy stickers, rubber bracelets, school, school uniforms, Sesame Street, Six Flags Great Adventure, sticker books, stickers, style, Termite shoes, Trends, Trivial Pursuit, Tweety Bird, Xavier Roberts | 4 Comments

5 Reasons to Watch “The Mindy Project”

Posted on August 7, 2013 by judisunshine

So while I loved Mindy Kaling as Kelly on “The Office,” it’s rare for me to get into a new sitcom. I’ve got a lot of shows on my plate, you know? But I found myself chuckling at the ads … Continue reading →

Posted in AcTING!, Entertainment, Lists, Miscellaneous, Romance, TV, Women | Tagged 30 Rock, Alicia Silverstone, Amanda Setton Shauna, Anna Camp Gwen, B.J. Novak, BFF, bimbo, Bridget Jones, Brooke Theiss, casts, Cher Horowitz, Chloe Sevigny, Chris Messina, Christina Applegate, Colorado, Danny Castellano, dragon shirt, dry with, Ed Weeks Jeremy, friends, guest stars, himbos, How I Met Your Mother, Ike Barinholtz Morgan, Joey Tribiani, Juile and Juila, Kelly Bundy, Liz Lemon, lol, Mindy Kaling, New York accent, Pitch Perfect, pizza, Seinfeld, Seth Rogen, Sex and the City, sitcoms, six feet under, sleepless in seattle, The Mindy Project, The Office, Tina Fey, Valentine's Day, Wendy Lubbock, will they or won't they, Xfinity on Demand, Zoe Jarman Becky | 2 Comments

This Day By the Lake Went Too Fast

Posted on August 1, 2013 by judisunshine

So as you may have read, I went to a Christian all-girls sleepaway camp in 1989, the summer I turned 14. And while there were good times to be had in the form of eating contests and songwriting, for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood, Friends, Miscellaneous, Women | Tagged bonfires, Breakfast, buddy burners, Camp Tappawingo, camping, Christian sleepaway camp, coffee cans, comfort zone, guitars, High school, hiking, islands, New York, s'mores, seltzer water, Shannon, singalongs, sleeping bags, sleeping under stars, staying up all night, Sterno, tarps, tents, the lake, upstate | 3 Comments

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