Life in NY/Life in LA
Take Another Little Piece of My Heart
I might have died a little today. I was notified by New York State that I need to renew my driver’s license. I’ve been in denial that I needed to renew since I couldn’t when I was in New York a few weeks ago. Now that I’ve lived in California now for nearly 7 months, providing proof of my residence in New York will be difficult and I’m really not ready to call myself a California resident.
I’m not ready to give this up yet.
It should be noted that my current driver’s license has been little more than my identification for an excessively long time. I only learned to drive after college and I’ve had to to take driving lessons two different times because I never used the skill when I passed my test.
In New York, my husband and I only had a car for a short time. We wound up giving it up because parking in our Brooklyn neighborhood was a nightmare. We then used Zipcar (an amazing car collective) but I never drove.
When you don’t have a car…
Photo by Rakka
My current NY license picture is from when I was 26 years old and until I moved to California, it is the honest truth that I had only driven maybe a dozen times in my entire life. […]
Thankful Thursday – Ride For Jon
Inspiration
This is Jon Dephouse, a 32 year old triathlete, priest, husband, and father of two young boys who was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer known as Pleomorphic Rhabdomyosarcoma in October 2012.
Jon is my neighbor and when his wife, Sarah Lynn, told me of Jon’s diagnosis I felt the need to do something (however small) to help so with the help of some friends at The Cycle Annex in South Pasadena (where both Jon and Sarah Lynn were former instructors and where I take indoor cycling classes), Team Dephouse and the Ride For Jon was born.
Sharing Our Strength, Love and Hope in the Giving Season
Heart in NY, Body in LA – Part Deux
The infamous Coney Island Cyclone.
I can’t believe the emotional roller coaster I feel that I’ve been on regarding the #Sandyaftermath. The pull to be in New York, in my city, has been strong but the fear of what it will be like to actually be there is scary.
I follow a lot of fitness bloggers/tweeters and to see that the NYC ING Marathon was on….and then wasn’t (with the palpable passion surrounding both sides of the coin) added to my angst. I feel awful for many of my running friends that trained for the epic event, I do feel that the cancellation was the right thing to do. That’s about all I’ll say about this controversy at this time. Too much drama already.
Heart In NY, Body In LA
It is very surreal for me not to be in New York right now. All day yesterday listening and watching the news about Superstorm Sandy (and constantly checking Twitter and Facebook updates) definitely made me feel so very far from the place I still call home.
My apartment in Brooklyn is the place I’ve lived the longest in my entire life. Being so literally far removed from the place that has been my heart and soul for over 15 years was (and is) very disconcerting. I know that I would have been cooped up in said small apartment and complained that I was stuck inside going stir crazy but to be in California where it was (and is) sunny and 80 degrees feels like a betrayal to friends, family and even my very own self.
I was in New York for 9/11 and will never forget the sights, sounds, smells and stories of that day and the many days following. It was a very special time in a very special city. […]
LA Glam vs Brooklyn Cool
I took this photo around the corner from my apartment the week before I moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. Although I spent some of my formative years in the SFV of California, I’ve been a New Yorker for 30 years […]