var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-9151055-2"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} follow Rabssit at http://twitter.com I am a die-hard upper west sider (best side!!). My only professional job has been to work with children. I put the ‘pal’ back in principal. Questions? Obvs. I’m at runningadr [at] gmail.com. (BTW, I’m thinking of going retro and switching to Hotmail).Tumblr (3.0; @arinnyc)http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/<img src="http://15.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kv0lgc2dSf1qzcvsmo1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Flawless.</p>http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/293637201http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/293637201Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:17:00 -0500<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kv0lay6ez31qzcvsmo1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>SJP…you look so young!</p>http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/293633385http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/293633385Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:13:46 -0500<img src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kv0l5iWvMM1qzcvsmo1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This is beautiful, but I wouldn’t call it one of the top 12 dresses of the decade.</p> <p>Have to say though, I do heart Anne. Our mothers have similar taste in names, and we have similar tastes in men.</p> <p><a href="http://www.instyle.com/instyle/package/general/photos/0,,20322779_20327331_20704910,00.html">From InStyle.com’s top 100 dresses of the decade. </a></p>http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/293629183http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/293629183Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:10:00 -0500<img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuz8vaUVuL1qz82gvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Today was one of those “Gee, I’m-so-lucky-to-live-in-New York-days (even though I pay a lot in rent).” Pictures like that come close to doing it justice. </b></p> <p><a href="http://inothernews.tumblr.com/post/292482997/snowbound-an-aerial-view-of-snow-covered-central">inothernews</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><i><b>SNOWBOUND </b>An aerial view of snow-covered Central Park in New York City.  (Photo: Damon Winter for the New York Times)</i></p> </blockquote>http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/292487515http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/292487515Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:51:04 -0500<p>Ty from Clueless died this morning!</p>http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/292094120http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/292094120Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:28:39 -0500<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuylw8zvIC1qzcvsmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My brother-in-law and one of the <strike>Jonas brothers</strike>, I mean my good family friend’s hipster son.</p>http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/291896096http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/291896096Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:31:20 -0500<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuylg8baoD1qzcvsmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>You can’t really tell, but I curled my hair last night.</p> <p>What an irony—I spend close to a thousand dollars a year to have straight hair—only to curl it.</p>http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/291886488http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/291886488Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:21:44 -0500<img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuylduXbZ71qzcvsmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Weird photo setting but you get the idea.</p>http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/291885053http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/291885053Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:20:18 -0500<img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuylc6Dysc1qzcvsmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My mom with her spread.</p>http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/291883951http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/291883951Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:19:17 -0500<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuyla0pJVw1qzcvsmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The person who took this picture with us posing obviously has a much better shot.</p>http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/291882595http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/291882595Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:18:00 -0500<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuyl8g8uN91qzcvsmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The tree at my parents’ house. My crapola camera couldn’t capture the snow in the backyard as well.</p>http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/291881601http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/291881601Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:17:04 -0500<img src="http://11.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuyl5ySKEJ1qzcvsmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Last night’s dessert table.</p>http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/291880126http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/291880126Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:15:34 -0500<p>*Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies—made by yours truly.</p> <p>*Peppermint brownies.</p> <p>*Truffles</p> <p>*Pecan pie bars.</p> <p>(Okay, now I can start talking about the stuff I probably won’t have room for after I eat the above for dinner)</p> <p>*Ham</p> <p>*Turkey</p> <p>*Salmon mousse</p> <p>*Smoked salmon with lemon, dill, creme fraiche</p> <p>*Nine types of cheese</p> <p>*Roasted pecans</p> <p>*Shrimp Sea Island</p> <p>*Crab and artichoke dip (made by yours truly as well)</p> <p>And the clincher: it’s all home made.</p>http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/290780856http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/290780856Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:11:05 -0500<a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Donny+Hathaway/_/This+Christmas">Donny Hathaway – This Christmas</a>: <p>(via <a href="http://soulbounce.tumblr.com/">soulbounce</a>)</p> <p>Yeah, I like this song. Whatever. Don’t judge.</p>http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/290425327http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/290425327Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:40:14 -0500<object width="400" height="256" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" id="ordie_player_3c42c1daa6"><param name="movie" value="http://player.ordienetworks.com/flash/fodplayer.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="key=3c42c1daa6" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed width="400" height="256" flashvars="key=3c42c1daa6" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" quality="high" src="http://player.ordienetworks.com/flash/fodplayer.swf" name="ordie_player_3c42c1daa6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Not too funny as a whole (though conceptually quite clever) but my girl <a href="http://tesslynch.tumblr.com/">Tess</a> from college is a great Gail Simmons.</p>http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/290365006http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/290365006Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:37:17 -0500<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuwni4Wpoj1qzcvsmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>After licking the bowl of the guacamole plate, we went out afterwards for a drink a Soho 108, which was a bleh bar but served its purpose. Great times, but call me Cinderella because I was like a pumpkin at midnight and needed some Special Forces to evacuate me.</p> <p>It’s so much better to have a boyfriend in this situation because I can fall asleep in the 40 minute cab to uptown without being worried I’ve gotten into that cab in the Angelina Jolie/Denzel Washington movie. You know, the one where the serial killer is a cabbie?</p> <p>That movie scared the bejesus out of all New Yorkers.</p>http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/290342000http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/290342000Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:10:52 -0500<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuwn9yygnk1qzcvsmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The kids table.</p>http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/290337501http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/290337501Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:05:57 -0500<img src="http://15.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuwn8hG1cU1qzcvsmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The whole birthday crew. Notice all the girls are like “Let’s make this one for the mantle piece!” and the guys haven’t developed their “A camera is out? pose.” In time, gentlemen, in time.</p>http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/290336747http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/290336747Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:05:05 -0500<img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuwn5fXpGI1qzcvsmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Joanna’s Birthday last night. As we were discussing last night at dinner, we’ve had some epic times celebrating her birthday. Her 21st was especially monumental. It ended at Dorrians for most of the crowd. My party ended with my father finding me on the upper east side at 9 am and bringing me home to the disapproval of my mother and my visiting aunt and grandmother.</p>http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/290335278http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/290335278Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:03:15 -0500<img src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuwmxw0pr11qzcvsmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Always love their Christmas display, but Saks has a whole bunch of crapola in there right now.</p>http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/290331401http://arinnyc.tumblr.com/post/290331401Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:58:44 -0500