The NYC Lockout Adventure: Grace, Humor & Feline
There I am, just getting home after a long day at the office. My husband Rob is out of town. I unlock our apartment’s front door, push, and nothing. The…
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Embracing Contradictions: Yoga and City Life
Thoughts from Hot Yoga The irony doesn’t escape me: I’m in my usual spot in a small and very hot yoga studio, under the window rather than in front of…
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Lost Insomnia
I miss my insomnia. Removing alcohol from my life over a year ago has delivered many gifts, including the bliss of deep sleep that long left me. But, the one…
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The Magic of Broadway Crossing
I emerge from my morning Central Park sanctuary, what I call “mind laundry”, waiting at a busy Broadway intersection for the green light. In the middle of the street, between…
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The Doorman Chronicles: A Tale of Pizza Shame
NYC doormen are the keepers of our secrets, that’s understood. But our doorman Mike? He’s upgraded himself to friend, confidant, and apparently, my husband’s culinary enabler. Rob and Mike share…
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Iris’ Walk-Abouts
Join me for a walk-about please, mostly in NYC, with stories and images of this amazing city shared with humor and beauty. New York and its people offer connection and daily reminders to live one’s life fully. That includes remembering to smile, say hello, or make a comment to a passer-by because you never know what kind of connection you might make. And more importantly, you’ll be adding glimmer to both sides of that connect.
Walkabout: A spontaneous journey through the wilderness of one’s choosing in an effort to satisfy one’s itchy feet, a need to be elsewhere, the craving for the open road, that space over the horizon. (Urban Dictionary)
walkabout
(Noun), walk·about ˈwȯ-kə-ˌbau̇t
a short period of wandering bush life engaged in by an Australian aborigine as an occasional interruption of regular work —often used in the phrase go walkabout (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)
Iris DERKE 