Feb 24 - Chips

Hmm but not my favorite kind but it is the perfect thing to go with a margarita on this lovely day. Shame I am at work and don't like margaritas !!!! But we are prepared for National Tortilla Chip Day just in case someone surprises us with a frozen beverage .....

Feb 21-23 Falling behind again

I swear I mean to post this each night and I just keep forgetting maybe my next blog should be a memory challenge!!!


Tuesday - Feb 21 was National Sticky Bun Day and boy do these live up to there name!! Thankfully Amy's Bread had them and app they are the best in town so perfect as I was not up in time to go anywhere else :)

Wednesday Feb 22 -well I am not a fan of this veg but time to try it out for National Cook a Sweet Potato Day. Have seen so many posts online about sweet potato toast so gave it a shot - I mean it was ok, quick and easy to make for an evening think I need to try again and mix up the toppings???

Thursday Feb 23 - now this is the toast I can do yummy Irish brown bread for National Toast Day. All prepared and went to Queens to pick up my supply and in the name of my health after all these days I decided to skip the butter which will prob not happen again :) I had planned on adding the avocado to match last nights but as usual timing in the morning is never that good  - maybe will have again for dinner !!!

Feb 20 - Presidents Day

Had quite a lovely day today wandering about NYC to some of the places associated with the past US presidents and checking out some memorials along the way.

First stop was Grants tomb on W 122 and Riverside which was a beautiful monument I really knew nothing about, the ranger on duty was very interesting and was perfect place to start the day

The nations 18th president, Ulysses S. Grant  and his wife, Julia are both consecrated at this Memorial which is believed to be modeled after King Mausolus' burial edifice at the ancient city of Halicarnassus. 

The memorial displays murals depicting scenes from Grants time as a general while busts of five War union officers watch over the two tombs.

Next stop was the birthplace of Theodore Roosevelt located at 28 E 20th St. He was born and raised
here  before moving to W 57th St as a teen. Among his various accomplishments he was: Presidents of NYC's Board of Police Commissioners, earned a Nobel Peace Price and helped establish the Panama Canal.

From there we wandered thru Union Square and saw this memorial to Abraham Lincoln, commissioned not long after his death by the Union League Club. The statue was completed by noted sculptor Henry Kirke Brown and was dedicated on September 16, 1870.

Next stop was Federal Hall at 26 Wall Street to the spot where George Washington took his oath of office. The bronze statue of Washington was erected in 1883, visitors can also view the bible he used during his inauguration and the spot he stood during his swearing in.

The final stop was in Brooklyn to see the John F. Kennedy memorial at Grand Army Plaza which has changed a lot since its original design which was unveiled on May 31, 1965 and attended by  Robert F Kennedy.

Weathering & vandalism plagued the monument and the renovation of the fountain was the perfect chance to update the original design issues. The steps were replaced with a path,  a new pedestal to hold up to the elements and a new bust ( the original was conserved and loaned to the National Sculpture Society for display). The redesigned monument was rededicated on August 24, 2010.

Sources: 

http://www.nycgo.com/articles/presidential-places-slideshow

nycgovparks.org/parks

Feb 16 to 19 - Fun days...

So all those that may be following know I have been doing my days on instagram have fallen behind on my blog so here are the last couple days.....

Thursday Feb 19 was National Almond Day - not much to say on this one

Friday Feb 17 was National Cabbage Day - not very exciting and if it was in March say the 17th I may have had more choices but nope coleslaw mix it was

Saturday Feb 18 thankfully National Wine Drinking Day fell on Saturday and allowed me a chance to sit back and relax..

Sunday Feb 19 - great way to end the week with National Mint Chocolate Day and some good old Ben & Jerry's ice cream

Am ready for tomorrow's national day which will involve lots of walking which is much needed after these last few days.

Feb 15- Teardrops

No I am not celebrating Singles Awareness Day - the idea just annoys me so much. While I agree there is absolutely nothing wrong with being single at all but really SAD - I don't think so thank you Mississippi State University student, Dustin Barnes, but no thank you.




The drops I am celebrating, why are sweet and sugary because its National Gumdrop Day :)

Feb 14 - Chocoate

Not surprisingly National Cream Filled Chocolate Day falls on Valentines day which is pretty handy as lots of chocolate close by work to buy or for me within the building.


So Godiva it was and luckily the box came with a  raspberry cream filled one so happy days :) Now to give the rest away quickly !!!!

Feb 13 - Gal Pals

Oops am getting slack totally forgot about this one last night and was thinking all along about what to do ??
 I will work on National Clean Out Your computer today coz not naming names, Donna, but I did get some grief about photos that are in there somewhere for 2 years now. However that is a month long task not a one day especially on a week day one!!!


So today in honor of Leslie Knope aka Amy Poehler is Galentine's Day :)

This is one I am putting on my calendar for next year though would be much more convenient if it fell on a weekend every year - hmmmm mimosas !!!




It started as fiction in a 2010 episode" Leslie,  invented a way to do something American culture hadn’t traditionally been too good at doing: celebrating, in an official capacity, the joys of female friendship. Leslie set Galentine’s Day as a festival that would fall, each year, on February 13: Valentine’s Day-eve. And she decided that the festivities—though the real point of it all is simply to celebrate the platonic love that exists among ladyfriends—should take the form of the thing that has brought women together for decades: a long and boozy brunch.


My kind of day so ladies am sending the invites now, may not be a brunch but Feb 13 2018 it is on !!




https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/02/each-day-is-galentines-day/516408/