tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26793285933046305862011-11-08T15:43:09.383-08:00Alnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2679328593304630586.post-28669047502973612452011-11-08T15:39:00.000-08:002011-11-08T15:43:08.809-08:00I'm sitting in Mulberry Coffeehouse on James St N in Hamilton. In a strange way, it kind of feels like I'm in New York City. Can't explain why. Maybe it's the ambience of the coffeehouse. I love the ambience here: old brick walls, halogen lights, art of the walls, really good coffee. <br /> <br />I've had the luxury of traveling to NYC many time(perhaps as many as 40 or 50) mostly for business in a previous job. As cliché as it sounds, I love New York. I love the energy. That's a hard thing to describe. Energy. Vibe. Ambience? I don't know. I just know I love it. <br /> <br />I hope to live in New York someday. I may have had an opportunity to move there at a time when the company I used to work for was looking to open a sales office there. I am sure if I had of expressed an interest, they would have jumped at it. But my boys were young and the time was in the few short years after 9/11, that it didn't see like a good idea to move the family there. <br /> <br />Maybe one day after the kids have moved out, and we are not fostering anymore, maybe Cindy and I can make to move. I can dream can't I? <br /> <br />Funny: Simon & Garfunkel (59th Street Bridge Song/Sound of Silence) just came on the shuffle on my iPhone. More NYC vibes. <br /> <br />I hope to chronicle more thoughts and memories from NY. Stay tuned.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2679328593304630586-2866904750297361245?l=albaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2679328593304630586.post-47154125842184257972011-10-25T14:24:00.000-07:002011-10-25T14:29:03.010-07:00Been debating for awhile reviving my blog. I'm not sure why because my memory of having my blog before was that it was a nuisance both in maintaining it and socially with many more adversarial, negative interactions with commenters. <br /><br />I think that blogging is supposed to be about me. My thoughts, feelings about life, society, current events, politics, religion. An online journal. A weblog. <br /><br />So, for me, that's what it will be. My struggle will be to strike a balance between blogging my thoughts & feelings and maintaining a level of privacy that is within my family's comfort zone. <br /><br />This will be about me. At my pace. I'm contemplating disabling comments to avoid negativity, but I don't "want" to do that. Don't want to silence that positive & uplifting interactions with friends. <br /> <br />We'll see how it goes. <br /><br />Welcome.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2679328593304630586-4715412584218425797?l=albaker.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alnoreply@blogger.com1