Double Your Fun - Jeannie and Jerry
February 13, 2007 | Filed Under nyc | 4 Comments
I say double your fun because we had two visits from the Osbornes in January. Jerry and David Harris came up for the weekend to go to a Thrashers/Rangers hockey game. We also went to a really funny sketch comedy at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theater. There was also much Wii playing… naturally.
Jeannie flew up the next weekend to go to a ballet performance with Ashley (for a full review, contact Ashley.) I met them after the performance for some shopping and dinner. Jeannie also had the additional pleasure of staying at the Ritz Carlton in Battery Park City.
Blogging Is Easy
October 18, 2006 | Filed Under nyc, techie | Leave a Comment
And now with some interesting offerings from Google, it’s getting easier. I’m writing this post using Google Docs . I can then simply configure my blog settings in Google and send posts directly from it. Google Docs allows me to add collaborators, so Ashley and I can edit posts at the same time.
That doesn’t necessarily mean that I’ll take full advantage of this gain in productivity. Everyone knows that I have not been the most loyal blogger in the world, and I tend to overlook writing about stuff that you care about (namely, what life is like in New York.) I think it’s mostly because life in New York is fairly routine. I take the subway to work, sit in front of a computer for 8 hours a day writing Java or Perl or C# or whatever is needed for a project. Then I take the subway home, try to work out, eat, and spend time working on my personal projects or watching TV. The routine has taken a pretty fun turn this week though because we got a Macbook – Barney – which is SO much faster than our iMac (although I am still fond of Homer.)
I’ll throw this out there to keep you interested. I’m currently working on a redesign for this site because the current look is getting a little old. I promise to give the blog a clean and modern look, and we’ll all be happy. No promises that the new look will be soon. I have to figure out the Wordpress Theme Editor first.
Chihuly at the New York Botanical Garden
July 3, 2006 | Filed Under activities, nyc | 4 Comments
I don’t think I’ve mentioned it on this blog, but I have recently gone to work for Morgan Stanley. And one of the great benefits of working for a huge, New York based, financial company is that they sponsor lots of events around New York. For instance, I saw an announcement about Chihuly at the New York Botanical Gardens for free for Morgan Stanley employees. And since Ashley and I really enjoyed the Chihuly exhibit in Atlanta and we don’t often pass on events for that price, we went.
The New York Botanical Gardens are located just to the north of Fordham University in the Bronx, and they are very impressive. The gardens take up about 250 acres most of which is still original forest. According to the tram operator, it is the largest track of undeveloped land in New York City… which is remarkable in itself.
We weren’t as impressed with the Chihuly exhibit… maybe because we’ve seen a Chihuly exhibit before or because it was in a smaller space in Atlanta. Our general impression was that in the New York exhibit they didn’t try as hard to make the Chihuly art blend into the plant displays. There were sections of the exhibit that didn’t have any plants… just Chihuly. And that took away from the organic feel in a way.
I’m not saying it’s not worth seeing. As you can see, we got some great pictures. The rest of them are located here - flickr.com
Why don’t you ever write?
May 4, 2006 | Filed Under nyc | 4 Comments
No, that’s not me asking you. That’s you asking us when you stop by this site. You think… “didn’t I see that same post last week? Is nothing going on in the lives of the New York Nortons?” But you’ve talked to one of us lately, and we certainly have stuff going on. You didn’t ask us to blog about it either because you don’t want to be rude or you really would prefer not to read about something that you just talked to us about. But for your sanity and ours, here’s a quick rundown of what’s been happening to the NYC Nortons.
1. Ashley’s on a project in Charlotte.
2. I (Daniel) went to see JJ Abram speak at the Tribeca Film Festival this week. Very exciting. I’ll give you the details if you want.
3. I have been working on some side web development. I wrote a time tracker to keep track of all the tasks I have going on in a day. Feel free to use it and provide any feedback you have. It’s still a work in progress, but it has AJAX which is the new buzz word in web development.
4. We have been to four weddings this spring which means frequent trips to Atlanta.
5. It’s getting warm in New York. Everything is in bloom, and suddenly there are people on the streets again.
6. Lost was great this week! Did anyone else see it? What did you think?
Midtown Shadow
April 24, 2006 | Filed Under nyc, photography | Leave a Comment
I don’t normally blog other people’s photos, but this is an absolutely amazing picture of Manhattan. Check out his other pictures here on Flickr.com.
spring!!
March 31, 2006 | Filed Under nyc | Leave a Comment
This picture is not recent. I took it a few years ago, but it’s all I had to show spring is coming to NYC. I will get some pictures this weekend (I promise.)
Also, check out what happens when you click on the picture. This is a new feature I added recently called lightbox .
new lens - f/1.6 testing
March 16, 2006 | Filed Under nyc, photography | Leave a Comment
We just bought a new lense for the camera, and I took a few pictures just to play around. I thought this one was pretty interesting. The cool thing about a high apeture lens is the low depth of field. The postcard is from Balthazar’s and the magazine is this month’s “New York.”
Happy Birthday, Jill!
February 26, 2006 | Filed Under friends, nyc, visits | 5 Comments
Jill and Jackie made a weekend trip up to New York. They flew out of Atlanta EARLY on Saturday and got to New York about the time we were getting up and going. We spent the rest of the day walking around some of our favorite places: Rockefeller Center, Central Park, Soho, Union Square, and Chelsea. The girls also spent a lot of time shopping while leaving me to sit with the rest of the extra baggage (boyfriends and husbands.) We had dinner at Maroon’s (one of our favorite dinner spots that we always take our out of town guest to.) After dinner, we came back home to have Jill’s birthday pie on the roof of the apartment. We ended the night playing Whoonu © with the addition of Liz our neighbor.
We went to Mosaic Manhattan Church on Sunday morning. The girls then went shopping at Century 21 while I stopped by our local Border’s. Their fun but short trip ended when they left for the airport around 2:00.
Jill and Jackie, we loved spending the weekend with you. Come back anytime!
I’m watching you
January 17, 2006 | Filed Under nyc, techie | 1 Comment
Yes, this is a little sad, but I can only blame myself. I know that I need to put more content on the site. I want you to like us.
I was impressed that 11 people visited the site last week.
If you are curious, this is a screenshot of the Google Analytics report. It’s a great tool for tracking website usage, and it’s free!
New Years Resolutions
January 7, 2006 | Filed Under nyc | 3 Comments
I think it’s time to make my New Year’s resolutions public. So here they are in no particular order:
Daniel’s resolutions
- Read “War and Peace” – I have all year to finish it.
- Ride in a century bike ride (100 miles) – I would rather do this than run a marathon
- Finish the blog posts from Christmas (right Ashley?)
Now, it’s your turn. What are your New Year’s resolutions? Remember, these will be saved for prosperity, and I will bring them up in conversation.