Deb Space

The current bitter cold has made an ice rink of the dog park, but no one gets to skate on it. For skating, you’d have to go here.

Poor Boo! has not been able to play in the park for days.

During the recent bitter cold (not to be confused with the current bitter cold), ice developed on the river. It’s been fascinating watching the progression of ice in the river.

As the temperature warmed up, the solid sheets fragmented.

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Boo! occasionally likes to help me with my yoga practice, which in reality means that he’s not very helpful. Instead of doing a half lotus forward bend, I get to do a half lotus puppy hug. This is his idea of Up Facing Dog.

I’m bummed.

I just heard that Chanel’s Mobile Art Exhibit was cancelled. I guess with 200 layoffs in the Paris office, it was not feasible to keep the show going. I wonder if the show had been cancelled earlier if that would have saved any jobs.

In a small note of good news, it looks like the pod will be used for temporary shows. I don’t care it Karl Lagerfeld prefers the building as a sculpture and an empty space. I think it’s a beautiful space to show art. As long as it’s around, it should be used for the purpose it was intended: to show art.

No puppy was abused (much) in the compilation of this blog post. You’ll see he gets his revenge. I promise.

Christmas was a bit subdued this year because I had a fever, but watching Christmas come together was exciting.

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I’ve unpacked most of the boxes, enough to know that the Packing Gremlins have struck. They take something in every(one’s) move. They are holding a friend of mine’s coasters hostage for close to a year. After almost two months, I still can’t find the salt I packed. None of it. No sea salt, not kosher salt, no plain old table salt. And they’ve also taken the microwave food cover (yes, that’s the name for it). Why couldn’t they take something I don’t use and wouldn’t miss?

In early November I got to see the Chanel Mobile Art Exhibit in Central Park. Zaha Hadid has gotten some buzz in recent years, but I had never had the chance to see her work in person.

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Scott, Boo! and I went back to Oak Park to oversee our move. The 14-hour drive was uneventful except for the unexpected detour towards Bear Mountain. The GPS was set up to avoid tolls. Had we taken the full detour, it would have added three hours to the trip. Thankfully we got suspicious and corrected our course.

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Last night I needed to drop off a package, but couldn’t find a mailbox (and didn’t feel like going blocks out of my way to the post office).

I’ve tried to find out if the post office has a map of where their little blue drop boxes are and I can’t seem to find one. I did, however, find this site. Mobile users can use this site. This site has a message board where you can post the disappearance of a mailbox.

I ended up bringing the package with me to my local post office, which was on my way home. Next time it will be easier.

So I’m trying to set up the utilities at the new place. I go through the application and hit “Submit.” A page come up and says that the site is experiencing “technical difficulties.” I decide that maybe I should inform the webmaster and go to e-mail a note. Alas, I get another message saying that the site is experiencing “technical difficulties.” Grumble, grumble.