My apartment is up for SALE. Details here.

New York Times Listing here.

$229K 1 bed/1bath - Luxkry High Rise (Birchwood Towers - Belair) Forest Hills Queens

23^rd Floor / Large terrace / Un-obstructed gorgeous views

20 minutes to MidtownHardwood Floors / Large Closets

24 Hour Doorman

Central Air / HeatSwimming Pool / Private Benches - Playground

5 minute walk from subway / Austin Street shopping/restaurants

Folks, it started 2 days ago and today in Manhattan it will reach it's peak...Manhattanhenge....the effect dubbed after Stonehenge. Sunsets will align perfectly with the streets in Manhattan from 14th street and above. It's an amazing phenomenon and I've only seen it once but today I'm equipped with camera. If you are in the city around sunset which is 8:20 pm tonite (yup days are getting longer) definitely catch this rather sweet view.

OK OK I know I've been MIA. I catch up on other people's blogs from time to time and came to the realization that my blog has turned to shit lately. I haven't had time to post anything but there have been so many interesting posts that have materialized in my head. So I'm making a list that I promise to follow thru on and post about...

1. Reviews for Rafta Rafta & Sita Sings the Blues...I promise I'll do it shortly.

2. Reviews on some fabulous restaurants and some crappy ones I've been to in the past few months.

3. New just in time for the warm weather skin care and make up reviews and updates.

If I can accomplish this in the next week I'll call myself luck.

Oh I've been MIA because we are selling the apartment and moving across 2 rivers. Yes I'm moving to New Jersey. Wow I know. Huge deal but it's such a fantastic opportunity for Himanshu and he's going to be so much happier and richer...oops did I say that?? Hehehehe. Anyway so I've been insanely swamped between work and juggling moving and cleaning up and a bunch of other things.

Anyway so while I'm working on delivering on the promises above here are some fun things to get your summer started with. It's officially summer in New York when the schedules for summer concerts come out.

Like every year I look forward to Central Park Summer Stage. My recommendations for this year and concerts I'd like to check out are:

Mosh Ben Ari and Rupa & the April Fishes - A Jewish Reggae singer and a sultry mix of Hindi Spanish and French oh la la.

Afrika Bambaataa - Afro Hip Hop and oh such a flashback to the 80s for me.

Los Lonely Boys & Los Lobos - Texican rock and roll fun and a legendary band.

Of course it can’t be a New York summer without taking in some of the concerts on the Great Lawn. This is one of the highlights of my summer every year.

New York Philharmonic performs on Central Park’s Great Lawn

Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 8 PM
Bramwell Tovey, Conductor
Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Italian
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
Sousa: Selected Marches

Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 8 PM
Alan Gilbert, Conductor | Lang Lang, Piano
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Sibelius: Finlandia

For Philharmonic performances in outer boroughs and in Jersey see the full list HERE.

Another set of fantastic happenings on the Great Lawn in the New York Metropolitan Opera in the Park. However this year they only have one published and listed concert in Prospect Park Brooklyn. Their website contains old unupdated information from last year for Central Park concerts. I'm annoyed. But I cannot find any Central Park concerts for the Opera this year. Oh well.

The rules for park concerts are simple:

Blanket, Candles and take my word on it make sure they are Citronella, Food, Drinks (no glass or alcohol at Summerstage but it’s “ignored and tolerated” on the Great Lawn)

22 million Americans suffer from Asthma. I’m one of them. Every year, asthma causes 14 million missed school days and more than 5,000 deaths in the U.S. It is the leading chronic illness among U.S. children.

Like in previous years I have joined forces with the American Lung Association to help raise money to fight this deadly disease. I will be doing the Asthma Walk on May 31^st 2008 in Battery Park. In previous years I’ve been tremendously successful and all because of you.

Will you help me again? This means so much to me. Any support you give will help a child with asthma breathe easier.

Click on this link to donate!!

I woke up today mindlessly, nothing was different

I lay awake and stared at the lone plane in the distance

Got ready and put on my favorite red dress

As I looked in the mirror I saw you mama

I saw your lips and your eyes, the same 2 fine wrinkles between your brows
You were putting on your lipstick, the curve of the edge tilting just so

I was 6 and you were a glorious 28 years old

The pleats of your sari were perfect, 6 of them folded against the soft of your belly

A little boy was making his home there, a little boy lost

I saw your hopes and dreams and your infinite heart

I saw you in the mirror today mama

I wish you and yours a very Happy Mother's day coming up. A lame Hallmark holiday I made fun of over the years ... as if you need a actual day to be thankful of your mother ... this is my first mother's day without my mother.