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I choose to reject the concept of rain or clouds for the upcoming first 5 days of Bear Week in Provincetown. Reject it, I say!! The winds are going to come from out of nowhere, baffle meteorologists all over Massachussetts, and sweep away all the bad stuff. The temps will remain tame between 80 & 85 degrees every day with evening lows between 72 & 75. I think that'll make for a beautiful WONDERFUL vacation. That's the story and I'm sticking to it!
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Well, we're off tomorrow for a second round of Ptown in the off season. The trip should be fun and still pretty low-key in town. Last weekend was the event, Out of Hibernation, which is a bear run during the St. Patrick's Day weekend. I heard it was pretty fun and they had some great fundraisers around town. We're done packing and getting ready for everything, including our hair cuts, which we'll get tomorrow morning.

Matthew's hair has to be at about the same length as a month ago. He's doing a scene this time that precedes (in the story's time line) that he shot a month ago. Between walking from the street into a bar, his hair can't all of a sudden appear shorter than it was outside. That would be really funny! Never know, though; I might be called in last minute to be background! That'd be cool.

Here's the weather forecast for the next few days. I'm hoping that it's not as wet as is predicted; last time was snowy and wet enough!! I'm also hoping that maybe we could get into a different town, say on Sunday, like Wellfleet. They have GREAT oysters from there this year. They're HUGE and delicious.

One of the best things about this trip is that we're leaving on Thursday this time, so will have Friday in town and then the weekend. Traffic (knock on wood) will be better than on a Friday through Connecticut going up and returning in the evening should be a breeze; at least it was last time.

The subject covers two aspects of Ptown: 1) Provincetown, MA, in the winter when tourists aren't around... and 2) Matthew acting in an episode of a TV show called Off Season.
It's exciting to be in Ptown in the winter! We had a big, blustery, SNOWY winter storm Sunday - all day. And we made the absolute best of the day. We got up late and played on our pads for a while. The snow outside piled up to about 10"!! Eventually, I dug us out to the road. Not a big deal, since the snow was fresh and light. But I had a small, trunk-ready shovel, so I had to be careful not to throw out my back. :-)
On Saturday, we drove around and took pictures, but it was dreary and rainy. We had our postponed anniversary dinner at Ross's Grille, which was fantastic! To drink, we had a bottle of Pouilly-Fuissé Chardonnay. For dinner, it was raw oysters first, then locally sourced, sauteed mussels & clams - delicious broths! Our entrees were the Cape Cod Seafood Stew. The Off Season dictates what restaurants stay open throughout the season, and which ones close for a while after the tourist season and WHEN they close before the tourist season starts up again. Ross's Grille closed the day after our meal and we were served the last mussels, clams, and stews that they had. We really lucked out!
Sunday night, our dinner was at the Bistro @ Crowne Pointe, which is less than a block up the hill and has GREAT views of the Pilgrims' Monument, the Town Hall, and other historic buildings. We had Cake Chardonnay with deviled eggs, Italian bread, steamed mussels, and New England clam chowder for apps. Then, of course, we HAD to have a New England steamed lobster. Really great dinner, too.
Both nights we took in the "leftover" Ptown nightlife, which was light but fun and totally cozy. Most bars have a warm, cozy and glowing fireplace. The fireplaces reminded me of places in Germany, Austria, and Prague.
All throughout the weekend and in the weeks leading up to today, Matthew & I have been running over his lines over and over again. It's been really fun.
Monday, we relaxed and got Matthew ready for one of his scenes. The shoot started at 3pm, so I drove around Ptown on my own to take pictures of the town with the snow. It was a bit disappointing because the incessant high winds blew away most of the snow in the course of the day.
I think I got some really great shots that capture the winter Provincetown, which most of the people that come to Bear Week every summer never see or can imagine. Matthew hadn't messaged or called that he was done, so I went to the Governor Bradford pub for a glass of Chardonnay. I had never been in that bar before; it's quite old and charming in its own right but I think there's no A/C in the summer, which is always the first and major deterrent.
While sipping my wine at the bar, I had probably the funniest experience ever by myself in Ptown - EVER!!: 4 fishermen in from their boats at the corner of the bar trying to outdo each other with their impressions of the Cowardly Lion from the Wizard of Oz. It was so difficult not to even crack a smile in the hopes that they wouldn't stop on my account and that they might take on other characters with their (pretty decent) impressions.
I made my way to the location of the shoot taking place in a restaurant that was new to us, Sage. Matt did an excellent acting job; members of the crew were very impressed and came to me tell me they were. *happy dance*
So, this trip we went to places and areas of town that we'd never visited before. We went to the Shipwrecked Lounge, the Porchside Lounge, The Little Bar at A-House, the Governor Bradford bar, the Squealing Pig, Sage, the town's US Post Office, the very end of Commercial St, and areas of the Province Lands and National Parks that were new to us.
All in all it's been amazing trip and it does not feel like 6 days. Given our druthers, Matt and I would probably want to stay until Sunday but he has to get back and teach on Thursday evening. Can't wait to review and post some pictures of Ptown in the winter!

