tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21657593274134781172024-03-17T07:11:10.187-04:00Ms. Toody Goo ShoesI want to go everywhere I haven't been, and back to everywhere I have been. Amy at Ms. Toody Goo Shoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11474198992341706776noreply@blogger.comBlogger709125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165759327413478117.post-43790770594191252542022-12-25T17:29:00.006-05:002022-12-25T20:13:02.891-05:00 NEW YORK CITY CHRISTMAS SCENES <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3K4q7Nrr8DjX0hHoLJbGTbwY02LqyrKzws-aMzkgAA_XRCKYkXCtxHk5H-fLqhRoCuBfa9w0_K9dFZEyNmLRP2jrVCL-4rvZNP8iim5WnpsXUSbyc_IRwBquRzGHBt9_HdrOjl51YEbTD0ycaGym8DTcnprTxjF5ZJH7GlrORp_DgXa_49YQR8xT/s1484/ChristmasInNYC2022%20%2312%20Ms.%20Toody%20Goo%20Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Christmas In NYC | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="1484" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3K4q7Nrr8DjX0hHoLJbGTbwY02LqyrKzws-aMzkgAA_XRCKYkXCtxHk5H-fLqhRoCuBfa9w0_K9dFZEyNmLRP2jrVCL-4rvZNP8iim5WnpsXUSbyc_IRwBquRzGHBt9_HdrOjl51YEbTD0ycaGym8DTcnprTxjF5ZJH7GlrORp_DgXa_49YQR8xT/s16000/ChristmasInNYC2022%20%2312%20Ms.%20Toody%20Goo%20Shoes.jpg" title="Christmas In NYC | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes"></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br> </span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Merry Christmas and Happy 8th night of Hanukkah, friends! </span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">I'm sending holiday greetings from warm and sunny Florida.......</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">NOT!!!</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">It's 45 degrees and rainy.......</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">just 20 degrees warmer than back home in NJ! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span></span></span></span></div><a href="https://mstoodygooshoes.blogspot.com/2022/12/new-york-city-christmas-scenes.html#more">Continue Reading »</a>Amy at Ms. Toody Goo Shoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11474198992341706776noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165759327413478117.post-40020396571747552322022-08-25T16:24:00.010-04:002022-08-29T22:43:55.361-04:00VIEW FROM MY WINDOW: A DIFFERENT WAY TO SEE THE WORLD<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoGVbBTIn0WZXe8rOOZhVn9YeDHiRQVzUE_0nUQUuvQGdiLkPELRNrdH6qWzcyuMZsWo01uyiA8XX3n_DqmyVHo9cH-Uw31ZGDSaJGRSELVGsEbAuwmzKEtYz1fN-AGv_aVC6eutnm9KDybz6ZXRDy1AIJF7mn2pDNzOcTkYvEP7nijDxiLUJEsOf7/s1600/ViewFromMyWindow%2012%20MsToodyGooShoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The View From My Window | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoGVbBTIn0WZXe8rOOZhVn9YeDHiRQVzUE_0nUQUuvQGdiLkPELRNrdH6qWzcyuMZsWo01uyiA8XX3n_DqmyVHo9cH-Uw31ZGDSaJGRSELVGsEbAuwmzKEtYz1fN-AGv_aVC6eutnm9KDybz6ZXRDy1AIJF7mn2pDNzOcTkYvEP7nijDxiLUJEsOf7/s16000/ViewFromMyWindow%2012%20MsToodyGooShoes.jpg" title="The View From My Window | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes"></a></span></span> <br></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">In the last few months, I've been "traveling"</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">all around the world.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> I've seen Africa and Aruba........</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Moscow and Mississippi.......</span></span> <br></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Canada and Chicago....... <br></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Brazil and Budapest.......</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Qatar and Queens. <br></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">I've even seen Ukraine.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"></span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Although I haven't acquired any frequent flyer miles,</span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">my virtual travel has given me something of far greater value...... </span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span></span></span></span></div><a href="https://mstoodygooshoes.blogspot.com/2022/08/view-from-my-window-different-way-to.html#more">Continue Reading »</a>Amy at Ms. Toody Goo Shoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11474198992341706776noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165759327413478117.post-87939934348424618422022-05-09T07:32:00.001-04:002022-05-09T20:09:05.251-04:00MONDAY MURALS: "ODE TO MOTHER" IN ICELAND<span style="font-weight: 400;"> <span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #242526; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></span> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsBdeLMGbUdXndvgCUXasiHEx0luOzhf7HSZ8dVLfbrR5umiKPWgKCmqBBcQNqA9pOZMr219ajMeQBh1LMkG6PjcJNv7BsTNdi2Q86VQuMCtqWZxb9lrKf2YkBDcNDWdUSzZOoUGMMhM1LvTnElFLqaRRNdVyAWTGCoDoeDpQxaL7qSRPdhkU53aws/s1197/Monday%20Murals%20Iceland%201%20Ms.%20Toody%20Goo%20Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt=""Ode To Mother" is the most famous mural in Reykjavik, Iceland | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="1197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsBdeLMGbUdXndvgCUXasiHEx0luOzhf7HSZ8dVLfbrR5umiKPWgKCmqBBcQNqA9pOZMr219ajMeQBh1LMkG6PjcJNv7BsTNdi2Q86VQuMCtqWZxb9lrKf2YkBDcNDWdUSzZOoUGMMhM1LvTnElFLqaRRNdVyAWTGCoDoeDpQxaL7qSRPdhkU53aws/s16000/Monday%20Murals%20Iceland%201%20Ms.%20Toody%20Goo%20Shoes.jpg" title=""Ode To Mother" is the most famous mural in Reykjavik, Iceland | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes"></a></div><br> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans; font-size: x-large;">When looking through the photos I took in Reykjavik, Iceland,</span></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans; font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans; font-size: x-large;"> </span></span>I noticed I have lots of pictures of murals.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans; font-size: x-large;">I didn't realize at the time....... <br></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans; font-size: x-large;"><span></span></span></span></div><a href="https://mstoodygooshoes.blogspot.com/2022/05/monday-murals-ode-to-mother-in-iceland.html#more">Continue Reading »</a>Amy at Ms. Toody Goo Shoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11474198992341706776noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165759327413478117.post-16667066261504393442022-03-24T17:45:00.006-04:002022-04-18T13:29:51.215-04:00WALK WITH ME: SOUTH FLORIDA'S RED REEF PARK<p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyGCNYk7ZCgPDtGVIc7DgqOBDPF9skZTXzEe0sEYLs4aRc_8EC0VlrFxiEV0m6SfL58ZE0xrPm5RFxdRim3tak50amTZx07Y0uSBYM4K870bczNhX2HO_8YHsz9DN6Pwl-JG_eIUH_AEZe4cwa_bntVLl_TLRXoG4QsRrJLn3iZ9-igskCXQd_kjMe=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="South Florida's Red Reef Park | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyGCNYk7ZCgPDtGVIc7DgqOBDPF9skZTXzEe0sEYLs4aRc_8EC0VlrFxiEV0m6SfL58ZE0xrPm5RFxdRim3tak50amTZx07Y0uSBYM4K870bczNhX2HO_8YHsz9DN6Pwl-JG_eIUH_AEZe4cwa_bntVLl_TLRXoG4QsRrJLn3iZ9-igskCXQd_kjMe=s16000" title="South Florida's Red Reef Park | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes"></a></div><br> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Now that spring is officially here,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I hope </span></span><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">that Jack Frost is no longer nipping at your nose,</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">and </span></span>you are done with picking frost out of your eyebrows.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">But, early spring is finicky. <br></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Just when you think it's safe to put away your snow boots, </span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">there will be a knock at your door.......</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">and it won't be the Amazon guy.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span></span></span></div><a href="https://mstoodygooshoes.blogspot.com/2022/03/walk-with-me-south-floridas-red-reef.html#more">Continue Reading »</a>Amy at Ms. Toody Goo Shoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11474198992341706776noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165759327413478117.post-43645984923069356122022-02-08T20:21:00.006-05:002022-03-30T16:18:51.051-04:00SAVANNAH'S HISTORIC RIVERFRONT: FIVE THINGS TO DO <p> <span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><b> </b></span></span><br></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxq63qjspreD1s8k19ppqgjwCWluZ6q5KUGOToElK3LNxcsggOALcBpUhTCISVaO8xBQx6tFniaaFOjTgZfb3fo6fD2G78Q7mHKVntZ-luSUVQ2H8US3tY6t3iQYmBDlfaFnCq9BCkMbU/s1200/Savannah+River+10+.+Ms+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Savannah's Historic River Front | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="845" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxq63qjspreD1s8k19ppqgjwCWluZ6q5KUGOToElK3LNxcsggOALcBpUhTCISVaO8xBQx6tFniaaFOjTgZfb3fo6fD2G78Q7mHKVntZ-luSUVQ2H8US3tY6t3iQYmBDlfaFnCq9BCkMbU/s16000/Savannah+River+10+.+Ms+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="Savannah's Historic River Front | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: red;"><i><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <br></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><i><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Some of the photos in this post were taken by my son,</span></span></i></span></div><span style="color: red;"><i><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">a.k.a. Junior Goo Shoes.</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><i><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br><span></span></span></span></i></div><a href="https://mstoodygooshoes.blogspot.com/2022/02/savannahs-historic-riverfront-five.html#more">Continue Reading »</a>Amy at Ms. Toody Goo Shoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11474198992341706776noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165759327413478117.post-57062322959662001342022-01-09T17:47:00.003-05:002022-01-14T17:55:38.796-05:00MONDAY MURALS: FLABBERGAST AT 9/11 MEMORIAL PLAZA<p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> <a href="https://www.wescover.com/p/street-murals-by-todd-gray-at-world-trade-center--PByfCmKk68" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>Flabbergast</i></a>, a 100-foot mural painted</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> on corrugated metal by artist Todd Gray,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">is a permanent fixture near the 9/11 Memorial Plaza </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">at the World Trade Center site.