Entries from April 2008

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Early fall in late April

Last week, the weather in Philadelphia achieved that Spring ideal. It was bright, sunny and warm and the air made no demands. It gave people the ability to slough off extra layers and walk outside with appreciation in place of the regular disinterest or irritation. Over the weekend, our climate perfection slipped away and, after [...]

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

Voting and purging the rolls

There are many things that nearly never change in my apartment building.  Bud has been at the front desk since 1982, the steps leading up to the pool have always been painted a watery turquoise color and the same five people have staffed the community room polling place for every election since I’ve been voting [...]

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

5K runs, stomach flues and new garbage disposals

Saturday morning, Scott and I got up bright and early and walked over to the Art Museum.  He, along with a bunch of our other friends, had signed up to run in the Clean Air 5K.  It was his first time running outside since high school, so it was something of a big deal.  He [...]

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Shades of lilac, lavender and aubergine

There is a woman in my apartment building who only dresses in shades of purple and lavender.  She has smooth, white hair, that she always pulls back into a neat twist and whenever she plans on actually leaving the building, she wears a hat (wool in the winter and straw in the summer) and short [...]

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Quick Fork: Pop, pop, pop!

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Yoga class

Last week, I bought a two-week trial membership at a local yoga studio, just to check things out.  I’ve been saying for years that I wanted to be taking yoga classes, but I always was able to find an excuse that kept me away (not enough money, not enough time, the studio is intimidating, it’s [...]

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Fork You popular with the toddler set

Another reason to watch Fork You, the kids like it!

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Newly Cohabitating and Fork You Live

Scott and I just can’t stop churning out these web-based products for your enjoyment (we hope you’re amused by us). We’ve now recorded two episodes of a little audio podcast that we’re calling “Newly Cohabitating” and it’s mildly entertaining. Check out Episode 1 and Episode 2. We’re also filming another Fork You Live at Foster’s [...]

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Self-service wrenchette

A couple of days ago, my garbage disposal stopped working. This is not the first time that this disposal stopped spinning suddenly. When you have 40+ year old appliances, you come to expect outages now and then. In fact, one of the perks of my apartment building is that there’s an entire staff of guys [...]