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Part of my weekend was spent at my parents’ house. I finally got around to cleaning out the pond I built last year. We didn’t put a screen over it so it go clogged with leaves in the fall, and was now a breeding ground for icky stuff. So I put on some rubber boots [...]

I saw a sign on a bus today for a 2 week VDAY festival in NYC. It’s running June 12-27. I know some of my beloved readers might be interested.
Until The Violence Stops | V-Day Presents a festival of theater, spoken word, performance and community events created to bring the issue of violence against [...]

Central Park SummerStage has their schedule up. Notable there are benefit concerts from Fiona Apple and Ani DiFranco. Free concerts with DJ Cut Chemist, Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians (donation), and Audra McDonald.
Saturday, June 17: 3-6 p.m.
Rhett Miller, Teddy Thompson, Ollabelle ÂÂ
Sunday, June 18: 3-6 p.m.
Takfarinas, Chris Berry & Panjea, Turntables on the [...]

Guggenheim Museum – Exhibitions – No Limits, Just Edges: Jackson Pollock Paintings on Paper is opening at the Guggenheim tonight. I plan to go see it and I can get guests in for free.
Let me know if you’d like to come along.

They were filming Spiderman 3 in the park outside my building today. The filmed the part of the pizza sequence in Spiderman 2 on the other side of the park.
 I know..how terribly exciting.
Is it time to go home yet?

I went to NJPAC for the first time for Christina’s graduation. It’s a really cool place and I’d like to go back and see a performance there. So I was checking out their website and I came across NJ Arts Tix. Basically they sell discounted tickets for theaters all around NJ 48hrs before performances. I’m [...]

I know some of you gardeny types read this and I need help. I love lavender and last year I planted 2 larger plants in containers and a small one in the ground. They all dyed. I know one was an English lavender plant and I think the other one was french. Anyway the english [...]

Apple & Nike have teamed up for the Nike+ line. Bascially it’s a sensor that goes into certain sneakers and a thing you plug into your nano that tracks your running data. Seems like an interesting concept.
The website with more info is http://www.nikeplus.com/ And it will be available in June.
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I went to Christina’s UMDNJ graduation today at NJPAC. It lasted 2 hrs and then we went to her and Adam’s house for a backyard party with their families. The weather was gorgeous, unless you were in the shade where it was freezing.
Congrats to Christina & Adam!

Just who I want cutting me open!!

In an effort to simplify my web presence I have rolled all my former gardening blog posts into this big blog. They are now available under the gardening category.
Last weekend I took my mom to Gro Rite in Lincoln Park and spent $188 on flowers. Then on sunday Vanessa and I spent a good 5 [...]