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span></span></span></span></div><a href="https://mstoodygooshoes.blogspot.com/2022/01/monday-murals-flabbergast-at-911.html#more">Continue Reading »</a>Amy at Ms. Toody Goo Shoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11474198992341706776noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165759327413478117.post-57330878195394138672021-12-10T18:57:00.013-05:002021-12-12T23:58:11.613-05:00RECENTLY IN NEW YORK CITY: LUCKY NUMBER 3<p> </p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5pV4lPdYK9j0j7jsk4v_IBPJeVAaXvMVM5m8wjHhB1GfrrOa-v783gfRClWX-Qsjv_yYQLel5LGj-3plYEIFbBOLvPXLS16elsBbjzmQddfluqOdT1DUIDw90aO6p6GoUQ-EJflE7ogPxrKSWsOzOU2TDKkLMjQ06TP2eLPlyGL46UoZyARmsYjq-=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="New York City | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="1638" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5pV4lPdYK9j0j7jsk4v_IBPJeVAaXvMVM5m8wjHhB1GfrrOa-v783gfRClWX-Qsjv_yYQLel5LGj-3plYEIFbBOLvPXLS16elsBbjzmQddfluqOdT1DUIDw90aO6p6GoUQ-EJflE7ogPxrKSWsOzOU2TDKkLMjQ06TP2eLPlyGL46UoZyARmsYjq-=s16000" title="New York City | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes"></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> <span></span></span></span></div><a href="https://mstoodygooshoes.blogspot.com/2021/12/recently-in-new-york-city-lucky-3.html#more">Continue Reading »</a>Amy at Ms. Toody Goo Shoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11474198992341706776noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165759327413478117.post-72104521007524902132021-11-24T13:53:00.004-05:002021-12-10T20:34:55.299-05:0020 HOLIDAY GIFTS (NOT JUST) FOR TRAVELERS <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQqo8a38jsymTlwz3T8KH8FP8dMz8JxD8neEe9eQNg1ASE9LjXgr7diZu6or1BSv_EEWymNhoYVrh_tG_zKPTo76VmNzF3dl7JghB7QJkeDRAFsi7OSi1bPgtsvhrtPVqEOZxOCy-XP_VnDLY__7BfBNaVxnSSY1a339GeUnV4xKhwRYoETY6Sc4hx=s1526" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Holiday Gift Guide For Travelers | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="1026" data-original-width="1526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQqo8a38jsymTlwz3T8KH8FP8dMz8JxD8neEe9eQNg1ASE9LjXgr7diZu6or1BSv_EEWymNhoYVrh_tG_zKPTo76VmNzF3dl7JghB7QJkeDRAFsi7OSi1bPgtsvhrtPVqEOZxOCy-XP_VnDLY__7BfBNaVxnSSY1a339GeUnV4xKhwRYoETY6Sc4hx=s16000" title="Holiday Gift Guide For Travelers | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes"></a></div><br> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Sometimes, it's hard for me to remember</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">that I'm a travel blogger.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">I'm guessing half of you don't even realize that.......</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">and why would you? <br></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> After all, it was only about a year and a half </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">before the Corona-coaster rocked our lives,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">that <a href="https://mstoodygooshoes.blogspot.com/search?q=passion#.YZ1sUy2cY_U" target="_blank">I switched the focus of this blog</a> from lifestyle to travel. <br></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Then, I took<a href="https://mstoodygooshoes.blogspot.com/2021/07/im-back-july-4th-flags-and-mail-chimp.html" target="_blank"> a six-month hiatus from blogging</a>,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">and my travel-branding really never got off the ground. <br></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">So, if you haven't been following me that long,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">you'll have to trust me.......</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">When it comes to traveling,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">I know a thing or two.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">I've put together a list of <span style="color: red;"><b>20 holiday gift ideas</b></span> for the travelers </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">(and even some for the <a href="https://mstoodygooshoes.blogspot.com/2021/11/armchair-travel-adventures.html" target="_blank">armchair travelers</a>) on your list.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">I had two strict criteria for my selections:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span></span></span></span></div></div><a href="https://mstoodygooshoes.blogspot.com/2021/11/20-holiday-gifts-not-just-for-travelers.html#more">Continue Reading »</a>Amy at Ms. Toody Goo Shoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11474198992341706776noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165759327413478117.post-68464452529824429452021-11-16T16:56:00.008-05:002021-11-21T19:39:55.702-05:00ARMCHAIR TRAVEL ADVENTURES<p> </p><p></p><br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEioRo0-QA6QexsWJaW81baWbEyFHXZCsHyEasDinLezklYcHNBanJFymyb9v4w7r4XF0c6geHcnOJEU179_k6MvSaxiHz1F333VErCR_5qcw15cE9ed2n-5PYyl1fNtYGrqCUjJ2w8bLf8KQv9TvFxOi64I-LDE_Sn9fbTzc-yX5gGeR_3wGeW5snZn=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEioRo0-QA6QexsWJaW81baWbEyFHXZCsHyEasDinLezklYcHNBanJFymyb9v4w7r4XF0c6geHcnOJEU179_k6MvSaxiHz1F333VErCR_5qcw15cE9ed2n-5PYyl1fNtYGrqCUjJ2w8bLf8KQv9TvFxOi64I-LDE_Sn9fbTzc-yX5gGeR_3wGeW5snZn=s16000"></a></div><br><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Is anyone out there itching to start traveling again, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">like I am?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">I want to go somewhere so badly,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">I can taste it, <br></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">and it tastes like.......</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span></span></span></span></div><a href="https://mstoodygooshoes.blogspot.com/2021/11/armchair-travel-adventures.html#more">Continue Reading »</a>Amy at Ms. Toody Goo Shoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11474198992341706776noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165759327413478117.post-89879848604679921612021-10-28T18:20:00.003-04:002021-11-02T08:35:25.195-04:00HALLOWEEN IN NEW YORK CITY: TOWNHOUSE STYLE<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtA3-YDTk8VMum5YvDQ8fU1ANYNrMtKtlhfeEAwAiJtBAPqw_GBhZFe4jPXawXlNI1vpQ0gCxgSpT_ahsaKp7pAs9P-0bImpWjEivIsbJggVF9gJ0lmZFr6WXc7PuW8ob9nXGsQCXIFRfqi57pdn9CjppeSA1WJnfLPK2Z0ZexK-YhK6Vc8AZM04ed=s1682" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="NYC Halloween | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="1682" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtA3-YDTk8VMum5YvDQ8fU1ANYNrMtKtlhfeEAwAiJtBAPqw_GBhZFe4jPXawXlNI1vpQ0gCxgSpT_ahsaKp7pAs9P-0bImpWjEivIsbJggVF9gJ0lmZFr6WXc7PuW8ob9nXGsQCXIFRfqi57pdn9CjppeSA1WJnfLPK2Z0ZexK-YhK6Vc8AZM04ed=s16000" title="NYC Halloween | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">I've got a confession.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">I do feel a bit guilty.......</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">but, I've made a decision, </span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">and I won't budge an inch.</span></span></div><p></p><span></span><a href="https://mstoodygooshoes.blogspot.com/2021/10/halloween-in-new-york-city-townhouse.html#more">Continue Reading »</a>Amy at Ms. Toody Goo Shoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11474198992341706776noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165759327413478117.post-19818753426078065072021-10-18T09:00:00.006-04:002021-10-24T23:13:31.392-04:00FEELING "FALLISH" IN NEW YORK CITY<div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><p style="text-align: left;"> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3GiAWx5HSiLl_6hKBwoKT8Po5UXsZ9qTAWdUhpsInnQ3pvP5seeVIDebe6BbchkMApzXSfcUjcIK8qoX7n8jD44eYD8umE0x5Q2m9Bi8q_sysdrW4dwAb3dlUVZLxpjtg-PUjSwqQUMkQGt52Iv6BWwAXgZixeYIXRzovv5ICMQKCa3kOwz9-GPW6=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1531" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3GiAWx5HSiLl_6hKBwoKT8Po5UXsZ9qTAWdUhpsInnQ3pvP5seeVIDebe6BbchkMApzXSfcUjcIK8qoX7n8jD44eYD8umE0x5Q2m9Bi8q_sysdrW4dwAb3dlUVZLxpjtg-PUjSwqQUMkQGt52Iv6BWwAXgZixeYIXRzovv5ICMQKCa3kOwz9-GPW6=s16000" title="Ms. Toody Goo Shoes"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br></td></tr></tbody></table><br></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <span></span></span></span></div><a href="https://mstoodygooshoes.blogspot.com/2021/10/feeling-fallish-in-new-york-city.html#more">Continue Reading »</a>Amy at Ms. Toody Goo Shoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11474198992341706776noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165759327413478117.post-67202052672009029572021-09-22T14:47:00.001-04:002021-09-23T08:36:24.830-04:00YESTERDAY IN NEW YORK CITY: REFLECTIONS <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaa2HzY7EVf_7Msn4I291BQrtohdBDb7LhD7fjgo1LXylLLlzspIOYN7CP0G5YgShFogOiKn_jXepDvRy53z5fBq18YhFBy0CJQZNCFNteKvwQK11hqVxZHY80ijwfIJuhFfZGLVS4oYA/s2048/Ciprianis+NYC+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Bowery Savings Bank Building, NYC | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="1463" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaa2HzY7EVf_7Msn4I291BQrtohdBDb7LhD7fjgo1LXylLLlzspIOYN7CP0G5YgShFogOiKn_jXepDvRy53z5fBq18YhFBy0CJQZNCFNteKvwQK11hqVxZHY80ijwfIJuhFfZGLVS4oYA/s16000/Ciprianis+NYC+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="Bowery Savings Bank Building, NYC | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bowery Savings Bank Building with reflection of Grand Central Station.