claudia's surf city

Peter and Jamie (yes, the first wife of my ex-husband) visited me in New York for a fab week that required my not even getting dressed. They...

                                                        Photo by Donna Ferrato   Sorry. I’ve been in an opiate haze of na...

I kind of feel like I have been able to attend my own funeral: Practically (and virtually) everyone I have ever known has sent me good wishe...

  As if to say, "I've done yeoman's work for almost 71 years now and you are replacing me??"  yesterday my knee refused to...

After the tnxgvng hoopdedoo, on Friday, Erin and Flip took me to see David Byrne on Broadway with his American Utopia extravaganza. His musi...

 

Yes, after a year's hitatus, the Great American Eating Ceremony is back with many of the same characters. Missing a few from the festive...

With Rosy Woo on the steps of the Observatory at Vassar   The lines in the gym for class signup were intimidatingly long....

So Chien-Chi was presented with an award (and grant) I think  called the Taiwan Excellence Award. Not really clear on why or what, but I ass...

 I guess this is why people travel from all over the world and pay the big bucks to come here. Plenty of time to enjoy the view between pre...

 It's not even two years old, but the garage has already led multiple lives. When they ripped down the old garage, the new one was built...

  Listening to my refrigerator continually grinding away, and watching my electric bill go up by a third week to week, I have been trying to...

Anybody remember what those things are? The things kids used to sit on top of when they were too little to reach the table? I have kept them...

My first cousin Tom, who I have seen a handful of times in our lives, stopped by on the way back to the hotel from The Museum of Natural His...

  It was great to hang with the gang. Bill Dowell, formerly Time bureau chief who worked with Ed from Cairo to Paris to Hong Kong (may be t...