So, yes, tonight, at the tip-off from my colleague Christina (who got the tip-off from her husband over dinner via mobile phone text), I watched a bit of the last total lunar eclipse until 2010 -- from my friend Adeena's front step on Central Park West (I'm in NYC again). I missed the full monty (I was in a cab in Times Square, not good viewing conditions) but caught a bit of the umbral shadow action afterwards (very dark, smoky hazy currents moving over the moon like a big shadow). Are you impressed with my vocab? (Space.com baby!) I wanted to watch more, but had just come from dinner and really had to go to the bathroom and darn! it's cold outside, so I am now inside, warm, cosy and snacking on some Haagen-Dazs from Adeena's freezer (she is a recipe developer, food writer and chef so her refrigerator is always a good time for me).
I am here all week for work and rather crazed, but got to have dinner with Molly Saturday night and had a spa day on Sunday with Rosanne (who I will also be partying with tomorrow night). Had a two hour Thai Massage Ritual -- BLISS! I have gotten to see some other assorted friends and colleagues which is always good. But man o man is it windy and cold here. Can't beleive I'm saying this, but I do beleive I am now partial to London weather.
Ugh, SICSA (Sudden Ice Cream Stomach Ache)...
....ok, back from putting the Haagen-Dazs back in the freezer, where it belongs.
As per usual, I can't decide if I miss NYC or not. A reoccuring and subtle perplexion. Always love being back here and it's all so familiar and normal again like I never left, but it's just not mine anymore somehow. Which is ok, I get back often enough that visiting is just fine. But it's still odd, I go to the same old places I always did - but they just don't feel the same.
Guess New York's been eclipsed by London. And I think the "umbral shadow" will somehow last more than 4 hours. But that's ok, eclipses happen....something is always going to overshadow something else. That's life....that's what makes it interesting. Who knows where I'll be watching the next one from in 2010!
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