tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11540524Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:07:11 +0000Random Things That Interest Me (by a Resident of NYC)http://annulla.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (annulla)Blogger145125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11540524.post-5907107716152015412Wed, 07 Sep 2011 04:07:00 +00002011-09-07T00:07:52.761-04:00http://annulla.blogspot.com/2011/09/hello.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (annulla)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11540524.post-210934212058513590Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:43:00 +00002011-03-18T10:43:01.377-04:00Get a taste of the latest in fully loaded flavor efficiency. Just grab a bowl and hold onto your spoon, because this breakfast cereal will put you in the fast lane to fruit flavor! Sign up to taste drive a sample at Touch of Fruit.http://annulla.blogspot.com/2011/03/ready-for-your-taste-drive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (annulla)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11540524.post-4798118815422315145Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:17:00 +00002010-06-25T13:17:26.957-04:00I've read great reviews of the movie called, simply, Babies. I don't have any babies myself, but as a film fan, I can't wait to see it. Here are some of the comments: If you are one of my friends who enjoys entering contests and sweepstakes, you might want to take a look at the photo competition sponsored by the film. http://annulla.blogspot.com/2010/06/babies-movie.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (annulla)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11540524.post-2137080678427049854Sat, 24 Apr 2010 23:21:00 +00002010-04-24T19:25:58.480-04:00The premiere of My Own Love Song was held at the Borough of Manhattan Community College Performing Arts Center. The curb was lined with limousines and police vehicles and a red carpet was at the entrance; so were the photographers, hundreds of them elbowing each other out of the way to get the perfect shot, all shouting out instructions to the stars who posed and smiled. "Forrest, this way!http://annulla.blogspot.com/2010/04/my-own-love-song.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (annulla)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11540524.post-1923706544629789244Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:51:00 +00002010-04-22T07:52:05.293-04:00The Tribeca Film Festival has started. Now in its ninth year, the Festival brings hundreds of films and thousands of film industry professionals (and wanna-bes) to New York City for two hectic weeks of screenings, special events and photo ops. If you are in New York at this time of year, it is hard to ignore the Festival: Banners are hung from lampposts, local newspapers feature it in front-pagehttp://annulla.blogspot.com/2010/04/movie-night.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (annulla)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11540524.post-4670957604334841508Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:30:00 +00002010-04-16T21:21:17.178-04:00Since I'm relaunching this as a different type of blog, I've decided to join the Ultimate Blog Party 2010. Yeah, as usual, I'm late to the party - but not too late (I hope). The Ultimate Blog Party 2010 is being hosted by Janice and Susan, the twin bloggers who run 5 Minutes for Mom, and is a virtual party celebrating online friendships. In case you are wondering, no, I am not a mother. But http://annulla.blogspot.com/2010/04/so-new-type-of-blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (annulla)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11540524.post-1062230280086806709Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:33:00 +00002010-04-16T13:33:20.060-04:00This blog started out as Blather From Brooklyn. A couple of years ago I moved all the content to a different version of Blather From Brooklyn on WordPress and this little blog has been idle. Now it is time to give this blog a new title, a new purpose and a new life. Here's to new starts!http://annulla.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-start.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (annulla)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11540524.post-2880195000475986474Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:23:00 +00002010-04-16T16:14:24.097-04:00I never use it. Should I keep it or delete it? I'll have to ponder the question.http://annulla.blogspot.com/2009/11/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (annulla)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11540524.post-117063262064022675Sun, 04 Feb 2007 23:27:00 +00002007-02-05T08:58:17.423-05:00For the past few weeks, I've been experiencing problems with blogger.com. Blogger.com is notorious for their lack of customer support and I've finally reached the point where enough is enough.Blather From Brooklyn is moving.Please visit my new home - http://blatherfrombrooklyn.wordpress.com/.If you have bookmarked this site, please update your links.Thanks for dropping by and I hope to see you http://annulla.blogspot.com/2007/02/blather-from-brooklyn-is-moving.