Tick Tock

It's the middle of the night and I can't sleep. For some reason, I was wiped out today and slept all afternoon. My punishment - can't sleep now. But you know, you're in that zombie state so you can't read, work, talk to people on the phone unless they live on another planet. I'm bored. Probably a letdown from an awesome weekend of shows I had looked forward to and a letdown from the stress of hunting for a job. Spoken Hand Percussion Orchestra was so fabulous this weekend. The whole energy of the place and the artists was really high and we were jamming too. Kudos to Jeremy and Radha. Afterwards, Rachel and I went to Tangerine, one of my favorite atmospheres in the city and lounged out on the couch with food and drink. Last night, despite the torrential downpour, the Koresh Dance Company did their semi-annual show. This company is so fine - everything they do leaves you in total awe and is one of the best modern dance companies in the US. Kudos to Jon. You all rock!

Why is the city lit in blue this weekend? I can see the PNB tower from my apt window lit up in electric blue. I am looking for a new place to live. I went over to check out the "loft district" - NO. In whose imagination is this a residential destination? I've already been mugged at gunpoint once, and I really don't feel like reliving the experience. I just have to be able to get to I-95 fairly quickly and to get to Studio B in Northern Libs with little effort. Those are my requirements. Was thinking art museum area, Northern Libs, and QV/Bella vista. I moved here from NYC and moving out of CC right now would be a shock to my system. Anyone hear of anything worth buying, let me know. Parking would be nice. Safety is key.

I am in love...

I've been totally smitten. Unbelievely maddly, deeply with the Kora, a 21 stringed instrument from Mali. I want to marry it and put it in my bed. Oh, happy me! Add goat cheese with honey from Tangerine and it becomes a religious experience.

I have a job!!!!!! I am staying in Philadelphia!!!!!! About 4 months ago, I looked around and realized I had made a home here and I didn't want to leave. I'm not going back to NYC.

I can see the Light

The word is that this job hunt may be over soon. Six months of soul searching, hunting, mapquesting, and answering questions. And my god, the personalities out there, it's unbelievable. One more interview, if that, and I think I am home free. It's been so exhausting, thinking about it all the time. I will be so glad to shed this skin. It's time to have lots of fun.

San Diego was so amazing. Joie de vivre: soaking up the sun at Coronado Island, laying in the grass, La Jolla sunsets, the soak zone at SeaWorld, the shameless monkeys at the San Diego Zoo, watching Sponge Bob Squarepants, drinking wine overlooking the sea, shopping for cute shoes and T's, gobbling raw oysters, escaping Tijuana with a bike, breakfasts on the terrace, cozying up at the W, catching up with Yvona over cocktails. Was there a conference here somewhere?

The Spider's Strategem

God, please, please, please let this job hunt be over soon. I have just about had it. Just when I think that something is secure, it lies dangling right above my head, just out of reach and then something else pops out of the horizon. I am so tired of this now, I just want to know. If it was all in one place then it would be OK, but this is playing out of two cities, New York and Philadelphia, and I don't know right now which one I will call home. It's April, and I have been going through this for six months now. I need to start making plans for summer. The funny thing is that nothing significant changes in the world around me. Everything will still be as I look at it, the cities being so close together. Yet the decision significantly effects me by how I spend my time and whom I spend it with. I have a preference: Philadelphia, but right now I have to take all emotion from this process and keep hunting until 't's' have been crossed and it is all a done deal.