hands holding a void

the piece that got us talking at MoMA...

little white wedding chapel...

Wow, it’s my parents’ 35th wedding anniversary today.

Actually, this is the first of two wedding anniversaries. The crazy kids eloped in a very non-Britney/Nicky Hilton-like way while they were on a weekend road trip to Vegas long ago, and they ended up having a traditional Catholic ceremony a couple of months later (which was quite a relief to me when I found out, considering I was born nine months after that!). My dad likes to joke that my mom forced him to do it. Hard to believe, especially since my mom tends to be the quiet and conservative half of the couple, but I actually think it’s a bit romantic. They had only been dating for a few months, my dad just bought a new car, and they wanted to take it out for a spin. Little did they know…?

It’s amazing to me that stuff like that happens even to this day (again, not referring to the celebrity tabloid unions). It definitely was a different time way back when, values were, well, valued and held in high regard, people tended to commit more easily, and although it’s been quite a tumultuous marriage for them, I respect the friendship, love, strength, patience, tolerance, sacrifices and humor that my folks exert on a day-to-day basis to make our family work as best as it can…. a ton of work and I’m sure I don’t even know the half of it!

Happy anniversary, Mom and Dad.

brrrrrrr

After being spoiled with mild weather the past few months, snow made its appearance (albeit brief) this week. Here are some pics from the neighborhood which I took during my morning walk to the train.

chatsworth peeps

I spent the MLK holiday weekend hanging out with a couple of friends from my hometown. Here are a few pics from Debbie's first night here in the City, along with my co-host Noel whom I haven't seen since the Chatsworth H.S. Senior Prom (EEK!).

  

  

  

  

today's word of the day

coxcomb \KOKS-kohm\, noun:
1. obsolete. A cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red. (Now cockscomb).
2. archaic. The top of the head, or the head itself.
3. Obsolete. A fool.
4. A vain, showy fellow; a conceited, silly man, fond of display; a superficial pretender to knowledge or accomplishments; a dandy; a fop.

"If thou follow him, thou must needs wear my coxcomb." -- William Shakespeare, King Lear

Courtesy of Dictionary.com

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HAPPY NEW YEAR***
We gathered a group of 22 friends (and family) for a pre-NYE brunch at Miracle in the West Village. Thanks for the belated birthday gifts and, MOST OF ALL, for your company -- making it a truly fitting way to spend the last day of the year. Much laughter, luck and love for 2007 to y'all... Cheers ~ LVFT.

 
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