Three Cups of Coffee Later....

Spent the high sun part of day in the Flatiron District striking my best bad ass stance and staring down the face of the camera for Kelli Giddish's opening credits photo shoot.

Between Ted Kotcheff sitting tall in a Law and Order Directors Chair, and the hair, makeup, wardrobe, and apple boxes galore lit well in the camera's flash, the thousands of European tourists making a B Line to Mario Batali's Eataly, thought I was the real deal.

I will not be surprised if my likeness ends up on You Tube as a bonafide poser.

Despite another setting sun and shaken spirit, I am so thankful I have a revolving seat in any Teamster's 15 passenger van to get me to where my 2.1 million dollar earning actress is at any given rush hour.

Did I mention I am living life in a full on daze?

Oh How We Miss him and Honor Him

Feeling Groovy

"Like the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud on the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. Such was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard the voice of one speaking." Ezekiel 1:28

If you talk to an unrelated selection of New Yorkers, you will most often find a similar theme weaved into their colorful stories of just when and how they made this city their home.

Their resounding message will sound simple really.

Came chasing a dream, carrying a guitar, following a girl, searching for more, escaping the same, and they just stayed....

They sludged through the rude winters and suffered through the stifling heat.

The minute hand on New York's internal clock ticked faster than others, their feet fell in line, and they blinked for a mere moment which turned into another calendar year.

"Hard to believe. Hard to believe." A repeated mutter on chapped and glossed lips alike.

The tips of the ginkgo trees are already curling their edges and turning a golden brown.

The breeze from the East River makes me grab for my forgotten sweater and the familiar ache of Fall settles in my chest.

I could consider this another fleeting Monday at the office.

A foot soldier in this fleeting fight, punching the proverbial time clock of life out of duty. A carbon copy of fellow ants forging forward and missing the view.

The rain has come and gone. The director has yelled action for what I'm hoping is the last time. My cold swollen feet are wrinkled from the umbrella's drip, and I hear the New York boys whisper in my ear, "Look up and remember why you're here."

"Slow down, you move too fast.
You got to make the morning last.
Just kicking down the cobble stones.Looking for fun, and feeling groovy."

Simon and Garfunkel

*View from Law and Order Location Set.

God's Promise and the 59th Street Bridge.

Today and Yesteryear

Avenue A and Tompkins Square Park in the rain — circa 1967

Avenue A and Tompkins Square Park in the rain-circa 2011

I spent it indoors...obviously not writing.

Amen

Boo$ters

President Obama is BACK in NYC for the 5th time in six months for a SOLD OUT $2 Million dollar fundraiser with some filthy rich heavy hitters in the fashion and entertainment industries.

His $72,000 per couple dinner will be held at Harvey Weinstein's West Village home.

I wonder if he will shake his finger at them in shame, regarding their tax breaks.

It costs more money to shut this town down for him and his entourage then the average fully employed person makes.

Why doesn't anyone see that?

Go With The Flow

"All of us must die eventually. Our lives are like water spilled out on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. But God does not just sweep life away; instead, he devises ways to bring us back when we have been separated from him." 2 Samuel 14:14

Thirteen exhaustive hours spent on a humid television sound stage, solving sex crimes ripped from headlines, all faded into the late night with a three hour, spiritual jam from my baby, Chris Robinson and his scruffy, oh so talented Brotherhood.

Let's hear it for the rowdy boys...and the the depths of the East River, train to Williamsburg.

"Hallucination nation

We got our vaccine

Dancing for quarters

'Ain't as underground as it seems

Just like water on the ground

We will find our way."

Did I mention he loves and lifts up Jesus?