<br></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br> <span></span></span></span></div><a href="https://mstoodygooshoes.blogspot.com/2021/09/yesterday-in-new-york-city-reflections.html#more">Continue Reading »</a>Amy at Ms. Toody Goo Shoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11474198992341706776noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165759327413478117.post-68585754685482761842021-09-13T09:00:00.026-04:002021-09-14T20:03:36.977-04:00TEN WATERFRONT HOMES AROUND THE WORLD: WHERE WOULD YOU LIVE?<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> <br></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX6rw1O8nD43qU4QsRL4IaMsxum6bcCrlZUX-pYbRdAmwNx_g4F43Gnl02phMgbol-OxB7zlpHUl6s1hmC2AYh7rn7uf6stU-F1EkOzkBzAUGF1_SaZY8bbPJtmu7PeqZ_dQBkgv0Wiyo/s1520/WaterfrontHomesPinIt.MsToodyGooShoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Which waterfront home would you choose to live in? Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="1020" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX6rw1O8nD43qU4QsRL4IaMsxum6bcCrlZUX-pYbRdAmwNx_g4F43Gnl02phMgbol-OxB7zlpHUl6s1hmC2AYh7rn7uf6stU-F1EkOzkBzAUGF1_SaZY8bbPJtmu7PeqZ_dQBkgv0Wiyo/s16000/WaterfrontHomesPinIt.MsToodyGooShoes.jpg" title="Which waterfront home would you choose to live in? Ms. Toody Goo Shoes"></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br> </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span></span></span></p><a href="https://mstoodygooshoes.blogspot.com/2021/09/ten-waterfront-homes-around-world-where.html#more">Continue Reading »</a>Amy at Ms. Toody Goo Shoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11474198992341706776noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165759327413478117.post-73748924414326897652021-08-24T14:01:00.002-04:002021-08-25T16:23:57.828-04:00THE BELVEDERE AND TURTLE POND: MORE FROM CENTRAL PARK<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJSiB3St5TnhTCOKlbDOmI68MBGJuY1LirHVS3sKh8UWECI1idE7jTcaNoQIpHFBt3BpeFMZs95Zwv3SPB2RI10steWSIEJEaMJJeSOfZNV01JfssBQ10-7_LF_YY3rrdXm-40nSBnVBs/s1626/TurtlePond+Belvedere+Castle2+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Turtle Pond and Belvedere Castle are two must-see spots to visit in Central Park, New York | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="1626" data-original-width="1226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJSiB3St5TnhTCOKlbDOmI68MBGJuY1LirHVS3sKh8UWECI1idE7jTcaNoQIpHFBt3BpeFMZs95Zwv3SPB2RI10steWSIEJEaMJJeSOfZNV01JfssBQ10-7_LF_YY3rrdXm-40nSBnVBs/s16000/TurtlePond+Belvedere+Castle2+.jpg" title="Turtle Pond and Belvedere Castle are two must-see spots to visit in Central Park, New York | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes"></a></div><br> <span></span></span></span></div><a href="https://mstoodygooshoes.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-belvedere-and-turtle-pond-more-from.html#more">Continue Reading »</a>Amy at Ms. Toody Goo Shoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11474198992341706776noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165759327413478117.post-31423979254046022322021-08-06T14:08:00.004-04:002021-08-08T17:44:29.131-04:00SHAKESPEARE GARDEN: CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVCwU-DLWvxUhGlcJ20VSITtQoYgvWV1sZCOs5J6pVKAKZrifz9QtjAfotL7ZfcjQ5OGcXy4x0wmwwkVdMpoD7zPT_m8P8C7T2TRwOy0FSKgudVXrnWVjtoen3LHl6LmdOPD9UdTy7R80/s2048/ShakespeareGarden11.MsToodyGooShoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Shakespeare Garden in Central Park is a "must see" when visiting NYC in spring or summer. Ms Toody Goo Shoes #mycentralpark" border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVCwU-DLWvxUhGlcJ20VSITtQoYgvWV1sZCOs5J6pVKAKZrifz9QtjAfotL7ZfcjQ5OGcXy4x0wmwwkVdMpoD7zPT_m8P8C7T2TRwOy0FSKgudVXrnWVjtoen3LHl6LmdOPD9UdTy7R80/s16000/ShakespeareGarden11.MsToodyGooShoes.jpg" title="Shakespeare Garden in Central Park is a "must see" when visiting NYC in spring or summer. Ms Toody Goo Shoes #mycentralpark"></a></div><br><i><b><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">"Of all the flowers, methinks a rose is best."</span></b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">William Shakespeare, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Two Noble Kinsmen</i></span><br></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br>🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 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large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">After spending four months in Florida this winter,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">I was looking forward to coming home to New Jersey.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">It's not that I <i>wanted</i> to leave Florida.......</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">not at all! <br></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">If I could have figured out a way </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">to be in both places at the same time,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">that would have been ideal.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Short of becoming the subject of a clone experiment, however, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">I was ready to head back up north. <br></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Truth is,<br></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> I missed my family, my friends, my house, my car......</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">and, ooohhh, my Nespresso machine! <br></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">(I did NOT say <i>mostly</i> my Nespresso machine,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">but, yes, I admit to yearning for a cinnamon</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">brown sugar nonfat latte more than once 😍)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">F</span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">our months is a long time to be away from home......</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">long enough to forget how to use the TV remote,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">and how to microwave Skinny Girl popcorn to perfection. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">I <i>even</i> had to think about how to get to my local Home Goods!</span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> <br></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">I <i>know!!!</i> <i>Crazy</i>, right?</span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">I feel so fortunate that we were able to </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">escape the northeast's winter weather, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">which was particularly harsh this year.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> As we tell our friends, however,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">when you go away for that long, it's not <i>really</i> a vacation.......</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">you're just living life somewhere else. <br></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">There's food shopping, and laundry to do........</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">There are bills to be paid, and an apartment to clean.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> There's even an occasional doctor's appointment. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Granted, having the beach and pool nearby </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> does somewhat place the ratio of vacation to living real life </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">at about 50/50.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">60/40.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Okay, 70/30.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Who's complaining?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><i>I'm</i> not complaining. <br></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br><span><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">And, being in a warm weather climate</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">was balm for our pandemic-weary souls.</span></span></span></span></span></div><br><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span><br><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Yet, it is SO good to be home. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Like I always say, if you aren't happy to be home, </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">something is <i>really</i> wrong. </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">As much as I loved my time in Florida,</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">the answer is an emphatic NO.......<br></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span>I would <i>not</i> want to live there year round. </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span>There's a greater chance I'll be drafted as the next quarterback for the NY Giants than <i>that</i> ever happening. </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span> </span> </span><br></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;">That said, I do miss</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> these 10 things </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">that were part of</span></span></span></span></span> my daily life in Florida........ <br></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: 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July 4th Flags and Mail Chimp<div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKjfS0SYdoCw9yea-Vdc5oxhQsBb7KX0ytryIeWpckYg_TsWgyPBiKpoqPFt4WXMj1L9xkv5b3cy9tOcEQshQqe-FXbZpFeuvU2YWhBgjdDqhpzSAryJyTU4FhVe29FlfqYladIQwH_qI/s2048/SavannahFlags.MsToodyGooShoes.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="American Flags, Savannah, GA | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1463" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKjfS0SYdoCw9yea-Vdc5oxhQsBb7KX0ytryIeWpckYg_TsWgyPBiKpoqPFt4WXMj1L9xkv5b3cy9tOcEQshQqe-FXbZpFeuvU2YWhBgjdDqhpzSAryJyTU4FhVe29FlfqYladIQwH_qI/s16000/SavannahFlags.MsToodyGooShoes.jpg" title="American Flags, Savannah, GA | Ms. Toody Goo Shoe"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Savannah, Georgia</span></span></span><br></td></tr></tbody></table><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Hi - remember me? </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> No?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">It's me..........Ms. Toody!!!!