Pbenjay's Blog

Between the Moon and New York City

Self-described Martha groupie, Mah Jongg junkie, Decorating Diva incorporating way too many collections. Obsessive about organization, etiquette (read appropriate social behavior) and according to husband, cleaning the house! Left of center politically, recovering Catholic, married to an atheist Jew.  I have 50 goals I hope to meet before I’m “done” and about half have been accomplished.  Some are looking pretty unlikely as time goes by BUT hey, you never know…  One was to write a book, a short story or publish an article – maybe I  can consider this  blog as that one!
Divide life’s precious moments between celebrating life in New York City, nesting in our cottage in Ocean Grove New Jersey, doting on my two adorable granddaughters, Finley Ray and Francesca and the recent addition of a precious grandson, Fletcher, (just wish they didn’t live so far away!), and worrying about  my other offspring living San Diego, who seems to live slightly off the grid! Am passionate about Jersey tomatoes, ice cream and Nick and Nora, our two rescue cats. Oh AND I’m also a real estate  broker selling apartments in Manhattan.

I blog about my daily life; the crazy days as well as the good times, the places I go, the people I meet, the movies I see and the food I cook….in other words just like any other blog basically this is just an egocentric stream of consciousness.

Three of my favorite sayings are:  ” Life is not about  waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain” and  “….regardless, either way, the end result is still the same” and finally, ” Only the truly accessorized survive in the asphalt jungle”.  Those three homilies are diverse, different and totally unrelated – much like me all together!