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What Inspired Me: August 22

  • Washington Monument
  • Lincoln Memorial
  • Honest Abe
  • Vietnam Memorial
  • Finally
  • Fried Green Tomatoes- Tupelo Honey- Arlington
  • Chaps Pit Beef- Baltimore
  • Bryant Park
  • As seen on Fifth Ave bordering Central Park
  • As seen on Fifth Avenue bordering Central PArk
  • Met Museum- Gallery 774A
  • Met Museum- Gallery 121
  • Met Museum- Gallery 119
  • Tea Society- celebrating Chanel
  • Strip House Speakeasy- Watermelon Salad
  • Brooklyn Botanic
  1. Let me start with this- my daughter went back to college….
  2. Secondly- the best thing about driving home from DC is stopping in Baltimore for Chaps Pit beef. I have no idea what pit beef is, but I know it’s delicious
  3. I love fried green tomatoes (whistlestop optional) – these were pretty good
  4. We did a brief sightseeing jaunt in DC before we headed home-
  5. Had a wonderful in person book club- helped that we all liked the book
  6. Bryant Park has a wonderful “reading room”- outdoor tables and books and magazines. They also sponsor reading/writing events for free. I attended a memoir writing workshop given by Cullen Thomas. He is a wonderful speaker and hope to eventually take a class with him. He also is a cross between James Marsden and Rob Lowe, which in LA speak means he’s quite attractive.
  7. My Tea Society celebrated Coco Chanel’s birthday at Bergdorf Goodman. We had a lovely tea followed by a little quality time at the Chanel counter. There just may be a new lipstick in my collection…every black dress needs a red lipstick every now and then
  8. I saw Aretha. Jennifer Hudson is quite good- however the movie is quite average overall
  9. On my way to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden I experienced subway delays/issues….It was only a track fire and not someone letting their girlfriend drive the train though (true story). As I stood trying to figure out how to get to the garden, all I could think was first subway issue in 18 months- we’re back baby…
  10. Lost Leonardo very interesting if you are an art geek
  11. Obviously- I took time to get in as much self care as possible!!!