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Ellen

I'd like to buy the world a Coke.

About Me

Quirky, down-to-earth, sweet, sometimes spacey, usually smart, level-headed, the hopefully ideal combination of mellow and neurotic (when I watch "Annie Hall" I really relate!)

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

so many people....

My Blog

Nature rules! (Like, dude, it totally rules)

Lately it seems my moods are very weather-dependent. When it's sunny and beautiful outside, I feel really happy, but when it's gray and blah, not so much. This does not make me unique -- a lot of peop...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:36:00 GMT

The Eagles in concert on Sunday night....

...totally rocked.  And, I got to go for FREE.  They did almost all of their old hits, some songs from their new CD, and a few of Don Henley's solo songs. If anyone wants more deets, let me...
Posted by on Wed, 28 May 2008 14:40:00 GMT

A citizen of NYC. (But for how long?)

Just read an article in Now Chelsea about some local business-owners, "mom and pop" shops, have been fighting and picketing to keep their places.  Seems prices are going up, up, up, and thes...
Posted by on Tue, 13 May 2008 14:15:00 GMT

Juno

There seem to be two schools of thought about "Juno."  There are 1) the people like me that loved it and found it really funny and moving, and 2) the people who thought it was trying too hard to ...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:35:00 GMT

Singer Dan Fogelberg dies at 56 :(

Aww, just read this on Yahoo news and promptly dug out his "Greatest Hits" CD.  "Same Auld Lang Syne" is such a great (if poignant) song this time of the year....some radio stations play it often...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 18:14:00 GMT

"The New Yorkers" -- if you love dogs, you’ll love this book

Just read "The New Yorkers" by Cathleen Schine.  I loved every minute of it, didn't want to finish, just wanted to keep reading endlessly about the characters. This novel is about a group of New ...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:28:00 GMT

Magnolia Bakery -- do not bother going

Or should I say, don't make a special trip. During my fairly brief time living in NYC, I've heard from friends and acquaintances that Magnolia is not really up to the hype.  I'm around Bleeker S...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:40:00 GMT

The Squid and the Whale

Just watched "The Squid and the Whale" again.  It's a little disconcerting to hear the Tangerine Dream music, since it's so closely associated with Risky Business at this point.  But I think...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 21:03:00 GMT