Tag Archives: New York

Back to NY, Day One — Nanny & Pop-Pop’s House

Posted on December 12, 2015 by judisunshine

My third trip back to New York was for my best friend’s wedding. Shannon and I met in sixth grade, became friends in seventh grade, and BFFs in eighth. So it’s been nearly 30 years. We went through junior and … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Books, Childhood, Dreams, Family, Uncategorized, Women | Tagged grandparents, New York | 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

To Nanny, On Her 91st Birthday

Posted on June 13, 2013 by judisunshine

Arrive. DING-donggggg. Shuffle shuffle inside. Tentative door open that got less tentative once she saw who it was. Echoey voices in the hallway leading up to the kitchen, where we’d say our hellos and have The Punch – filled with … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Childhood, Family, Food, Miscellaneous, Women | Tagged banker's lamps, basements, Body Buddies cereal, bomb shelters, Chip, Christina Applegate, coffee, Cujo, dining rooms, doorbells, growing old is not for sissies, Kelly Bundy, Married with Children, Meadowbrook Parkway, Merrick, meteorologists, Nanny, New York, offices, pink roses, Pop-Pop, punch bowls, sherbet, shunning pork, staticky televisions, stuffed mushrooms, yellowed paper | 2 Comments

Airplanes

Posted on April 22, 2013 by judisunshine

I grew up where throwing rocks in canyons is not allowed I grew up where growing up makes me awkward and proud I grew up where it was a difficult drive to the airport And I hope you have a … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood, Dreams, Driving & Other Transportation, Family, Miscellaneous, Restaurants, Women | Tagged Airplanes, American Airlines, ants, awesome wedding, Baltimore, Big Pharma kiss my ass, Chardonnay, Colorado, crab cakes, cruises, fear, flying, grandparents, JFK, Josh, magical, meteorologist, moms, New York, Nyquil, Olivia Newton-John, Rome, Rupert, Sammy's wedding, Schenectady, September 11th, steady work, Third Eye Blind, travel, Two of a Kind, weed, Xanax | 1 Comment

A Candle

Posted on April 15, 2013 by judisunshine

When I was young, there was pretty much no place I loved quite as much as Lake George, New York. I grew up pretty poor. To be fair, my parents were living the American Dream while it still existed, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Body Image, Celebrities, Childhood, Entertainment, Family, Miscellaneous, TV, Women | Tagged Alyssa Milano, American dream, Entenmann's, Freihofer, Lake George, Miracle Whip, New York, san francisco, squash, summer homes, Who's the Boss | 8 Comments

New York VERSUS Colorado!

Posted on March 19, 2013 by judisunshine

Do NOT mock my pro/con lists! ~ Rory Gilmore So a few weeks ago, I revisited New York. My home state, the place I lived for nearly 36 years. It had been nearly two years since I’d been there. Thanks … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Family, Food, Friends, Lists, Manitou, Miscellaneous, Restaurants, Women | Tagged altitude, Amendment 64, Atlantic Ocean, bagels, Benny Blanco's, Blue Moon, bridges, Chinese food, Colorado, commuting, Dabba Mints, Denver, Facebook, Hurricane Sandy, Josh, La Piazza, LNK, Long Island, Manitou Springs, Merrick, MMJ, mountains, Nassau, New York, obnoxious drivers, oceans, pizza, pro/con lists, Reefer Madness, Rockville Centre, Rocky Mountains, root beer, Rory Gilmore, Sammy's wedding, Schenectady, Suffolk, Townhouse Lounge, vegetarian, Waldo Canyon fire, weed, wine | 2 Comments

New Air

Posted on February 19, 2013 by judisunshine

When I moved to Colorado two years ago, one of the most healing things about it was the smell of the air. Though two years earlier, the altitude change made me feel sick in cold April, in warm May of … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Manitou, Miscellaneous, Women | Tagged altitude sickness, Colorado, Denver, John Denver, Long Island, Manitou Springs, New York, ocean, Rocky Mountain High | 1 Comment

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Tag Archives: New York

Back to NY, Day One — Nanny & Pop-Pop’s House

This Day By the Lake Went Too Fast

To Nanny, On Her 91st Birthday

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