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (annulla)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11540524.post-116853858916401866Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:08:00 +00002007-02-05T08:43:09.036-05:00In its newly published annual best-of-the-world guide, international travel expert Lonely Planet has named Brooklyn as a top tourist destination.Brooklyn? Honestly?Yep, to the astonishment of many native New Yorkers, Lonely Planet's "Blue List: The Best in Travel 2007" says, "Brooklyn's booming. Any New Yorker worth their street cred knows the new downtown lies just across the East River."The http://annulla.blogspot.com/2007/01/blue-listed-brooklyn.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (annulla)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11540524.post-116818644501867794Sun, 07 Jan 2007 03:18:00 +00002007-01-08T11:12:29.686-05:00Some thought it was frightening, others found it delightful, but all agreed that a 72 degree (22 C) day in January was astonishing. On a date that normally demands hats, gloves, mufflers and heavy overcoats, New Yorkers ventured out in t-shirts, shorts and sandals. If not for the bare branches overhead, this could have been mistaken for a day in May. Since the unseasonably warm weather came on http://annulla.blogspot.com/2007/01/bare-chests-and-bare-branches.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (annulla)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11540524.post-116796388294209327Sat, 06 Jan 2007 04:30:00 +00002007-01-08T11:30:19.733-05:00It isn't just something your teachers said; in Brooklyn, even vandals know that correct spelling and punctuation are important.These notes appeared inside the Flushing Avenue IND subway station on a poster for Cedric the Entertainer's new movie, Code Name: The Cleaner.Thoe's are real "Those" - You can't spell Code Name: The CleanerNYC Subway: IND Crosstown, Flushing Avenue Station Reporter: G http://annulla.blogspot.com/2007/01/yes-spelling-counts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (annulla)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11540524.post-116796920283675434Fri, 05 Jan 2007 03:50:00 +00002007-01-05T15:16:11.103-05:00Tonight they changed the sign on the marquee at the Brooklyn Heights Cinema. The hoiday season is now officially over. Happy Holidays - Watch More Movies Cinema Treasures: Brooklyn Heights Cinemahttp://annulla.blogspot.com/2007/01/goodbye-to-holidays.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (annulla)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11540524.post-116796383614404805Thu, 04 Jan 2007 02:22:00 +00002007-01-05T15:17:32.413-05:00No one would ever mistake a New York City subway station for Rockefeller Center, but if you know where to look, seasonal decorations can be found underground.The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) doesn't decorate the subways (not that anyone would expect them to do so) but they don't forbid holiday decor, either. The only official policy is a prohibition against anything that would http://annulla.blogspot.com/2007/01/holidays-underground.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (annulla)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11540524.post-116771401760889362Wed, 03 Jan 2007 02:48:00 +00002007-01-02T21:16:25.860-05:00I thought these New York Police Department officers on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street looked as though they were posing for photographs, so I took a few. These members of the NYPD are standing in front of the main branch of the New York Public Library. This would have been a very bad moment for anyone to try stealing a few books. NYPD at Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street  Police http://annulla.blogspot.com/2007/01/blues-on-street.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (annulla)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11540524.post-116756811056984852Sun, 31 Dec 2006 04:20:00 +00002007-01-04T00:44:22.173-05:00Tonight, a minor commotion occurred outside the Burger King on 14th Street. A statuesque woman emerged from the restaurant and was immediately surrounded by people screaming, shouting and begging for autographs.Leaning against the front window, New York Liberty Guard Loree Moore graciously signed napkins, menus and scraps of paper and posed for photos with her fans. A star athlete eating burgers?http://annulla.blogspot.com/2006/12/with-liberty-and-burgers-for-all.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (annulla)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11540524.post-116741192066932312Wed, 27 Dec 2006 03:00:00 +00002007-01-02T03:08:56.153-05:00If you've spent any time in New York City, you know that clean, free public restrooms are almost nonexistent. And in midtown Manhattan, site of some of the busiest streets in the world, relief is frustratingly elusive.However, in a brilliant marriage of public service and promotion, on November 20th Procter & Gamble's Charmin brand toilet paper opened a public restroom in the heart of Times http://annulla.blogspot.com/2006/12/youre-in-new-york-go-in-style.