Current Mood: excited
Current Location: Provincetown, Old King's Hwy,
Current Music: Hurting Me Now - Sia

Our condo is on the 3rd floor of a high-rise on a cliff across from NYC. We can actually see the George Washington Bridge from our balcony and we have a decent view of the treetops and other nearby high-rises. Our balcony also overlooks the top two levels of the building's parking garage. There's about 10 feet between the edge of our balcony and the edge of the parking deck, but the deck is easily 10 feet lower than our balcony.

I'm explaining all this because we should NEVER see PAW PRINTS in the snow on our balcony other than from birds. We rarely see birds, either. So, for Matthew to notice little paw prints was kinda weird. Apparently, our next door neighbor now owns a cat and lets the animal out on her balcony from time to time. I thought I heard a "meow" from time to time and this just confirms it - and it wasn't through the walls, it was from our balcony! The floor of our balcony continues from our side to our neighbor's side and the railing continues beyond a separator between our segments of the entire balcony slab. So, it's not unusual that a cat would find a way to jump onto the railing - carefully - and walk over to our side. Or even looping around the railing on the floor, which would be the safer route. Cats are known to be ultra curious, but ultra safe.

I love cats, so finding these little paw prints in the snow, to me, was a cute little find this morning!

Current Mood: happy
Current Music: Queen - Don't Stop Me Now

In the lobby earlier charging my phone, I kinda tired of hearing: "I saw that this house was picked up off its foundation and then moved a block down the road and then hit the neighbor's house!" Or "Yeah, ya know, listen... they keep picking up dead bodies!" Or "Edgewater is a complete disastah! I can't tell you how it looks! Trader Joe's? Oi, they're devastated! Devastated!"

Did they not read or hear about the tsunami last year? This highly pails in comparison. At least Indian Point is still standing and suffered no ill effects from Sandy. But I get it: THIS storm affected THEM or came this close (*showing an inch with my fingers*).

Current Location: Cliffside Park, Franklin Ave, 291

So, it's day three of the aftermath of Sandy hitting NYC & NNJ (where we are). We are healthy and safe and that's the main thing really. It's hard to keep that in mind without electricity, TV, or internet, not to mention hot water. But Matt and I have truly been making the absolute BEST of a bad situation. And even though we can't have a grill or natural gas in the condo, I am evermore astounded by and thankful for living in a high rise. We have security, we have regular community updates, we have neighbors close by, and there are local businesses that are open and easy to get to.

Matt & I have also decided that once in a while, we'll eat solely by candlelight again. One, it's like romantical and stuff, and second, it'll -hopefully - keep this experience fresh in our minds. Of course hoping that something like this hurricane doesn't happen again to this degree in the near future, but also to remind us that we should totally unplug from time to time.

Current Mood: awake
Current Location: Fort Lee, Edsall Blvd,
Current Music: Wide Awake - Katy Perry

Sitting here, I'm truly grateful for Matt's family. We are faced with an extra 4 days of vacation though we are really ready to be home. We've been traveling for 3 solid weeks and have been to 6 countries and easily 12 cities. While we've been gone, NY had an earthquake and is now prepping for hurricane Irene. We'll sit in southern Italy with little A/C, sketchy Internetz, and no work drinking wine and eating pasta. Buono appetito!!

Here's what we saw when we woke up! Check it out! UGH!

Yeah, buddy! Here's a new series on The Weather Channel, hoping to retain its audience even when weather is boring or not tumultuous (love that word!). The series is called "From The Edge" and premiers tonight. We've scheduled Tivo to pick it up.

"From The Edge" follows Peter Lik, an Australian photographer traveling around talking about how the weather dictates what makes for good/bad photos. I'm interested in the show for a myriad of reasons, not the least of which that the host is great eye candy! Plus, who doesn't love Australians? Enjoy!

