Life in NY/Life in LA
2012 – A Year In Pictures
These are some of my memories of 2012 in pictures. I couldn’t share them all but these are some highlights. Looking back makes me excited for what 2013 has in store!
New Year’s Day Run 2012 Look closely to see […]
Want A Sneak Peek at the 2013 Rose Parade Floats?
I now live close to the City of Roses in California and luckily one of my newest local friends, Mr. Pasadena, told me about a wonderful charity event benefiting the Pasadena Police Activities League where you could get an advance sneak preview of the 2013 Rose Parade Floats this week.
While I’ll admit that I’ve never been a big parade fan, this seemed like a unique opportunity and a way to become part of my new community.
Jay, Wild Boy and I got to see 20 of the floats scheduled to be in the parade including the lead float based on the Dr. Seuss book “Oh The Places You’ll Go” (which is appropriate for our family in 2012).
I learned quite a bit during my tour: I had no idea that float making basically takes all year long and that the Rose Parade is seen in over 200 international territories and countries around the world. […]
Xmas Eve Tradition Continues Bicoastally
Image by Pirate Johnny
Every year for many years, Jay and I have had the traditional Chinese Food take-out Xmas Eve dinner with our closest friends in New Jersey. We’ve been through many iterations of life together […]
Holiday Differences – NY/LA
It’s difficult when you go from this scene at the holidays:
Image by Listen Missy!
To this:
Image by Iain Buchanan
I’m not complaining but it is strange to go from a […]
Bicoastal Mammogram – LA, Part 2
To get a phone call from these people, the Monday after Thanksgiving saying you need additional images (after a mammogram the previous Wednesday) is a bit unnerving.
The cancer experts in NYC.
Bicoastal Mammogram – New York, Part 1
I said it yesterday that I’m really no good with transitions. I have no future in triathlons so I am just writing. Sandy Hook stays in my human heart and the blog’s heart (with the green and white pegs of the heart logo) but as life dictates even in the most terrible of times, we must move on.
In keeping with the fact that I’m both bad with transitions and in denial that I’m no longer a full-time New York resident, I waited until I went back to New York for my annual mammogram. I’m 42 years old and have had only 1 mammogram. I have no idea why I waited until I was 41 to have my first mammogram considering my stepmother died when I was 17 years old of what was believed to have been breast cancer (it had spread to her spine and all over her body when doctors found it during surgery) but I did.
It really is.
Image by: Mayor Of Worldwide Breast Cancer