The Weekender

The Weekender | No. 10

I have ventured out more in the past few weeks than I have in the last six months. I met my mom for lunch at one of my neighborhood faves. So many people

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People milling around the lobby at MoMa. The weekender.

The Weekender | No. 9

Happy New Year! This is my first appearance on the blog since 2019 when I posted about some of the fun festivities I participated in at the end of last year. This has

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The Weekender | No. 8

Christmas is next week! I’m looking forward to slowing it down, spending more time with my family and having bit of a break. With more time off I plan to do all of

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The Weekender | No. 7

This week has been a bit of a whirlwind. The year’s end is always a busy time as everyone rushes to finalize the last deals of the year. On top of which, I

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Royal-Palms-shuffleboard-Bar-DJ

The Weekender | No. 5

I still haven’t conquered my joy at the lengthening of the days. I did so many fun things over this past week that it would have been a great week anyway, but sun, ya’ll!

I attended a friend’s birthday party at The Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club out in Brooklyn and that place is so much fun! In addition to shuffleboard they have other games that you can play while you wait to play or have finished playing shuffleboard, a great white bar with records & a dj (pictured above), and a delicious Mexican food truck (I ate all the chorizo.) We were in it for the long haul. After Royal Palms we headed over to Pig Beach for a barbecue dinner and then Union Hall to play bocce.

Let’s see, what else? Gayle and I interviewed Washington Post columnist Ron Charles for an upcoming episode of The Readerly Report and we recorded our book club episode on Becoming by Michelle Obama. It was a busy week of podcasting.

I went with a friend to Rossopomodoro. I usually go there for pizza and wine but I had their rigatoni with braised short ribs, and it was so good. You should go! I discovered that it’s an Italian chain, and they have locations worldwide. Of course, I go to the one in the West Village.

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