Thankfully, Anna likes her new school. She likes going to school, she likes finding monkey tatoos on her cafeteria tray, and she likes having Art every Tuesday and Music every Friday. The school is at the end of our street, a two-minute walk from the door, which is great when it’s 7:45, you’re half-dressed and…
Author: katrina
The Littlest Mermaid Poses By the Other Littlest Mermaid
Like a lonely sailor, Anna is obsessed with mermaids. She already knows that she wants to be a mermaid for Halloween and a new mermaid costume is already in her room, draped across her toy-buried bed. While hunting for decent coffee (sorry Dunkin Donuts–I can’t run on your joe), we found a charming coffee shop…
Beach Bumming–Jersey Style
I moved to New Jersey on January 10, 2004, one of the coldest days of that winter, and five and a half years later, I still feel like a stranger in a strange land, especially when summer circles around. That’s the time of year when people go to the “shore” to enjoy some “pie,” a…
Aiming High
I wish I could say this photo came from my rose garden, but I can’t. This photo came from Peggy Rockefeller’s rose garden. Growing up, our family backyard was laden with rosebushes. A rosebush wasn’t something you drove to to visit–it was something I watered and trimmed and then, when I felt like it, plucked….
Where the Wild Things Are…For Now
This guy is worried about his future, and with good reason. So is this guy. And this guy knows that outside a zoo, his options aren’t so good and likely involve a side of french fries. No one on the planet can escape this recession. The econommic impact to the Bronx Zoo and other museums,…