Boxing Day 2010. Day started at 3:30 AM checking on our flight to NC. Flight's still on time for departure at 6AM. Cab comes at 4:15AM to cart us to LaGuardia and we had carry-on luggage. In NY, they were asking for two people who were willing to give up their seats for a $300 voucher apiece. We almost opted for that, but realized we might not get into Raleigh if we did that. We gave up $600 of airfare in order to make it to the Lambeth Christmas gathering!

We flew to NC from LaGuardia Airport (NY) The entire flight to NC, we saw only white outside our window. Typically, as we're landing at RDU, you can see miles of trees and green and neighborhoods. That day, this is what we saw:

Once we landed in Raleigh on the "plowed" runway, we got to our gate about 5 minutes later, while another plane was getting deiced (above). This is the video I took of our smooth landing out my window:

Inside the airport before we got our coffee, we looked at the board (top left). Our later reshuffled flight with $600 of vouchers would totally have been canceled. We wouldn't have made it to NC at all!

Our Alamo car was waiting for us and we had "pick of the litter" from about 4 cars. For some stupid reason, I picked the Dodge Charger (rear-wheel drive) instead of any Toyota or Honda (front-wheel drive). None of the cars available had all-weather tires anyway, but it would have been smarter to get a front-wheel drive for the snow. We were tired and it was 8:30AM, after 4 hours of sleep.

This is the car - pretty and red, huh? It looks really good in the snow.

Unfortunately, for this trip, "looks good in the snow" meant "lodged in a ditch on the side of some arbitrary road in south Raleigh"!! That's where I landed us, thinking I was turning into a driveway that ended up being a massive, deep ditch. I couldn't see the front of the hood at first because of the snow drift.

Asshole rednecks in the neighborhood walked by us without stopping to help or asking if we needed help - even after I beeped! One angelic good ol' boy stopped to try to get us out to no avail, so we called AAA. 3 minutes later, Matt jostled us out of the hole and back onto the road. AAA was looking for us within about 5 minutes!!! We passed the tow truck on the way to the hotel while we were canceling the call and told them thanks for getting there so quickly. Hopefully, they got out to help the 30+ abandoned cars we passed on the highways from the airport.

Our hotel room was pretty and the beds were really comfortable! We took a nice 2.5-hour nap before heading to my youngest sister's house for lunch, games, dinner, and games.

We made it to my sister's house and it was a beautiful wintry wonderland!! We spent two and a half days going back and forth from our hotel to my sister's house for family festivities. In the end, we all had a great time (mixing in some dramatic moments where family members lost their holiday cool). Got some really fun gifts and had lots of good food and laughs.

Not to be taken lightly though, the weather and air traffic didn't cooperate with us. Our flight on Tuesday to return to LGA was canceled and we're getting a refund from our trip. Alamo, the car rental place who gave us the Dodge Charger (feh), wanted to charge us $450 on top of a day's rental ($120) to drive up to NJ; i.e. $570!! We switched to Budget instead and got a nice Malibu for the trip for a mere $248 total with an XM/Sirius radio to boot! The trip was quite uneventful, thankfully, and the main roads were completely clear. We ordered a cab to pick us up from the airport and drive us home from Budget at Newark airport - YAY - and got home at about 2AM. We are exhausted and really glad to be home!!

Here are some pictures of the snow and the holidays with my family:

Well, Christmas 2010 is done. We're starting to pack things away and make room for all the new stuff. Let me correct that statement: I am starting to pack things away. Matt's still asleep, as well he should be. We both had a very busy holiday season and he did a lot of work on food.

We spent Christmas eve and day at Matt's sister's house. Christmas Eve was the traditional feast of the seven fishes, which went off without a hitch. Matt blames it on my help, but I don't know that I did all that much. He said it would have been a race to the "finish line" without me and my support. Again, don't know how I helped that much, but I guess I kept him going at times. Christmas day was fun. Matt and I had our gift exchange at home.

Our Yule Log:

Then we went traipsing up to Mahwah again (about 30 minutes up north) to spend the day with his sister's family and his aunt and cousin. It was fun and the kids were soooo excited. The day ended with his aunt and nephew getting a stomach bug from something. Not sure what cuz we all ate the same things. Hmmm...

I got Matt a peacoat, two jackets, an audio book (David Sedaris), and a leather executive office chair that matches mine. He got me/us a whole bunch of geeky things for the Xbox and our diet plan for 2011. I'm really glad he got us those things cuz I really didn't need anything at all!

Matt's Leather Executive Chair (I'd already purchased it and he was already using it, but I had to wrap a gift with it, you know?)