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Ms. Toody Goo Shoes???????</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br>Doesn't ring a bell? </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">It serves me right for disappearing for the last six months. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> Sorry about that.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Truly, I am.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhksx4aGoitZNdl1rdS_BzPN5eW30wBdLdiu6wlgkHtXhvYdJRr_A7w8WBSJ3Gx1_H0vnXSZPCiIcktI6oZviUfn5-FZbrX37jbLn7BCIXChGBXI3rnq4R4vAwq4afiUBzZ_RMkFD9m47I/s2048/American+Flags%252C+ShelterIsland+NY+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg"><img alt="American Flags, Shelter Island, NY | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhksx4aGoitZNdl1rdS_BzPN5eW30wBdLdiu6wlgkHtXhvYdJRr_A7w8WBSJ3Gx1_H0vnXSZPCiIcktI6oZviUfn5-FZbrX37jbLn7BCIXChGBXI3rnq4R4vAwq4afiUBzZ_RMkFD9m47I/s16000/American+Flags%252C+ShelterIsland+NY+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="American Flags, Shelter Island, NY | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes"></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">Shelter Island, NY</span></span><br></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">I had no intention of completely falling off the blogging grid for so long.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">I just............</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">I couldn't.............</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">I was........... </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Welp, truth is.......</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> <span></span></span></span></div><a href="https://mstoodygooshoes.blogspot.com/2021/07/im-back-july-4th-flags-and-mail-chimp.html#more">Continue Reading »</a>Amy at Ms. Toody Goo Shoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11474198992341706776noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165759327413478117.post-76596304395629152362020-12-05T17:40:00.003-05:002021-06-30T23:34:14.985-04:00NEW RULES: VIEWING THE ROCKEFELLER CHRISTMAS TREE IN 2020<p><span style="color: red;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhTGWnScB3uMxRaxKJ5wvJne4HbnXCMg3opjqK-5CYiBEFuSqResONbaebnIUqFlXaVJop0nfe3J8HbzqtcE7daGFlrk-YK7Fe1A3kNLZkiSomNrKNJbE6npC14RIMwwWkm4VtktbE-cY/s1445/DSC_0314.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Yes, you can visit the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree in 2020 - but you need to know the "New Rules. _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes"" border="0" data-original-height="1445" data-original-width="1098" height="770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhTGWnScB3uMxRaxKJ5wvJne4HbnXCMg3opjqK-5CYiBEFuSqResONbaebnIUqFlXaVJop0nfe3J8HbzqtcE7daGFlrk-YK7Fe1A3kNLZkiSomNrKNJbE6npC14RIMwwWkm4VtktbE-cY/w585-h770/DSC_0314.jpeg" title="Yes, you can visit the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree in 2020 - but you need to know the "New Rules. _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" width="585"></a></span></i></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Note: Photos in this post are from my archives.</span></span></i></span><span style="font-family: "Merriweather Sans"; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">If you've been wondering if you can visit <br>the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree this year,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">while the pandemic continues to rear its ugly Covid- head,<br></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">the answer is YES.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">But.......you'll have to know the *New Rules* before you go.<br></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">There will be no selfies in front of the tree </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">with you and 25 of your Besties.......</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">And, no dilly-dallying trying to get the perfect Instagram-worthy picture.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">That said, it will still be fun to go, if you can. <br></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">In fact, it might be a very good idea to see the tree this year, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">as city streets are likely to be less crowded than usual.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span></span></span></div><a href="https://mstoodygooshoes.blogspot.com/2020/12/new-rules-viewing-rockefeller-christmas.html#more">Continue Reading »</a>Amy at Ms. Toody Goo Shoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11474198992341706776noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165759327413478117.post-76613409889995500342020-11-19T17:36:00.002-05:002020-11-21T16:53:17.339-05:00PIERMONT PIER: THE FALL EDITION<p> </p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_INcYFViwsXpx4P8dIAv9n6DYGkoOk4E3VXJ-We87oxynoIORgByjC7xCpD-kkwmsyQap1byaKH_O4WCk6cRC1RqX2zpPi9BqZHKrkB5uDtYG4A2fU2MIuPI1LSyKBdmNFC_twZGcFps/s2048/Piermont+Pier1_Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Piermont Pier is an easy day trip from New York City | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_INcYFViwsXpx4P8dIAv9n6DYGkoOk4E3VXJ-We87oxynoIORgByjC7xCpD-kkwmsyQap1byaKH_O4WCk6cRC1RqX2zpPi9BqZHKrkB5uDtYG4A2fU2MIuPI1LSyKBdmNFC_twZGcFps/s16000/Piermont+Pier1_Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="Piermont Pier is an easy day trip from New York City | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span>As
you may or may not have noticed, my presence in Blogland, and by
extension, social media, has been near non-existent these past few
months. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span>I fear I've fallen so far off the blogging radar screen, </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span>that I should change my brand name to.......</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span> <br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span>Ms. Toody <b>Who?</b> Shoes. </span></span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span> </span></span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">I keep thinking about ending my blogging career,</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">but I'm not ready to give it up just yet. </span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">I guess I should just accept the fact </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">that I'm probably going to post once or twice a month, at most.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"> Every time I consider hanging up my "out of business" sign, someone says, <i> </i></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>"I read your travel post about blah-blah-blah,</i></span></span></span><i><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"> and you really inspired me to go,"</span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">or</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">"Your itinerary was so helpful."</span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"> or</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">"I'll never get to go there, so thanks for taking me along virtually."</span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"> <br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"> And that, folks, is what makes me keep on keepin' on, albeit sporadically. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Not to mention, it's kind of hard to sustain the brand of being a travel blogger,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">when a world-wide pandemic comes along.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">I know we're all in the same Covid boat which is docked at home right now, <br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">but I do wonder when we'll be able to travel again.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Like everyone else, my travel radius has shrunk to a close-to-home range.<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Over the summer, I discovered the <i>Piermont Pier</i>, </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">in Piermont, NY, literally fifteen minutes away. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Remember I showed you that, <a href="https://mstoodygooshoes.blogspot.com/2020/07/piermont-pier-quarantine-discovery.html#.X7V5zNt7k_U" target="_blank">here</a>? <br />I went back in late October to see the views in all their autumnal glory.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">I don't know what I was thinking, as I picked a pretty foggy day,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">and could barely see the fall colors </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">across the Hudson River</span></span></span>.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Back in the old days, I would have had this post up in a timely manner.<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Here it is, almost six weeks later. <br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">I place the blame <i>100% </i>on Joanna and Clea from <i>The Home Edit</i>.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks to my infatuation with <a href="https://www.thehomeedit.com/the-show/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">their show</a> on Netflix</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">(and their two books that I ordered, and read at warp speed),</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">I've been so busy rearranging my drawers and cabinets,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">there's no time left for blogging.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm so deep into home organization mode, </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">that dinners have been late to the table,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">laundry has sat for hours in the washer,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">and FaceTime calls to friends have been pushed aside,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">so that I can rainbow-order every single thing in my house</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">(rainbows are their signature, FYI).