by Virginia Lloyd | Jul 9, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
My air-conditioner has given up the ghost. Well, it still spurts forth cold air when I stand in front of it, but I can only cope with its blast for a minute before the ear-shattering roar of whatever’s rattling around inside the unit becomes too much to bear. So...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jul 7, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
With the summer well and truly upon us, I have lately spent a little bit of time in Central Park. The other day I settled on a bench by the Reservoir and read The Glass Castle (a wonderful memoir that is a lesson in storytelling, even if its author, Jeannette Walls,...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jul 7, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
Regular readers of this blog might remember my intermittent frustration with trying to play tennis in New York City. While my irritation has mostly been mild and related to either bureaucracy or the low number of available courts, I have also been struck by a few...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jul 3, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
I’ve gone and done it now. I’ve just advised my landlord that I will not be renewing my lease when its 12-month term is up at the end of August. Yikes! Decision-making time came round so quickly; I was trying to put off what to do about hanging on to my...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jul 2, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
First seen on the back – or was it the front? – of the fabulous Deanna Zandt at a recent shindig on Grand Street, I am desperate to have one of these t-shirts to call my own. Let me know if you want one too and I’ll try to track some down. 7 July...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jun 29, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
New York voyeurs often check out Overheard in New York, an online home for all the weird, wonderful and downright unclassifiable exchanges heard on the street and subway. A friend pointed me in the direction of this charming exchange, which I was horrified to discover...