Busy Bee

To say that work is busy these days would be an understatement. It was a very long week but there was still time for some fun. It is finally starting to feel like Spring in New York. Last weekend I went to the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. The flowering trees have peeked so the wonderful scents of Magnolia and Honeysuckle were everywhere. The cherry tree esplanade is also quite lovely. The garden has a great flower shop so I am attempting to grow a Begonia on my windowsill.

This week I attended the Gotham Writers Workshop spring preview. Their classes are expensive but the preview classes were free. It was great to write again. I plan on taking some writing classes but will do so at the New School because I can take them for free there.

My friend Melissa and I celebrated the end of the week by going to Cleopatra's Needle for happy hour. I have been there several times before. It is a great Middle Eastern/North African restaurant on the Upper West Side. The best thing is that it is one of the few restaurants that has great live entertainment without charging a cover.

Saturday was incredible outside. It was in the 70s so I enjoyed a nice stroll through Central Park. Another nice perk to my job is free entrance to MoMa (museum of modern art). There are exhibits on Color and the Elasticity of Design right now. There was also an exhibit on the Geometry of Motion which I found fascinating. I do love the permanent collection at MoMa. The impressionist period is my favorite art movement and MoMa has pieces by some of my favorite artists. Okay, Paula's Top Five Favorite Artists (in no particular order) Monet, Van Gogh, Modigliani, Matisse, and Picasso.

Later I met a friend in the East Village and we headed uptown to Jazz at Lincoln Center. Esther and Michael were out of town so they kindly gave me their tickets to a Jazz/Gospel show. The show was amazing. The best part of Jazz at Lincoln Center is that the theatres look over Central Park.

Today I met up with my friends Sarah and Joe. We went to a Mets game. Even though the Mets lost we still had a great time. Both the Mets and Yankees are getting new stadiums next season so it was great to be at Shea Stadium...and I really don't know why they need a new one. Shea
was great and the energy from the die hard fans was great to be around.

Well I should get ready for bed, I am old and tire easily today.