from pavement to pool

Last weekend I spent Saturday waiting for Tony to show up with the tow truck. Long story. Short version - I had a car in the city and was driving to the country for the night to enjoy the pool. Lucky me...I felt so free driving down 3rd avenue ready to escape the garbage scented pavement. There was traffic. Everywhere. I was happy in my 62 degree car with Michael Buble joining me. And then there was smoke.

I pulled over and called 911. Smoke and gasoline make me nervous. I know, I know. I probably didn't need the fire trucks to come inspect but better safe than sorry. I sheepishly smiled as they told me to call for a tow truck - they kindly said no problem when I said sorry for the false alarm. The car overheated and I was at the mercy of AAA, Tony, to come rescue me. So two hours later in the mid-day sun with the hood open in the middle of 114th street traffic, I had to laugh. There go the plans for my Saturday. I finally got home to the lush countryside, to my mother's breathtaking garden. Jumping in the pool to the vision of my surroundings, the car trouble seemed like no trouble at all. I was free.

happy father's day

For your bow ties. For breakfasts at the diner. For your hugs. For the times you read us books and fell asleep before we did. For the Oreos you let us have in bed when Mom was away. For naming me Bear. For the support and wisdom. For the call on a Tuesday. For the encouragement to look at the entire horizon, not just the road in front of us. For answering my question about how the earth revolves around the sun (last week). For laughing with me after I asked said question. For the love that continues throughout the years, days, seconds. For being my Dad.

Happy Father's Day to all the Dad's in the world. An extra hug to you, Dad. You and Mom are the sun in my orbit. xoxo

old bay

Courtesy of Martha Stewart Living

It's officially summer with the heat wave that sweat through the city this week. I am ready to feel the wind in my hair on a boat like this with no agenda but deciding on what to BBQ, burgers or shrimp. Corn on the cob on the grill - I can taste it now. Has me thinking of Old Bay. Wouldn't that be good as a marinade on shrimp with some olive oil and lemon? What better way to spend a June weekend than being on a bay with Old Bay. My bay this weekend will be a pool but water is water. Such a tough life I live. Happy boating or whatever the weekend brings for you.