<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">If it wasn't for the fact that I need to buy some storage bins</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">for my next big project.......the office....... <br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">I probably wouldn't have posted this fall edition of the Piermont Pier until spring. <br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Timely, it's not.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Pretty, it is.......if I do say so myself.<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a 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an easy day trip from New York City | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigFAZrpWQ_RFWJdbq5yp_cGATyG_dOouZtzMkT9ALH6EOgEp4Iz45u_xNRG62k9TKKh31sdQJ2zL_5wfb1vR3dX0lZh0PCzgtiTsKbu9OXOiVaWzFeJe0O-YqyGg3hZTUD83RNctt4zNU/s16000/Piermont+Pier+12_Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="Piermont Pier is an easy day trip from New York City | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></span></span></span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">🦃 🦃 🦃</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Next year, may we all celebrate with extended family and friends.<br /><br />Stay safe!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">😷 😷 😷 <br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ALJRvp2X8DKOzdVYt93IXtcQ12pqNuih_MklYhiwMe0B6eOAOPBV5C2cIPIQzUsAylJwKj7PiQJYa4l4XrDOWjOLBWr2Z6RKwDhELh5zbccIFc0xJ3KcRDzbWfFS7PRC2uDNeA2PfNc/s172/Ms.+Toody+Signature+Earth.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="69" data-original-width="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ALJRvp2X8DKOzdVYt93IXtcQ12pqNuih_MklYhiwMe0B6eOAOPBV5C2cIPIQzUsAylJwKj7PiQJYa4l4XrDOWjOLBWr2Z6RKwDhELh5zbccIFc0xJ3KcRDzbWfFS7PRC2uDNeA2PfNc/s0/Ms.+Toody+Signature+Earth.png" /></a></div><br /> </span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Amy at Ms. Toody Goo Shoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11474198992341706776noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165759327413478117.post-52726270862530524622020-10-29T22:16:00.001-04:002020-10-30T23:45:37.472-04:00YESTERDAY IN NEW YORK: IN A FOG<p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8p3bir-9-M3FWYJTDnl-fqJ2Fthus4B0LBjot7SQt_dciXktEeOJ7bva2Q1aMDZmj4yIy9NeNweKVOIP-csF0Rc6F2glTfdADtQy4B-ory4qkkPpjUWZz_ceGG5Z6O36TAR5UpvlIzDA/s750/TodayInNYC+%25234_Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Channel Gardens at Rockefeller Center in NYC, are beautiful no matter the season. | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8p3bir-9-M3FWYJTDnl-fqJ2Fthus4B0LBjot7SQt_dciXktEeOJ7bva2Q1aMDZmj4yIy9NeNweKVOIP-csF0Rc6F2glTfdADtQy4B-ory4qkkPpjUWZz_ceGG5Z6O36TAR5UpvlIzDA/s16000/TodayInNYC+%25234_Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="The Channel Gardens at Rockefeller Center in NYC, are beautiful no matter the season. | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></span></span> <br /></p><p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">I almost forgot that I had an appointment in the city yesterday morning.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">It was on my calendar, but for some reason I had a mental block against it.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">You might say that I was in a fog. <br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Fortunately, I remembered the night before,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">and set three alarms to make sure that I got myself out of bed.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">I woke up to a rainy and foggy day. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Drat.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">It's never fun walking around in New York when it's raining, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">but it's downright miserable when I can't hang out in a coffee shop, <br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">or pop into a store to kill time before my appointment,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">because of my own personal restrictions due to the pandemic.<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> <br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Fortunately, by the time I arrived, there was only a light drizzle,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">which allowed me to pull out my camera, and walk around midtown for a bit.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5vmUT4V6E3A8EB08R9qYpDFAFOBA1tyIQY669OajYAZKxszgSxQIBlg1atU0qbETOa4f40CWNZoTuvnVwUwiW7dLFEMPfDOKyk4IUdfdTfw4pYU3RjiezN5e69QPCHHhjnnwpHT1Bmkg/s750/Flourish+photo.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="75" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5vmUT4V6E3A8EB08R9qYpDFAFOBA1tyIQY669OajYAZKxszgSxQIBlg1atU0qbETOa4f40CWNZoTuvnVwUwiW7dLFEMPfDOKyk4IUdfdTfw4pYU3RjiezN5e69QPCHHhjnnwpHT1Bmkg/s320/Flourish+photo.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Directly across from <i>St. Patrick's Cathedral</i>, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: large;">Atlas holds up the heavens on his shoulders.</span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA9pHTVXx6AZR1JKGXTVAVCa8r49axDmLW_ekr0_4R5662Kxe0VDeyY7BpVG1dT-2IPFT8IM0BHn1Jmi_mWliOX5_Idz8R5oCjfDxAEbMra0zHP8WOE5C6HPn-seNndCb5oGYk5aqH6Gc/s969/TodayInNYC+%25238_Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="969" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA9pHTVXx6AZR1JKGXTVAVCa8r49axDmLW_ekr0_4R5662Kxe0VDeyY7BpVG1dT-2IPFT8IM0BHn1Jmi_mWliOX5_Idz8R5oCjfDxAEbMra0zHP8WOE5C6HPn-seNndCb5oGYk5aqH6Gc/s16000/TodayInNYC+%25238_Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span>Last fall, I wanted to go to the Observation Deck, but kept putting it off.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;">If only I knew then that a pandemic would put that visit on hold for a very long time</span>. <br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvWRD6180RfAZcTWyMoEyUpVFcKF7RhV3Oz-IhQ8plu85IpjltNPqSOqQTEE8SvdxiX7sp6jwou7p-ZcThFjBALffqehaqfIGpFBQ0wwUCLygN6Zd_elg-hK_EhU8VyJbZ9HyYntFGxCs/s1000/TodayInNYC+%25239_Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="NBC Studios at Rockefeller Center, NYC | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvWRD6180RfAZcTWyMoEyUpVFcKF7RhV3Oz-IhQ8plu85IpjltNPqSOqQTEE8SvdxiX7sp6jwou7p-ZcThFjBALffqehaqfIGpFBQ0wwUCLygN6Zd_elg-hK_EhU8VyJbZ9HyYntFGxCs/s16000/TodayInNYC+%25239_Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="NBC Studios at Rockefeller Center, NYC | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><i>The Channel Gardens</i> at Rockefeller Center are decked out in fall splendor,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: large;">seemingly oblivious to Covid-19.</span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFI94632a56uLQpqLnGLliqcL8r6FjcF5bqbfe29wskl5-fMeKP2LoeZZsTETCedjs1vfatMVg9mecH6gu3i38uCv2ybqVJ2RozhSmnQmT7ov6De0dYsAReFURPQrcojpewx4rQ2ZZHQw/s1125/TodayInNYC+%25231_Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Channel Gardens at Rockefeller Center in NYC, are beautiful no matter the season. | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFI94632a56uLQpqLnGLliqcL8r6FjcF5bqbfe29wskl5-fMeKP2LoeZZsTETCedjs1vfatMVg9mecH6gu3i38uCv2ybqVJ2RozhSmnQmT7ov6De0dYsAReFURPQrcojpewx4rQ2ZZHQw/s16000/TodayInNYC+%25231_Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="The Channel Gardens at Rockefeller Center in NYC, are beautiful no matter the season. | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio8-uPN7OR3IDrbxu0eWhYjsnominkH-DdvV7CBFe-em7j2PvlwXd_kg2Rb4Xn07IUkgDR7l3AT3xqbfNgq2VA9zg8Od0cVg5Ly_PjQ-XP3aEwz7I2y9gcyXIt6L4oJDj9kuiAnhH5PHY/s1076/TodayInNYC+%25233_Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Channel Gardens at Rockefeller Center in NYC, are beautiful no matter the season. | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio8-uPN7OR3IDrbxu0eWhYjsnominkH-DdvV7CBFe-em7j2PvlwXd_kg2Rb4Xn07IUkgDR7l3AT3xqbfNgq2VA9zg8Od0cVg5Ly_PjQ-XP3aEwz7I2y9gcyXIt6L4oJDj9kuiAnhH5PHY/s16000/TodayInNYC+%25233_Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="The Channel Gardens at Rockefeller Center in NYC, are beautiful no matter the season. | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOuwVwb4pfxAjAOYjbuoMHO7Bjg5jUaq_8r45oL9RNs3FuQ04Ki8mAEAuLzaI2AaM3iJx72xrFM0IeU4hhGTinLPZTOeYNRKiBEYfuoAsGbHVkgZFQbv9eGKUTc1VcBM50N3-0u7yX31w/s750/TodayInNYC+%25235_Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Channel Gardens at Rockefeller Center in NYC, are beautiful no matter the season. | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOuwVwb4pfxAjAOYjbuoMHO7Bjg5jUaq_8r45oL9RNs3FuQ04Ki8mAEAuLzaI2AaM3iJx72xrFM0IeU4hhGTinLPZTOeYNRKiBEYfuoAsGbHVkgZFQbv9eGKUTc1VcBM50N3-0u7yX31w/s16000/TodayInNYC+%25235_Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="The Channel Gardens at Rockefeller Center in NYC, are beautiful no matter the season. | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><i>Saks Fifth Avenue (</i>seen above-center, and below) has its Christmas outfit on, </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">ready and waiting for holiday sightseers.</span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiemWFji7elhGuWuQl-DjfzVX79tHgcN-NriRdThNvguxthsbZ1TgSfCUN316Sgp4hE66vNo9HJoqGIGjr_JHHA9pLAn62-YPV7eSjgYjScj5DA6IIZs5hP4n9C_29-CB_actsdXhrB_BM/s2048/TodayInNYC+%25236_Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Saks Fifth Avenue is a must-see holiday site in New York City. | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1493" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiemWFji7elhGuWuQl-DjfzVX79tHgcN-NriRdThNvguxthsbZ1TgSfCUN316Sgp4hE66vNo9HJoqGIGjr_JHHA9pLAn62-YPV7eSjgYjScj5DA6IIZs5hP4n9C_29-CB_actsdXhrB_BM/s16000/TodayInNYC+%25236_Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="Saks Fifth Avenue is a must-see holiday site in New York City. | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> <i>FAO Schwartz</i>, the toy store renowned the world over,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: large;">is stocked and waiting for shoppers.