monday monologue - fuzzy brain

fuzzy brain this morning 
Oscar after effect 
of 
staying up past 10 pm 
gawd 
I am getting old 
didnt wager any bets 
and 
am not surprised 
although I am disappointed 
there were no major WTF moments 
aside from 
Ms Lopez's 
maybe 
maybe not
 'costume' malfunction 
I say the vee was a wee bit too deep 

did you catch Angelina's slit to the hip strut?  
Seriously?  

this fashionista's take on best and worst dressed 
Viola Davis 
wore some fabulous gowns 
to the other award shows
her green Vera Wang was pretty atop 
but 
seemed to be ripped and tattered 
on the bottom 
I know this is a style 
its just not a style 
I find 
red carpet
 'worthy'
 if there is such a thing  

AND 
I thought that 
Melissa McCarthy might have lunch with Octavia Spencer 
to get her stylist's name 
because 
Octavia looked amazing

while 
Melissa looked


 .. well ... 
not so amazing  

Enough of this fashionista stuff 

how about the weather in NYC this weekend?  


Talk about being 
blown away
I walked down to 
Columbus Circle 


Saturday 
to meet 
my handsome hunky Larry


and 
his better half Kevin

 for 
lunch at Robert
in the Museum of Art & Design 
truly one of the best lunch 
or 
dinner restaurants 
with a view you cannot 
beat

Kevin takes many snaps of the UWS

Columbus poses as if he's on the red carpet

food 
that competes with the view 
service that is superb 
I ordered a salad when it arrived it was 70% frissee 
I detest frissee 
detest it 
I told the waiter how much I hated it 
asked to replace it 
I apologized 
he refused my apology 
bringing me a different salad 

it was a leisurely lunch 
lots of catching up with the guys 
lots of photo taking 
lots of tech talk 
and 
we made a new friend 
a charming woman sitting just next to us 
asked 
'was this the grey haired seating area?' 
I told her if so 
we were in the wrong place as we 
(Larry, Kev and I)
all have 
SILVER hair 
as did she.  

taken by our new friend A

taken by the Maitre d'

New Yorkers are not shy  

It was a fun lunch 
after the guys headed downtown 
I walked uptown 
it was a bracing walk with the wind blowing 

when I got home 
a package from Los Angeles was waiting
under the rugged outer wrap 

this 
beautifully 
wrapped 
box
a belated (due to the USPS) birthday gift


 inside 
this exquisite antique 
(a little older than I am )
hand painted 
cup and saucer 
thank you 
my dear F 
I adore it 
and
you

Sunday 
I did my weekly beautification at 
after that a quick trip to Zabars 
then home to hang with Toonman
 the cats 
and 
some catch up on 
Luck 
which we record off HBO 
if you've not seen it give it a shot
 its some of the best writing 
characters 
acting

I hope you had fun tagging along
let me know 
what you thought 
about
 the Oscars
the fashion


 all 
of these pictures 
were taken 
with my iPhone 
some using the Hipstamatic app 
none are signed