have you ever been so exhausted that you drank your coffee standing up, in the shower?
me either. until today.
Everything is funny, as long as it’s happening to somebody else.
~ Will Rogers
still funny after all these years . . . . (i think).
for several years i’ve been wanting to do a little bit of volunteer work. since i work from home, waste no time commuting and never take a ‘lunch’, i could easily take an hour or two out of my day to do some good for someone, somewhere. being a big sister was high on my list. taking a kid to the zoo in central park would be fun. or clothes shopping every once in a while, maybe buying an outfit for their first day of school – i would love that. i would teach my little sister all of the things she may not have the opportunity to learn in her present environment, like the value of an education and why proper nutrition is so important. then we could hang out at my place and read wayne dyer’s kids books and concoct extreme salads! it would be great. or, now that i live right across the street from the…
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“Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem”
― Henry Kissinger
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111 years ago today, the universe gave birth to an angel i called gram.
i love, miss and think about you every day gram. happy birthday! xo
“We should all have one person who knows how to bless us despite the evidence.”
~ Phyllis Theroux
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Tagged eckhart tolle, jacob glass, matt kahn, spirituality, videos, wayne dyer
A guest staying at a boutique Flatiron hotel was slammed against a sidewalk by the hotel manager after she broke the front door, police said.
The 27-year-old woman, a tourist from Los Angeles who was staying at MAve Hotel on East 27th Street and Madison Avenue, returned at 4 a.m. on Sept. 9 to find the door locked, according to police.
She began kicking it to get someone’s attention, cracking it in the process, according to authorities.
Hearing the commotion, a manager of the hotel, a 37-year-old man, chased after the guest and repeatedly slammed her against the pavement and held her down by putting his arm across her torso, police said.
The woman suffered a cut on her shoulder, according to the NYPD.
Both were arrested by police shortly after. The woman was taken to Bellevue Hospital for treatment, officials said. more
“your level of consciousness is governed by how nice you are.”
~ matt kahn
Posted in big apple, law & order, law of attraction, manhattan, news, ny city life
Tagged bellevue hospital, cracked door, hotel manager, in the news, MAve hotel, NYC
woman talking on phone on e. 73rd street:
“only hookers wear red lipstick. only puerto ricans wear red nail polish”
“you’re only 21; you ain’t been out there. you don’t know nothing.”
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walking on east 63rd street:
3 year old boy asks mom,
“why are there so many streets?”
mom: “what do you mean?”
boy: “why are there so many streets???”
mom: “do you mean why are there so many streets in manhattan?”
boy: “no, why are there so many streets in the bronx?”
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on the m15 bus going up first avenue:
mother slathers 2 year old’s hands with purell.
2 year old boy promptly licks palm & announces:
“that tastes good.”
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on 2nd ave at 47th street :
man in suit walking with woman also in a business suit:
“is this 42nd street?”
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the bus headed uptown on first ave:
3 year old child told his mother;
“he was dead and he couldn’t walk so he had to go to the hospital.”
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on the sidewalk of east 52nd street:
when asked where his young son goes to pre-school;
man #1: “sutton place temple.”
man #2: “is it true that the more money you give at temple, the closer you get to sit to the menorah?”
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corner of 53rd street & 3rd avenue:
woman on phone – late 50ish – heavy new yawk accent;
“did you eat?”
“are you full?”
“are you sure?”
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2nd ave & 58th street:
teenager asked mother, “who is ed koch?”
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50th street & 3rd avenue on st. patrick’s day:
20 something girl #1: “i’ve never been to a st. patrick’s day parade.”
20 something girl #2: “neither have i. i didn’t even know there
was one.”
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51th street & 2nd avenue on st. patrick’s day:
me: “it’s crazy out here.”
doorman: “yeah, it’s a beautiful day to throw up.”
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1st avenue at 56th st:
2 moms, 2 strollers, 2 two year old children;
mom #1: “how does he like camp?”
mom #2: “i don’t know, he never tells me anything.”
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#1 favorite!
while shooting pix with my canon 7d on park avenue:
“she has a better camera than you”
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Tagged funny, manhattan, new york, speaking, storypeople, words
Posted in good to know, happiness, inspiring, life
Tagged change, frances hodgson burbett, good words, hope, quotes
sometime the most unexpected things show up. for instance, in this photo i took of first avenue at twilight, what are these things??? how did they get in my photo & what do they want? it’s been said, a picture is worth a thousand words, any guesses on what’s being said here?
“Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.”
~ Buddha
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Posted in good to know, Photography, spirits
Tagged camera, first avenue, light, manhattan, NYC, orbs, photography, strange things in photos, weird objects
straight from the birmingham alabama new york city news comes a red hot story of theft in the city. we should all remain vigilant and be on the look out.
A woman was caught on video swiping a lucky horseshoe from an Upper East Side barbershop after walking around the shop taking photos with a cellphone.
The culprit was standing outside the shop when Rebzovic caught up to her, he said. Rebzovic demanded she return the item and when she obliged, he let her walk away, he said.
The horseshoe has since been returned to its original place.
if you see this woman, please be aware she is armed with a horseshoe and potentially very lucky. (click on picture below for more details!)
“Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind.”
~ Buddha
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Posted in amazing people, humor, law & order, manhattan, ny city life
Tagged 164 e. 88th street, alabama, birmingham, Buddha, dna info, horseshoe, lucky!, New York City, NYC, quality barbers
if you have a heartbeat, you’ll be truly inspired by this 8 year old angel. if you watch this video until the end, your heart will be beating beams of love for alissa sizemore – wow!
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Take your make-up off
Let your hair down
Take a breath
Look into the mirror, at yourself
Don’t you like you?
‘Cause I like you
~ Colbie Caillat
Posted in amazing people, happiness, inspiring, Love
Tagged alissa sizemore, beauty, colbie caillat, dance, happiness, inspiring, love, perfection, talent
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i’m so ready to trade in my down coat for some flip flops.
please.
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“Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.”
~ Helen Keller
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Posted in amazing people, big apple, happiness, holiday, humor, life, manhattan, ny city life
Tagged #easterparadenyc, 5th avenue, colorful people, easter, fun, holiday, NYC, parade
Sometimes it’s the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination.
~ Drake
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Posted in good to know, inspiring, life, New York
Tagged drake, journey, NYC, streets of new york, walking
during my recent quest for free tires, and before manifesting the tires in a completely bizarre and unexpected way (which you may read here), i began my search on craigslist. sure that i would find someone in nyc looking to unload 3 tires – i did not. what i did find, was a salon in soho looking for a haircut model and i was in need of a free haircut!
it’s been years since i was in the industry, but back in a previous life, i was the manager for a high end hair care line. i spent 4+ years travelling around the country visiting the top salons, selling hair products and getting to know stylists in the best of the best salons in the united states. occasionally, some of the country’s top talent would offer me a complimentary cut or color. a pretty awesome perk, i know. . . .
back to craigslist. the salon was sam brocato, located at 42 wooster street, in the heart of soho. in the last stretch of her two year apprenticeship, a beautiful young woman named christina was in need of hair model for a short cut, and along with 3 tires, i also wanted a new short haircut.
i felt like i won the lottery when christina responded to my e-mail letting me know i had been chosen for the free haircut. not powerball or anything, but at the very least a good scratch-off ticket.
by the time she was done, it was apparent that her talent was as large as her heart. if it’s what she aspires to, one day i’m sure i’ll see her name in the style magazines along with the likes of frederick fekkai, oribe & christophe – at least i hope so. i can do my small part by introducing christina to you today. you can do your part by booking an appointment with her – you wont be disappointed – and . . . you’ll have an amazing new style!
to christina, i thank you – for your time, for your talent & for picking me! may success follow you always.
sam brocato salon ~ christina ~ (212) 334.3777
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“Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.”
~ Alan Cohen
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Posted in amazing people, career, fashion, nyc, style, the art of manifesting
Tagged 42 wooster st., christina morris, christophe, frederick fekkai, gratitude, hair, new york, NYC, oribe, sam brocato salon, soho, stylist, top stylist
it’s been on my bucket list for years – i have to meet warren buffett.
At 84, and with $72.8 billion and counting, Warren Buffett stirs interest when asked that age-young question. How do you do it?
The answer: Eat like a 6-year-old.
“I’m one-quarter Coca-Cola,” the chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, told Fortune magazine, of the beverage giant in which he owns $16 billion in stock.
“If I eat 2,700 calories a day, a quarter of that is Coca-Cola. I drink at least five 12-ounce servings. I do it every day.”
The Oracle of Omaha says his diet is high-sugar and high-salt and he said he changed his eating to mirror a boy that age.
