goings on

There has a lot been going on this week. Whoo!

OK, so Valentine's Day was lovely and our dinner in Brooklyn was great. I'm really glad we didn't have to deal with Manhattan and the snow that night after all. Pickle and I picked a neighborhood place we had never been to, TEMPO, and had their little 3 course pre-fix menu.

Yesterday at lunch I went and got Pugs for Dummies, which I have been pouring over and which Pickle likes to read the picture captions aloud so we giggle. (She doesn't remember that it is for dummies, you see...) "Black and fawn pugs enjoy sitting on chairs." But it really is the best and most detailed to prepare. Things I have thought of and worried about are finally answered. Brilliant!

Last night we went to the Time Out NY/Design Within Reach photography event/auction/happy hour in the Brooklyn store. It was nice and we even bid on a beautiful photograph since we were there early enough to put in $150 on this giant abstract aerial view of a bridge and water, but it really looked like a line with geometric detail. All the photography was from Time Out staff. I'm sure we didn't win it since we left more than 2 hours before the event ended, but it was fun to sit on expensive modern furniture and drink wine with my drunk (from a work party) girlfriend.

My mom is coming this weekend and so far the weather has not been cooperating. I think her flight is back on after it was cancelled, so we'll see. I have planned for us to go to the Met for the Costume Institute's Nan Kempner exhibit on Sunday with $10 manicure & martini after at Beauty Bar. Very mom activities. We are also excited because she is staying near the Century 21.

I have narrowed my pug search down to 2 places, 1 in Brooklyn and one in Long Island. I am calling them both after she leaves on Tuesday to see if I can just look at them before I decide. Well, I am calling the Brooklyn one and if it is unacceptable/unsuccessful, I will call the other one.

The following weekend, Pickle and I will be taking our massive trip to Petco and getting the essentials like her crate. Oh yeah. I also bought that doggy tote I posted about earlier from a different seller and I got quite the good deal with free overnight (though totally unnecessary) shipping. It was over $150 off! I think I did just fine and although everyone will think it is unnecessary, obnoxious, and too early, I am going to love it and I want to be able to do this for myself. She is mine and I will put her in whatever I want, thankyouverymuch. Practical, pink, or otherwise.

That weekend is also a really late birthday celebration for her with our friends. Or, the last hoorah before puppy time. Having a puppy is going to be so exciting and make me so happy. Watch this video (it is a little long, but totally worth it) to see how cute Olive is going to be.

In other news:

• Someone found my blog my googling "grandma lezzies." So many thoughts run through my mind, including an image of Pickle and I really old. That's a funny one. Also, was someone trying to find porn??? That creeps me out. I think I have mentioned that Pickle's Grandma Ginny was okay with the lezzies, or something...I hope!
• Yesterday on the subway we had a funny encounter I want to share:
• Man sitting next to me, writing in a little journal: "Can I ask you a question?"
• Me: "Um, sure. "(thinking he was going to ask if the train stopped at 34th street, or something)
• Him: "What do you find attractive in a man?"
• (ME: in my head: What the f*CK?!?! I haven't had enough coffee and it is too early in the morning commute to even attempt to come up with something witty and informative, let alone try to describe my hypothetical-yes-I-can-find-men-attractive ideas...)
• Pickle and I look at each other about to laugh...
• Me: "Buddy, I think you are asking the wrong two women on this train."
• Him: "Well, what do you find attractive in each other?"
  
• Me and Pickle: "I think that's too personal, thank you." And we immediately move to the newly vacant two-seater away from him.

Seriously, though. What kind of a weirdo asks strangers this in the morning on the way to work? and more importantly, what kind of a weirdo googles "grandma lezzies"? I think they are the same person.

That's all for now.