blather

its sunday afternoon
 i just got back from brunch






cantina 
west 48th street/11th avenue
not a great view for a rooftop restaurant
but
 an excellent bunch
capping off
a very busy social butterfly of a weekend 

friday 
toonman and i cleaned the apartment
 he vacuums the floors 
i vacuum the furniture
 then 
the professionals arrived
steam cleaned the couch/love seat the arm chair and ottoman 

i am embarrassed to tell you
 its been 5 years
 since
 we had them professionally cleaned

  considering there are
 3 cats
 2 humans
 living here over the last 5 years 
the dirt 
the oops-is 
added up

 i think 
they look almost like new


 if you ignore 
the 
wear/tear
 annie inflicts

she just wont use the scratching posts
 plural 
we have 3
 in fact 3 different types 
i kept hoping she'd find one she would use

saturday
a super busy day
began
at exhale spa
massage
and
 facial
left me totally relaxed

i zipped back across to the westside
yi blow dried my hair 
forcing it to curl under
sadly my hair has a mind of its own
by midday it was curling up

the subways were insane
weekend construction complicated by signal issues
the westside trains all ran only to 14th
then the expresses went local
the locals went back uptown

i met my friends clint and larry at my office


 after the walk around
after a few photo ops


we headed over to lunch 
southwestny
is on the corner of south end and albany
good food good drinks
i didnt take any photos 
we were too busy catching up

then we walked over to our friend's place
le pet spa
its on the corner of south end and rector
if you need a good pet supply and grooming place
this is it

on the way back from brunch sunday 
(today as i write this) 
i made melissa drive round the block
the block being 57-56 streets between 11th and west 
 so 
i could jump out of the car
 and
 take a photo of this building

 its so odd


the summer is really winding down
next friday
 is
 my next to last fridaycation
 i plan on filling it up 
til then 
you'll have to be satisfied
 with
 toons
 water towers 
and 
wordless photo posts