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjegA8tnD2JWETAr5lXzohP799UJdj2R8eXEyEoj8yGJxMKhb1vnoXnswh1_EAgIvfmZBBfd11XBGOaQFG_YwwEWFNfocUL3Pi6FCpeGzKL6j_CJB5gO3u57uaqIZj09ZQJbFZOz5qBqNY/s978/TodayInNYC+%25237_Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="FAO Schwartz, in Rockefeller Center, NYC, is one of the most famous toy stores in the world. | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjegA8tnD2JWETAr5lXzohP799UJdj2R8eXEyEoj8yGJxMKhb1vnoXnswh1_EAgIvfmZBBfd11XBGOaQFG_YwwEWFNfocUL3Pi6FCpeGzKL6j_CJB5gO3u57uaqIZj09ZQJbFZOz5qBqNY/s16000/TodayInNYC+%25237_Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="FAO Schwartz, in Rockefeller Center, NYC, is one of the most famous toy stores in the world. | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">I'm happy to report that there was a little more life in midtown</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">than the last time I was there back in July .</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">It was pretty empty, as most businesses based there</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">continue to have their employees working from home. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">(For those who are unfamiliar with the city's neighborhoods,</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><i>midtown is primarily a commercial district, not a residential area).</i><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Rockefeller Center was still deserted, but then again,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">it <i>was</i> raining. <br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Clearly, midtown Manhattan has not recovered yet.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">New York City as a whole has a long way to go. <br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> HOWEVER.........</span></span></b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Contrary to reports that Manhattan is a ghost town,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">or besieged with violence,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">well, it's just </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> hogwash</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">(and on this particular day, <i>fog</i>wash).</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">I assure you, the Big Apple is alive and well.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">On recent trips to the Upper East and West Sides,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">which are primarily residential areas,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">neighborhoods were bustling - looking almost normal.......</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">with
kids going to school, and plenty of folks enjoying outdoor dining </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">(myself included), </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">biking, running, walking, and shopping.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> <br /></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> And almost everyone was wearing a mask.........</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">even Atlas.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUiw6qDyNHXma2X8kmvAAs2ntvt7EjXYzapn58EyKHWiKeCk-Dp3a7R_aIM3Uwa90EZEfsa_c-td3RmweBr8MmGxqeIzrkc4V4XuK3774Ks40yLt4N8lmiCmJiRs72ws-jqlDMivX4bt0/s2048/TodayInNYC+%25239_Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes+copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Atlas at Rockefeller Center is one of the most photographed sites in NYC | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1491" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUiw6qDyNHXma2X8kmvAAs2ntvt7EjXYzapn58EyKHWiKeCk-Dp3a7R_aIM3Uwa90EZEfsa_c-td3RmweBr8MmGxqeIzrkc4V4XuK3774Ks40yLt4N8lmiCmJiRs72ws-jqlDMivX4bt0/s16000/TodayInNYC+%25239_Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes+copy.jpg" title="Atlas at Rockefeller Center is one of the most photographed sites in NYC | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> Back on the Jersey side of the Hudson River,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">the George Washington Bridge, enshrouded in fog,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">was a photo opportunity too irresistible to pass up.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5u0drn6yKyaE8DFgsYiCfxYGrUO352wfRyxzkNA4U0PsNT-kjAzFNgjvlCYsfuWvcOAR11WA9jZz1xIeHio1KHkTJc2rnhLmks05qZr7FlBEqiRsFAIL-qxkCopVqYGHExcR1Y9Rhje0/s750/TodayInNYC+%252310_Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="George Washington Bridge | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5u0drn6yKyaE8DFgsYiCfxYGrUO352wfRyxzkNA4U0PsNT-kjAzFNgjvlCYsfuWvcOAR11WA9jZz1xIeHio1KHkTJc2rnhLmks05qZr7FlBEqiRsFAIL-qxkCopVqYGHExcR1Y9Rhje0/s16000/TodayInNYC+%252310_Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="George Washington Bridge | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Apologies to bloggers I haven't visited lately.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">I'll be by soon.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">And hopefully, it won't be another month until my next blog post.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: large;">Stay well.....And VOTE! </span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUm6OJFuxDUwFuz2nrrfMDYrtMOrGFu5u7DfQnf-_YaJf4YeRJL9DkzLMpNC2dFLLuxI62fpIGJotBERgXvwALnQ4OQAO99si6A3nQoKZfY8cgY1Yg3QaHj0-tBrSiBWJ1Cq6uuuW1cUI/s172/Ms.+Toody+Signature+Earth.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="69" data-original-width="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUm6OJFuxDUwFuz2nrrfMDYrtMOrGFu5u7DfQnf-_YaJf4YeRJL9DkzLMpNC2dFLLuxI62fpIGJotBERgXvwALnQ4OQAO99si6A3nQoKZfY8cgY1Yg3QaHj0-tBrSiBWJ1Cq6uuuW1cUI/s0/Ms.+Toody+Signature+Earth.png" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span><br /></p><p> </p>Amy at Ms. Toody Goo Shoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11474198992341706776noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165759327413478117.post-73884449662447018202020-09-04T12:03:00.001-04:002020-09-04T12:05:49.591-04:00PHOTO DIARY: QUARANTINE SUMMER 2020<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3pBP1XixO5-OW-kSy2Uqzmb_jERPCNqc6MXbPb73xWA2PcoReRJ8JX7g1SsoVV8CNADpMP1qH976bVP8m8f4KwoqF0piFEfdhUPr7JZE7WWvtLJFPnyV-ICO9s77-wGwCjjOkQX1p-k0/s750/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252318+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Wooden Fence _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3pBP1XixO5-OW-kSy2Uqzmb_jERPCNqc6MXbPb73xWA2PcoReRJ8JX7g1SsoVV8CNADpMP1qH976bVP8m8f4KwoqF0piFEfdhUPr7JZE7WWvtLJFPnyV-ICO9s77-wGwCjjOkQX1p-k0/s16000/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252318+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="Wooden Fence _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><br /> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Summer always goes fast,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">but that's usually because it's filled with fun activities that make the weeks race by faster than a cheetah on a Red Bull diet. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">There are barbecues, beach days, family reunions, picnics,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> outdoor concerts, amusement parks, pool parties,<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">blockbuster movies, county fairs, baseball games........</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><i>Sigh</i>. <br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Considering that this was the summer of "Groundhog Day," </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">where everyday was pretty much the same, <br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">I'm kind of stunned that September got here so quickly. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Thinking back to late spring, one of the coldest I can remember,</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">it seemed like summer would never come.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">It actually <i>snowed</i> on May 9.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh85zEvw5hmLWQ61oF25cYhOYJ8OTxTBHyzCKjHQqcCjT39HbNeiEOwoS_vg5dhMfWbheY2dIQS0xO1-l5DWMtAzDmayrPGmqAQcRjvdqutV0RqEgEyLo66M11YoQTo7ZIyLIhrGK-6TgA/s1125/Photo+Diary+Summer+%25231+%257C+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Photo Diary _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh85zEvw5hmLWQ61oF25cYhOYJ8OTxTBHyzCKjHQqcCjT39HbNeiEOwoS_vg5dhMfWbheY2dIQS0xO1-l5DWMtAzDmayrPGmqAQcRjvdqutV0RqEgEyLo66M11YoQTo7ZIyLIhrGK-6TgA/s16000/Photo+Diary+Summer+%25231+%257C+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="Photo Diary _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><br /> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">But come, it did, and gone it is.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">In May and June, most of my time was spent in the backyard.......</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLzDzQsj-DYJESufyRlnQ_DV_ljYDRkTquDFOnc3hMKzJJBRbWaT2HW-33Y4mo72amdQqFKTbg_QGz2utFvkpUg_z2hMW15t3QilKtXMoEGxxHSKi0H5j1VY-bJusd2qrqgk_7_ZFoU1M/s750/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252317+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Backyard Oasis _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLzDzQsj-DYJESufyRlnQ_DV_ljYDRkTquDFOnc3hMKzJJBRbWaT2HW-33Y4mo72amdQqFKTbg_QGz2utFvkpUg_z2hMW15t3QilKtXMoEGxxHSKi0H5j1VY-bJusd2qrqgk_7_ZFoU1M/s16000/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252317+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="Backyard Oasis _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Y1RBC_8i3sEwBN7s8gGBvHECpNXktwj0VWMYUJtk3YCbbOihMNeNgtehxA2sfPwHi60DR_pKp6aaJiQ_52z674sih15mzRtwnd1WtlVDTlYQkn8uBgMi7n6OxsazEwQ3GPUqoYMsaqQ/s1056/Photo+Diary+Summer+%25232+%257C+Ms.+Toody+Goo++Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Backyard Oasis _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Y1RBC_8i3sEwBN7s8gGBvHECpNXktwj0VWMYUJtk3YCbbOihMNeNgtehxA2sfPwHi60DR_pKp6aaJiQ_52z674sih15mzRtwnd1WtlVDTlYQkn8uBgMi7n6OxsazEwQ3GPUqoYMsaqQ/s16000/Photo+Diary+Summer+%25232+%257C+Ms.+Toody+Goo++Shoes.jpg" title="Backyard Oasis _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Enjoying time on my deck.......</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqYPuG6ggmr6HSoblPjGN7WhHusZKPDPA6KDqDlzh7UjUIvvUwpWfTa69gcQKkjd4xMPKMMr86AjQjweRmpY8eutUWxpmUa2aG0h3T7-E4iRglcPv7dPIY5lf9pibhyphenhyphenEtH752YKz3898w/s750/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252320+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Backyard Oasis _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqYPuG6ggmr6HSoblPjGN7WhHusZKPDPA6KDqDlzh7UjUIvvUwpWfTa69gcQKkjd4xMPKMMr86AjQjweRmpY8eutUWxpmUa2aG0h3T7-E4iRglcPv7dPIY5lf9pibhyphenhyphenEtH752YKz3898w/s16000/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252320+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="Backyard Oasis _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Watching the birds......