The NJ Christmastime was fun and pretty easy. Here's our geekwares:

Current Mood: geeky

What would a blog be without some good ol' complainin'? This last weekend was fun for the most part and even the bad, rainy, windy weather couldn't dampen it. Or could it?

Saturday night turned into a very late night out in the city with Matt's family and college friends - two vastly different venues with two intensely different crowds for two different reasons. His cousins got together for the bi-monthly dinner outing, and the friends were hosting a surprise birthday party for a set of twins - Matt's best friends. We were soaked for the second venue looking around a big building for the club "48" on 48th St. and 6th Ave. Went around the entire building almost losing both our umbrellas in the wind to find that we hadn't had to go around the building after all! The place was directly across from our parking garage. Yay.

Sunday was greeted with LOTS of sleep because we had to set the clocks forward. What was 1:00 PM to us became 2:00 PM. We still (on Monday now) feel like we're suffering from jet-lag. During the day, we realized that the water pressure was getting less and less. I remembered immediately what might happen without warning - loss of water. The good thing about our place is we're on the 3rd floor. Typically, water pressure will stay to some degree for much longer up to the 4th floor, so I took advantage of it. Buckets went into the tub and we filled the buckets awaiting the worst. We finally lost all water pressure by about 7:00 PM last night.

Due to the weather over the weekend, the electricity has been out at the township's main water pumping facility. We keep getting calls from the building manager, the board president, and the township - great communication, but not at 3:00 AM and 5:15 AM. We were woken up this morning (after 3.5 hrs sleep) to water spitting into the toilet tanks - thank goodness! I quickly got up and filled three buckets of water, flushed the toilets as they were so they were clean for the day (and put in bleach!). Sooo, we're good for the next 4-5 hours. If this keeps up, though, we're heading to a hotel somewhere for a day or so, till this is done. UGH!

It's amazing to realize how much we rely on that water being there and how important it is for our lives. We take it for granted. Losing electricity is not nearly as bad as losing water.

This is how 12" coming down looks from my office window at home right now. It hasn't stopped snowing for the last five hours - starting around 6:30 AM or so. And this is ALL thanks to

dewittar for wishing no more rain in the northeast.

Nice weather we're having right now, huh? Way to bring in the New Year with snow!

Today it started raining later in the day, but beforehand, there were menacing clouds over the George Washington Bridge!! To the east of us, there was not much cloud cover, but north of us was quite dark and scary. Check out these photos from our beautiful, top-garage-floor view!

We were awake this morning for about 45 minutes before we discovered that it had snowed... as I was looking out the window and gawking lethargically at the blankets on the cars, it started snowing again! It even turned heavy for a few minutes. We went on about our day and it's all gone now. Cute, slushy, and history. Just enough for pretty crocuses and dwarf irises to poke through for the spring.

Today at 9 AM, the taxi is coming to pick us up to go to the airport. It's 5 AM and I'm wide awake after 2 hours of sleep? Why? Thunder. In March. At 4:50 AM.

( Why should THAT be a problem? )

( Green House Fire article )

In typical family-beach-trip fashion, this year will not be without a good ol' hurricane to meet us on the path - Hanna. The storm swells are really cool, but won't be as much fun without the pier close to us. They tore down the pier at our beach back in 2006. It was a shame, really, that Atlantic Beach, NC, decided to begin changing the face of the beach front so drastically that they felt the need to remove a historic landmark - the Sportsman's Pier at Atlantic Beach. They're making way for HUGE condo buildings and resorts in the hopes of bringing tons of business down there.

Thing is, even though the warmer season is longer than on the Jersey shore (5 months or so in NC compared to 3-4 months in NJ), people tend to forget that hurricane season begins early to mid August and goes through September.

I just heard about a friend's co-worker who is camping in his backyard because he doesn't have electricity in the house. Another friend of his is staying with him since Tuesday night because he won't have electricity back till Friday. It's bad out there. NJ and Queens got hit hard by the storms.

OMG HOT HEAT STEAM SIZZLE HUMIDITY. UGH!!

I have on linen pants and a short-sleeved silk shirt. Still awful. There was supposed to be less humidity today.

Why are meterologists allowed to keep their jobs when they're so often wrong about their predictions? For that matter, we should employ astrologers instead. I bet they'd get more days' weather correct more frequently. The best meteorologists are around the Great Lakes. When the weather changes on a dime, "It's the lake effect.". That's their excuse, which while valid, should be their standard preemptive blurb discounting the weather predictions they make.

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Entries tagged with weather

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