A city so nice,
They named it twice...New York, New York...
Good bye Big Apple...And good bye Corina...Be good!!!
Tomorrow we are leaving for our trip to west coast: San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Simi Valley, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Sedona, Death Valley and Yosemite Park....It will be interesting, but sad... after that our staying in US will come to an end. In our way back to Bucharest we will stop in Dublin and that's all!!!
Why all good things come to an end to quickly?
Monday, September 28, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Last weekend...
Good bye Long Island!!!
For the last time, yesterday, we went to Peacock residence, for the "Fig Festival", as everybody was joking around. We picked fresh figs from Billy's trees and ate them with Gorgonzola cheese and presuto. Yam! Afterwards we had dinner, Maureen's excellent side dishes and Billy's barbecued stakes. For the desert (tiramisu cake and rhubarb sauce) we went outside and gathered around a bonfire, it was perfect as the night was coming and the weather was a bit chilly. We reminisced about good old times, Kevin even sang a song from his boy scouts years, while we were roasting marshmallows. Nice company and friendly atmosphere..Excellent!!!
Unfortunately, the day came to an end and when we said our last good bye Billy had tears in his eyes...What a beautiful family!!!
He promised though, to come visit us in Bucharest along with Corina and Kevin, this coming Christmas....Maureen hates flying, so she said that she is waiting for us to come back, which I don't mind at all!!!
Today, we will meet with with our friends, we invited them over to us for a pizza and a good bye drink. Everything now is bitter-sweet...almost 20 years is not easy to leave behind...
PS: The ad-hoc party was fun, they brought a cake with a dedication "Adio...dar raman cu tine".
That's all she wrote! There is nothing else left to say...
For the last time, yesterday, we went to Peacock residence, for the "Fig Festival", as everybody was joking around. We picked fresh figs from Billy's trees and ate them with Gorgonzola cheese and presuto. Yam! Afterwards we had dinner, Maureen's excellent side dishes and Billy's barbecued stakes. For the desert (tiramisu cake and rhubarb sauce) we went outside and gathered around a bonfire, it was perfect as the night was coming and the weather was a bit chilly. We reminisced about good old times, Kevin even sang a song from his boy scouts years, while we were roasting marshmallows. Nice company and friendly atmosphere..Excellent!!!
Unfortunately, the day came to an end and when we said our last good bye Billy had tears in his eyes...What a beautiful family!!!
He promised though, to come visit us in Bucharest along with Corina and Kevin, this coming Christmas....Maureen hates flying, so she said that she is waiting for us to come back, which I don't mind at all!!!
Today, we will meet with with our friends, we invited them over to us for a pizza and a good bye drink. Everything now is bitter-sweet...almost 20 years is not easy to leave behind...
PS: The ad-hoc party was fun, they brought a cake with a dedication "Adio...dar raman cu tine".
That's all she wrote! There is nothing else left to say...
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
To Vali
Another year....another birthday!!! Tot ce-ti doresti sa devina realitate si mult succes in noul an scolar si pe mai departe.
La Multi Ani! Noi, toti cei de aici
La Multi Ani! Noi, toti cei de aici
Friday, September 11, 2009
Patriot Day occur on September 11 of each year, designated in the memory of almost 3000 casualties in the September 11, 2001 attack. President George W Bush sign the resolution into the law on December 2001. It is a discretionary day of remembrance. People call it Nine -Eleven, the day that changed America....
I remember, I was in the kitchen making some stuffed peppers when Corina called me from work and told me to turn on the TV, she didn't know much, actually nobody knew more than that a plane hit one of the twin towers. While watching the news , another plane came and hit the other tower. Now for everybody was clear - it wasn't an accident but a terrorist attack...
I remember, I was in the kitchen making some stuffed peppers when Corina called me from work and told me to turn on the TV, she didn't know much, actually nobody knew more than that a plane hit one of the twin towers. While watching the news , another plane came and hit the other tower. Now for everybody was clear - it wasn't an accident but a terrorist attack...
Last evening, again, we went to see some tennis and of course, Nadal was playing against Gonzales. We got some invitations from Cristi (Romanian Voice) so we had excellent seats in the Press box. Unfortunately, the weather was miserable, cold (67 degree F) and windy (25mph). On top of everything, after an hour into the game, it started to rain, and the game was stopped. After an wait of almost an hour, and an attempt to resume the game, the rain became heavier so they had to cancel everything... So much for my last day at the US Open!!!
PS: 1-Among the personalities present in the stands to see Nadal, besides Mayor Bloomberg, who is a regular, was Placido Domingo and Jennifer Aniston.
2- Update: Nadal lost badly, in the semifinals to Del Potro who moved on to beat Federer to become the new US Open champion....
PS: 1-Among the personalities present in the stands to see Nadal, besides Mayor Bloomberg, who is a regular, was Placido Domingo and Jennifer Aniston.
2- Update: Nadal lost badly, in the semifinals to Del Potro who moved on to beat Federer to become the new US Open champion....
Monday, September 7, 2009
Labor Day
It is the American May Day, a workers holiday which celebrates the labor movement and the strength of labor organisations. Labor Day was celebrated for the first time in 1882 in NYC. Forms of celebration include parades, art events, picnics or barbecues. It is the symbolic end of the summer and the last weekend before children return to school.
We had a nice weekend... first on Saturday morning we went to the beach in Coney Island then in the evening we met with Corina and Kevin and went to a movie (we've seen "Taking Woodstock" - warning: it's not a total waste of time, but it's not a lost if you don't see it!) and afterwords we stopped at a bar for desert and a couple of drinks.
On Sunday we were invited to a christening, Arthur and Dacia were the god parents. It was a big party around 120 people, very nice organised and we enjoyed ourselves very much.
The DJ played very nice music, including one of my all time favorite song, "Je t'aime... moi non plus".
Another note : plenty of people at the party were smoking hookah, I found out that is it legal and better than cigarettes. I didn't try nor I'm interested to!!!
Today, Monday there is a street fair right by our house, on Lexington Ave and maybe we'll go there for a while; the afternoon it's all reserved to tennis - I'm glad that Nadal is doing good....
We had a nice weekend... first on Saturday morning we went to the beach in Coney Island then in the evening we met with Corina and Kevin and went to a movie (we've seen "Taking Woodstock" - warning: it's not a total waste of time, but it's not a lost if you don't see it!) and afterwords we stopped at a bar for desert and a couple of drinks.
On Sunday we were invited to a christening, Arthur and Dacia were the god parents. It was a big party around 120 people, very nice organised and we enjoyed ourselves very much.
The DJ played very nice music, including one of my all time favorite song, "Je t'aime... moi non plus".
Another note : plenty of people at the party were smoking hookah, I found out that is it legal and better than cigarettes. I didn't try nor I'm interested to!!!
Today, Monday there is a street fair right by our house, on Lexington Ave and maybe we'll go there for a while; the afternoon it's all reserved to tennis - I'm glad that Nadal is doing good....
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