“I checked the actuarial tables, and the lowest death rate is among 6-year-olds. So I decided to eat like [one],” he told the magazine.
“It’s the safest course I can take.”
(ny post article)
Be as you wish to seem.
~ Socrates
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Posted in amazing people, happiness, humor, success, thoughts
Tagged coke, death rate, diet, high-sugar, loving what is, make me laugh, socrates, warren buffett
years ago my friend ellice and i were wandering around soho and saw a ‘tire table‘ on display in an art gallery for a ridiculous sum of money – at least we thought so at the time. the table consisted of a round piece of glass set upon two stacked tires. freshly sprung from college, i suspect any amount of money for a piece of furniture may have seemed ridiculous back then, but we both really loved that table. right away, ellice and i set out on a mission to acquire free tires and made our own tire tables for the cost of a piece of glass.
recently, i was in need of a table with a large working space. as luck would have it, someone left a giant round glass table top downstairs in the basement. i put the word out for a table base and my mother suggested another tire table, which i thought was a perfect idea. i immediately put an order out to the universe for 3 tires so that i could make a new, larger version of my old beloved tire table. i was so excited, that i forgot to include any details with the request . . . .
shortly after i placed the order, on my way home from nj, my car fell into an enormous black hole in the middle of route 78 and blew out the right front tire. after 2 1/2 hours of waiting for roadside assistance, my brother thomas, a state trooper and a flatbed tow truck showed up all at about the same time. my brother and the tow truck driver both told me that my spare tire was leaking and it was not going to make it back to the city – i would have to follow my brother to his house, spend the night there and deal with the tire in the morning – which i did – sort of . . . .
my brother woke me in the morning, asked for my keys and told me he was taking my car to the tire store, where he was meeting my dad who was going to pay for my new tire (thank you, dad!). i asked thomas if he wouldn’t mind asking the guys at the tire store if he could have 3 old tires so that i could make my tire table. he was not looking overly pleased with my request as he walked out the door around 9:00 am on a freezing cold sunday morning, but i knew he would come through. 3 hours later, thomas arrived back home with my sparkling clean car (he had taken to the car wash), sporting 4 brand new tires and my other 3 good tires all wrapped up in plastic bags in the trunk.
my next shout out to the universe is to send me a husband who is a perfect mix of my dad and my brother, thomas – no additional details required.
“The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.”
~ Dalai Lama
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Posted in amazing people, family, giving, happiness, inspiring, the art of manifesting
Tagged ellice uffer, gratitude, john cagnassola, manifesting, thomas cagnassola, tire table
my aunt fran, who we always called sis, spent every day making life better for people. she was an accomplished professor who left the world of higher education to assist people who may not have been able to receive a higher education without her help, generosity and kindness. she taught children in the public school system in downtown newark, nj and made lives better for all ‘her’ children. because of her efforts helping kids understand that they mattered, assisting them to learn and sharing her light, there are adults today that have risen out of poverty, gone on to college, and made a better life for themselves – a legacy we should all want leave behind.
sis left this world way too early yet was able to do what may take others many lifetimes to accomplish. she spent her spare time doing things like volunteering for habitats for humanity and helping the poor and underprivileged throughout the world in many ways. it’s hard to believe it’s been seven years without her yet good to know her legacy will live forever.
thanks for all you’ve done here, sis – and a big shout out of gratitude to all the people who helped her along the way.
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
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Posted in amazing people, career, family
Tagged dr. cag, educator, frances cagnassola, habitats for humanity, kindness, legacy, love, newark, nj, school, service, sister
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I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.
~ Jack Kerouac
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i can’t be the only one who has personally witnessed some slight exaggerations from weather peeps when there may be some impending weather-activity; am i right?
here we go again . . . . the weather according to cnn:
“This could be a storm the likes of which we’ve never seen before,” said New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Whatever terrible storms New Yorkers have experienced in the past, “prepare for something worse,” he said.
Earlier Sunday, the National Weather Services upgraded its blizzard watch to a blizzard warning for the area from northern New Jersey through southern Connecticut, including New York City. Twenty to 30 inches of snow is possible with winds gusting 55 to 65 mph.
“Weather forecast for tonight: dark.”
~ George Carlin
(i’m with george on this one until i see otherwise)
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Posted in life, ny city life, nyc, weather
Tagged 2015 blizzard, mass hysteria, New York City, NYC, snow, snowman, weather report