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (annulla)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11540524.post-116741146426569966Sun, 24 Dec 2006 04:53:00 +00002007-01-02T03:04:15.083-05:00European-style outdoor holiday markets are a relatively new phenomenon in New York City. In recent years these temporary marketplaces have appeared in several areas around Manhattan including Union Square (the oldest), Columbus Circle (the newest), the cafe at St. Bartholomew's Church (the smallest) and Bryant Park (the most centrally-located).Now in its fifth year, the holiday market at Bryant http://annulla.blogspot.com/2006/12/ftes-de-nol-at-bryant-park.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (annulla)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11540524.post-116732149374555405Thu, 21 Dec 2006 01:28:00 +00002006-12-29T02:07:22.356-05:00"Look, it cannot be seen — it is beyond form. Listen, it cannot be heard — it is beyond sound. Grasp, it cannot be held — it is intangible. These three are indefinable; therefore they are joined in one."- Tao Te Ching, Chapter 14First identified by Chinese philosophers 3,000 years ago, Tao is "the infinitely powerful force containing the truth and existing before the world was created" — http://annulla.blogspot.com/2006/12/art-beyond-measure.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (annulla)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11540524.post-116731959346490453Wed, 20 Dec 2006 04:22:00 +00002006-12-28T12:20:33.196-05:00Over the past decade it has become a holiday tradition: late in November, the air is filled with the sounds of saws and hammers as red and white striped tents are hoisted, tiny lights and boughs of greenery are draped over fountains, lampposts and statues, and the southern section of Union Square is transformed into a bustling Holiday Marketplace. Now in its 11th year, Union Square Holiday Markethttp://annulla.blogspot.com/2006/12/union-square-holiday-market.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (annulla)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11540524.post-116699004784336643Mon, 18 Dec 2006 04:23:00 +00002006-12-24T15:09:15.266-05:00Cadman Plaza is the closest thing to a "town square" in the borough of Brooklyn. Named for the Reverend Dr. Samuel Parkes Cadman, an early 20th-century Brooklyn minister, the Plaza is located on Court Street at the border of two historic neighborhoods: Brooklyn Heights and Downtown Brooklyn.If you live in Brooklyn for any length of time, you will surely have to pass through Cadman Plaza to take http://annulla.blogspot.com/2006/12/cadman-plaza-dressed-in-holiday-style.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (annulla)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11540524.post-116637156585657685Sun, 17 Dec 2006 01:05:00 +00002006-12-17T11:44:49.493-05:00Today this sign was posted on the font doors of the Iglesia Antioquia, a Pentecostal church on Brooklyn's Atlantic Avenue.Sign on church door  http://annulla.blogspot.com/2006/12/dont-knock-shout.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (annulla)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11540524.post-116693671275065660Fri, 15 Dec 2006 00:58:00 +00002006-12-24T15:48:44.086-05:00Originally known as the PamAm Building, the 58-story MetLife Building is adjacent to Grand Central Terminal. During the holiday season, the building hosts a series of free concerts by high schools from the surrounding region. I was passing through the lobby today when this group, which was visiting the city from Connecticut's Stamford High School, began a performance that included songs about http://annulla.blogspot.com/2006/12/music-at-metlife-building.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (annulla)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11540524.post-116613419360309116Thu, 14 Dec 2006 22:01:00 +00002006-12-16T13:24:45.736-05:00This afternoon, on my way to catch the 1 train, I ducked into the Duane Reade drugstore at the corner of Broadway and 50th Street to buy a roll of tape.As I stepped through the entrance, I nearly tripped over a man who was fiddling with wires leading to a large speaker on the floor. The man adjusted the connection, shifted the speaker and a clear, high voice surged through.Going inside, I http://annulla.blogspot.com/2006/12/gift-of-music.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (annulla)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11540524.post-116550033539326438Tue, 05 Dec 2006 04:35:00 +00002006-12-08T14:25:13.216-05:00New York is filled with famous, glamorous people leading exciting, glittering lives. I'm not one of them. However, on rare occasions, I manage to find myself in their midst. This evening was one of those times.Tonight Marie Claire magazine held a cocktail reception and screening of the new adventure film "Blood Diamond." The screening was followed by a discussion featuring Brooklyn native and http://annulla.blogspot.com/2006/12/blood-diamond.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (annulla)3