Amber & Puff Coats

Summer is over. I woke up this morning and both cats were under the blankets with me, which was mutually beneficial in combating the morning chill.

I wore a light jacket this morning but think it might be time to pull out the Barney coat.

Winter is not a slimming season.

Amber & House Cleaning

Kevin sent me this photo of my not-quite-yet NYC apartment.

I sure have alot of house cleaning to do! Luckily, CRD has posted these hints from his friend Sue Ann Nivens.

Now, where should I put my couch?

Amber & Product Samples

I love product samples, but surprisingly not when they come attached to my morning coffee.

This morning, I bought my morning cup from Crumbs & Coffee-- the desperate act of a caffeine addict running late for the H1 bus.

It came with a sample of a product attached, as depicted above, but for my cup BriteVision Media had attached a sample of Jacqua Pink Buttercream Frosting Lucious Lotion.

It's certainly accurate-smelling, but I find cake undesirable in a hand scent. The lesson? Crumbs & Coffee is bad and cake-scented hand lotion is not a logical upsell for coffee.

Amber & Stomach Viruses

Chris caught a "stomach virus" and was too sick today for brunch at La Palapa.

Thank goodness he has Zach to take care of him.

Get better, Chris!

Amber & Crackers

I like crackers, with or without cheese. Kevin tells me that this is an especially good kind.

I am going to buy some when I move back to New York and have access to good Italian stores.

Amber & Friends

This is a picture of my friend CRD and I wearing our smoking bird shirts. What is it with birds and cigarettes? It's really bad for them.

Below is a picture of Diana, Kevin and me which was taken by Jimmy who is a serious photographer.


The exciting thing about today is that I will see all of these friends at Old Town, which is just like old times. I miss them and bacon cheeseburgers-- now more than ever.

More pictures of my friends can be found here.

Amber & Baby Animals

This is the reason I got out of bed this morning. This baby bonobo and Stevie Wonder assure me that there is goodness in the world.

Amber & The Blog

This is my new blog which was inspired by CRD's blog. His blog is here.