</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhChdrsHVURs0dgKgngT3-O7meo4YlNm9jGbO0VC3ZWvCykVOGvk0bI-6rUWQoOCdhgD5bTTC97L1AZzu8g4vFOvUIQcZyvZtV__SB8-5gWFeGK1-kwPrM-vznMLwyw1O97n0ya4h1HjE4/s750/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252330+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Backyard Birding: Hummingbird _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="634" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhChdrsHVURs0dgKgngT3-O7meo4YlNm9jGbO0VC3ZWvCykVOGvk0bI-6rUWQoOCdhgD5bTTC97L1AZzu8g4vFOvUIQcZyvZtV__SB8-5gWFeGK1-kwPrM-vznMLwyw1O97n0ya4h1HjE4/s16000/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252330+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="Backyard Birding: Hummingbird _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQb4sufTJR2Iy3Yl5PvRxUT0MdRsWLsSaJtolQ7aczvFhTpJVjvYMs9hFHyZCSLtEkwVHeUaH845Eo650_NFairm8ynNUUt73WMRCtSPFVgcqszUFuwH000uu_piqd1A-lBfHU12mYwbQ/s750/Summer+Photo+Diary+%25231+_+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Backyard Birding: Hummingbird _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQb4sufTJR2Iy3Yl5PvRxUT0MdRsWLsSaJtolQ7aczvFhTpJVjvYMs9hFHyZCSLtEkwVHeUaH845Eo650_NFairm8ynNUUt73WMRCtSPFVgcqszUFuwH000uu_piqd1A-lBfHU12mYwbQ/s16000/Summer+Photo+Diary+%25231+_+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="Backyard Birding: Hummingbird _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">And admiring the flowers in my yard.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnqfwiad5kSA-6KLgs7kjoodRu0JJXu_9hJ2VlM158CykFLXdlvbXrq_1d4PGrmZ8Q56zWM1DV17UrKtXO-6SAmqsNRWcE9Won1FFt5ObFYH2WCEL7pdTLL5bAFfM2wQ61iTLHgulyDRI/s750/Photo+Diary+Summer+%25239+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Lilacs and Ladybug _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="561" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnqfwiad5kSA-6KLgs7kjoodRu0JJXu_9hJ2VlM158CykFLXdlvbXrq_1d4PGrmZ8Q56zWM1DV17UrKtXO-6SAmqsNRWcE9Won1FFt5ObFYH2WCEL7pdTLL5bAFfM2wQ61iTLHgulyDRI/s16000/Photo+Diary+Summer+%25239+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="Lilacs and Ladybug _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU6D8IF_WNW8-ylw1vxl-Ss4PTIaQvlws-7XWWuCTlIN2tLtg-DOoWRlXoRr6SBl6xP4xIlkofrRyZS4sVVmhlWJwl67C9q8paBLoc320WAsSH25dnd9VN9bLciXZbkPBoQ2BSE5ESHqI/s750/Photo+Diary+Summer+%25233+%257C+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Flowers _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU6D8IF_WNW8-ylw1vxl-Ss4PTIaQvlws-7XWWuCTlIN2tLtg-DOoWRlXoRr6SBl6xP4xIlkofrRyZS4sVVmhlWJwl67C9q8paBLoc320WAsSH25dnd9VN9bLciXZbkPBoQ2BSE5ESHqI/s16000/Photo+Diary+Summer+%25233+%257C+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="Flowers _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">My only excursion was to the garden center.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">It seemed fairly benign, </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">as it was easy to social distance in wide open spaces.</span></span> <br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvyOfvrUvK5Xb4sGiQ25qAUjSrDkOSxA9tCOV-mezChYYChR9Ho0UuXVzNF43BNRjDmuWxZ-UkxIrCEgE7_NXqbmm403z9Sq85baZPjbzFPL1lb6rg9QhxflZDVMgM1RKt1MdCPQ_OOKY/s938/Photo+Diary+Summer+%25238+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Garden Center _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="938" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvyOfvrUvK5Xb4sGiQ25qAUjSrDkOSxA9tCOV-mezChYYChR9Ho0UuXVzNF43BNRjDmuWxZ-UkxIrCEgE7_NXqbmm403z9Sq85baZPjbzFPL1lb6rg9QhxflZDVMgM1RKt1MdCPQ_OOKY/s16000/Photo+Diary+Summer+%25238+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="Garden Center _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Life actually felt somewhat normal while I was planting flowers.......</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7LfXqSnJRvMIqKJu1gHfrztVnZJDd-ISHpexdFq63hz1decIPFSUuAcRORyUoVWNrLP-NhTfx8-tFXHPCjm8SRfjodd7dYH6S_lkS3T5MSrOyXreB5idY4FgH8_0Ln4ojSa0b8sbHH08/s750/Photo+Diary+Summer+%25237+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Flower Pots _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7LfXqSnJRvMIqKJu1gHfrztVnZJDd-ISHpexdFq63hz1decIPFSUuAcRORyUoVWNrLP-NhTfx8-tFXHPCjm8SRfjodd7dYH6S_lkS3T5MSrOyXreB5idY4FgH8_0Ln4ojSa0b8sbHH08/s16000/Photo+Diary+Summer+%25237+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="Flower Pots _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8MjJ8EdS3vuyJQRFre2AWm6z8WqU8NWGcHpoUXXCfGceer6B4FzJnbF52OrDWIP6QnhXSoHNjKlFDKQ2lqotv8Lt5TOfrw_tWBZ8JBc3k5JLUGeEf31zHVGdH6pKrQEJDxev9TJaQWg/s750/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252323+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Petunias and Marigolds _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8MjJ8EdS3vuyJQRFre2AWm6z8WqU8NWGcHpoUXXCfGceer6B4FzJnbF52OrDWIP6QnhXSoHNjKlFDKQ2lqotv8Lt5TOfrw_tWBZ8JBc3k5JLUGeEf31zHVGdH6pKrQEJDxev9TJaQWg/s16000/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252323+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="Petunias and Marigolds _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">I did take walks around the neighborhood,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">sometimes spotting little tokens of inspiration.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrShiuiFZ0SwDIPyiVkRZNEOnPrtaJj9gSQpk9XoE7voHoW048mLOs6l-cfh9ZDlveS5L4PRMjrzsVI-E-IPHAN57umoD9_HJIdMxu9tYlSkR_93YYc3hQwAOXpD0GhffbcSq47YX2oI0/s750/Photo+Diary+Summer+%25234+%257C+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Painted Rocks _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrShiuiFZ0SwDIPyiVkRZNEOnPrtaJj9gSQpk9XoE7voHoW048mLOs6l-cfh9ZDlveS5L4PRMjrzsVI-E-IPHAN57umoD9_HJIdMxu9tYlSkR_93YYc3hQwAOXpD0GhffbcSq47YX2oI0/s16000/Photo+Diary+Summer+%25234+%257C+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="Painted Rocks _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Eventually, I was desperate for a change of scenery.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">There were only so many backyard bird photos one could take.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">At first, I would only venture as far as the local park.......</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9FudzzyfEcmu9OsOEOuwtOpyNbGd3K4lBl-V0KzbFi7GTKBHPLlsjqS42apHUb8dAYaD047TC5Nhoo5rstQe9_UcxjZX6YvWCrVLvwqgyQAZYE8KQNBpXlWsv6xpbMp4d3YcW-MOyFmg/s750/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252313+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Park Bench and Egret _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="549" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9FudzzyfEcmu9OsOEOuwtOpyNbGd3K4lBl-V0KzbFi7GTKBHPLlsjqS42apHUb8dAYaD047TC5Nhoo5rstQe9_UcxjZX6YvWCrVLvwqgyQAZYE8KQNBpXlWsv6xpbMp4d3YcW-MOyFmg/s16000/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252313+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="Park Bench and Egret _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm5t0ptAZDYhTmBWEJK4lffrWUJvAxZf5WSx8h4vuRvrGf9-F2l-HDcbXDUZTWBeSSOBOksHmvpgnZxw23Zy6El3nHDXkGsC8oV6L1SJ1DT3-ngWA_KMe8j00W3UnGzZAwDHuHOHF7WcU/s750/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252314+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Geese in the Pond _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm5t0ptAZDYhTmBWEJK4lffrWUJvAxZf5WSx8h4vuRvrGf9-F2l-HDcbXDUZTWBeSSOBOksHmvpgnZxw23Zy6El3nHDXkGsC8oV6L1SJ1DT3-ngWA_KMe8j00W3UnGzZAwDHuHOHF7WcU/s16000/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252314+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="Geese in the Pond _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVtE3Jh3yQjF-MjvkU9VTpRu884_nw7y-4kphZJsWzObQvf3JAUEfi5ZESB60IZz-YciHhwTFh714ofOM26mqZIs7tswaZfoZFUYmXbzqUiGZStyuHOs2vTYDrulQXgHVT3ke6KYvfxtE/s750/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252312+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes+copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Egret _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVtE3Jh3yQjF-MjvkU9VTpRu884_nw7y-4kphZJsWzObQvf3JAUEfi5ZESB60IZz-YciHhwTFh714ofOM26mqZIs7tswaZfoZFUYmXbzqUiGZStyuHOs2vTYDrulQXgHVT3ke6KYvfxtE/s16000/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252312+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes+copy.jpg" title="Egret _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">It felt odd seeing everyone out in their masks, trying to find a sense of normalcy.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">However, there were reminders that things were not normal at all.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Parking capacity was limited.......</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWUW3SodJvLuxuKxoHwUSS0LHfzDAx4-YqdSTbr07I7z4a2CfIaDeqbtdnH1SXkxuVrtS2qdMSrN-yiyEu2Ewz226pGUWCy2U2K9808QEIVgnA9ewOnwKNCAzIiT823kOON7RCwM2hX04/s774/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252310+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Parking Lot _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWUW3SodJvLuxuKxoHwUSS0LHfzDAx4-YqdSTbr07I7z4a2CfIaDeqbtdnH1SXkxuVrtS2qdMSrN-yiyEu2Ewz226pGUWCy2U2K9808QEIVgnA9ewOnwKNCAzIiT823kOON7RCwM2hX04/s16000/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252310+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="Parking Lot _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">and playgrounds were off limits<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUg6os2g7jx6x7CTBu-JCfeIR43MpVC6kuEE3rGe-F916AE1tKPWdczjuoyFuGklK9ft1yMrEjkSdXHpwMYtrqJbzXjytT_7ITRFC9jmvhIrgpschht3mJnVE5t6Vz5SNyCqoiiTNKrR8/s1054/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252311+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Playground closed due to Covid 19 _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="1054" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUg6os2g7jx6x7CTBu-JCfeIR43MpVC6kuEE3rGe-F916AE1tKPWdczjuoyFuGklK9ft1yMrEjkSdXHpwMYtrqJbzXjytT_7ITRFC9jmvhIrgpschht3mJnVE5t6Vz5SNyCqoiiTNKrR8/s16000/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252311+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="Playground closed due to Covid 19 _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Then, as if Covid-19 wasn't enough to rock our world, we were shaken to our core, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">as was much of the nation, with the killing of George Floyd. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> It was important to us to show our support.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQUdslLuUoyFa3XADamaQNez_LmIGiVzPCLToVS9AIa1jOzbIsp_z3Iu36UdE-QXCyosckpHYS_GCH7QIadBQSCWOWpAzMHa4TYfy3i1CoMmQZVNulSlRcy2AJVz2Fbr1UoErdDdptyHI/s750/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252316+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Peaceful Protest _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQUdslLuUoyFa3XADamaQNez_LmIGiVzPCLToVS9AIa1jOzbIsp_z3Iu36UdE-QXCyosckpHYS_GCH7QIadBQSCWOWpAzMHa4TYfy3i1CoMmQZVNulSlRcy2AJVz2Fbr1UoErdDdptyHI/s16000/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252316+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="Peaceful Protest _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">On July 4th, there were no barbecues, or fireworks. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">I needed to go SOMEWHERE, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">and it was wonderful to discover <a href="https://mstoodygooshoes.blogspot.com/2020/07/piermont-pier-quarantine-discovery.html">a new place</a> really close to home.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOioNhNjbt50mkcAUQOS8rfoa-LsbmsgMJShSn003N1L6A5pk8kEkDg-0G2auDRZwlYL_mbz8kn0Ywwj9I0_iKvYBW5sIxcaRXmz5i8Ad8sBztoUH4Oda2cpjLaqfxp8T1dgHJBpsOKmY/s1125/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252319+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Piermont Pier, Piermont, NY _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOioNhNjbt50mkcAUQOS8rfoa-LsbmsgMJShSn003N1L6A5pk8kEkDg-0G2auDRZwlYL_mbz8kn0Ywwj9I0_iKvYBW5sIxcaRXmz5i8Ad8sBztoUH4Oda2cpjLaqfxp8T1dgHJBpsOKmY/s16000/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252319+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="Piermont Pier, Piermont, NY _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> <br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">In July, we finally felt safe enough to go to New York City</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">and catch up on a bunch of postponed doctor appointments. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">It felt both wonderful, and terribly sad to be back.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWBynmRqP1ou-2S2tWDeNhnHxUYi17We_FZ4oQvQ1FpHWIF60MPeSR1-eZSBdCjBTNfoy_rghP6N87O5WR-tDKUlhfGroeC5yffJIq1GMO6hpdZvsOe2Rufxkwijp5PMaK8D1ZfI4uzBk/s1050/Photo+Diary+Summer+%25235+%257C+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Lexington Candy Shop, an old-fashioned luncheonette, New York City, NY _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWBynmRqP1ou-2S2tWDeNhnHxUYi17We_FZ4oQvQ1FpHWIF60MPeSR1-eZSBdCjBTNfoy_rghP6N87O5WR-tDKUlhfGroeC5yffJIq1GMO6hpdZvsOe2Rufxkwijp5PMaK8D1ZfI4uzBk/s16000/Photo+Diary+Summer+%25235+%257C+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="Lexington Candy Shop, an old-fashioned luncheonette, New York City, NY _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjccwGyBI4cuO5pba8-7u9rwxExLE6VLiRJ0ocUJQJkSsqpgwWzAzQe0PZivMcxNwzMVVXszvNxanDG6XPMqpSAFRbZgK98BxOaQ0R403L_0_RRK1LhRWg76TFY6QOC2wkKeLwtpaG_5bA/s750/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252322+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Times Square in times of Covid-19, New York City, NY _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjccwGyBI4cuO5pba8-7u9rwxExLE6VLiRJ0ocUJQJkSsqpgwWzAzQe0PZivMcxNwzMVVXszvNxanDG6XPMqpSAFRbZgK98BxOaQ0R403L_0_RRK1LhRWg76TFY6QOC2wkKeLwtpaG_5bA/s16000/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252322+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="Times Square in times of Covid-19, New York City, NY _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17UM7bul1HqYeMsqKWDJ350naScnevGJLReOfMd3gae8QYMQPy_BAONcvlxGV3a0X0Of_F1ZeAr-baUlUllpyu5em4LUq1WrH3HtGQa-8I8oj9Pq_-A4VIj6mAvTspLgWIM4NoBG_AtU/s1002/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252324+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Rockefeller Center, New York City, NY _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="1002" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17UM7bul1HqYeMsqKWDJ350naScnevGJLReOfMd3gae8QYMQPy_BAONcvlxGV3a0X0Of_F1ZeAr-baUlUllpyu5em4LUq1WrH3HtGQa-8I8oj9Pq_-A4VIj6mAvTspLgWIM4NoBG_AtU/s16000/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252324+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="Rockefeller Center, New York City, NY _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> <br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">We took rides to here and there.......</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi92QLZiwc9Wu5acvgruCXLqnqUvxezAOnnWZYHnUmjlXLS4koBW_nnQNTOxfzitQ1fyNNTQLIDGXqqk-kdC4rF34IPtmr6VDZOWrtZI08KPwkzQq9IHd7p7uoT-bqoNEkvZrER-Qob3Dg/s777/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252331+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Bear Mountain Bridge, Peekskill, NY _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="777" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi92QLZiwc9Wu5acvgruCXLqnqUvxezAOnnWZYHnUmjlXLS4koBW_nnQNTOxfzitQ1fyNNTQLIDGXqqk-kdC4rF34IPtmr6VDZOWrtZI08KPwkzQq9IHd7p7uoT-bqoNEkvZrER-Qob3Dg/s16000/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252331+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="Bear Mountain Bridge, Peekskill, NY _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAwvivyyTQfFz22UxrTJkQnKeLjeO-B7EoQqaoUMwn5sD7W5iwvwuE-W5SyS9A4ZlYXMJLDmxvFk1LgGLR-aBX19PbEGsLWLjK_0NQaRC_eH_iD3HV3W-8Ruq8LUhNb6e9LyhMrBhnf98/s750/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252327+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Red Shed _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAwvivyyTQfFz22UxrTJkQnKeLjeO-B7EoQqaoUMwn5sD7W5iwvwuE-W5SyS9A4ZlYXMJLDmxvFk1LgGLR-aBX19PbEGsLWLjK_0NQaRC_eH_iD3HV3W-8Ruq8LUhNb6e9LyhMrBhnf98/s16000/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252327+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="Red Shed _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRWhvBM-XRMWa3Bhdvrmh3jwufu27NKqGuAwlJonMcftRVDS_-jAT-KCKhtMFcflBoeqB0D_oAyogjgtlc9bk_-wKhjLs6NhoehV01mJdhCxkjnvkRGjVSLpgUJ6oE4GocKBZORYMNJrU/s750/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252321+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Greenhouse - Cold Spring, NY _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRWhvBM-XRMWa3Bhdvrmh3jwufu27NKqGuAwlJonMcftRVDS_-jAT-KCKhtMFcflBoeqB0D_oAyogjgtlc9bk_-wKhjLs6NhoehV01mJdhCxkjnvkRGjVSLpgUJ6oE4GocKBZORYMNJrU/s16000/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252321+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="Greenhouse - Cold Spring, NY _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><br /> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Another new discovery was the State Line Lookout </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">on the border of NY and NJ overlooking the Hudson River.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">We've driven by literally thousands of times,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">but never stopped to take a look.......</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYcPD_amn-00yvNvCksmXthkBzGzcIkWYjyByAi7xJCFRHLAChuKZdwZ6OZgfwx9xRznJCE2v1vZLGESmi4jFQ2PWUN9WLnr4xtRod-6JB8vNkIW1edoYcU0T1NhstGf8h7nAzvz6LjO4/s1125/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252325+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="State Line Lookout - Alpine, NJ _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYcPD_amn-00yvNvCksmXthkBzGzcIkWYjyByAi7xJCFRHLAChuKZdwZ6OZgfwx9xRznJCE2v1vZLGESmi4jFQ2PWUN9WLnr4xtRod-6JB8vNkIW1edoYcU0T1NhstGf8h7nAzvz6LjO4/s16000/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252325+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="State Line Lookout - Alpine, NJ _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">We had a couple of outings to the quaint village of Cold Spring, NY.......</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghQHCgAHrKCPrw8pUD9niOboW_QC0Yc6UKwwoqaDTIXX3oHmyA2GlRUTR-gnh_7sRBn0BWLovRehKkYRKjC3Oi-ET7MnT6YR-TsCj9QDtG5BNwqSa1ICnWdwSi7OYljRiwCanAsatCnmk/s773/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252332+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Quaint Village of Cold Spring, NY _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="773" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghQHCgAHrKCPrw8pUD9niOboW_QC0Yc6UKwwoqaDTIXX3oHmyA2GlRUTR-gnh_7sRBn0BWLovRehKkYRKjC3Oi-ET7MnT6YR-TsCj9QDtG5BNwqSa1ICnWdwSi7OYljRiwCanAsatCnmk/s16000/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252332+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes%25281%2529.jpg" title="Quaint Village of Cold Spring, NY _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">And we drove past Yankee Stadium, where they played ball to empty stands.<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmsNV_OtDxC7sDHjVFmNpd3KDuXGymr4sLqOPJA1RBsYcqRynGCRdg0z-Ka9k5QOh4la46qWWPGKMbTN-tLwhg2V4-U5uCJh4a-bimEOrlf6CPT-Y1druMWify5MQfsFnfRJ5tHUKaQgk/s750/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252329+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Yankee Stadium, New York City _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmsNV_OtDxC7sDHjVFmNpd3KDuXGymr4sLqOPJA1RBsYcqRynGCRdg0z-Ka9k5QOh4la46qWWPGKMbTN-tLwhg2V4-U5uCJh4a-bimEOrlf6CPT-Y1druMWify5MQfsFnfRJ5tHUKaQgk/s16000/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252329+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="Yankee Stadium, New York City _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">As the transmission rate of Corona virus in the tri-state area of NJ, NY and CT </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">dropped (and has stayed) below 1%,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">we felt safer going out to outdoor restaurants that were strict about </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">social distancing, disinfecting, and enforcing mask-wearing. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">It felt great to be back at one of our favorites, <i>Half Moon</i>, in Dobbs Ferry, NY.<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> It overlooks the Hudson River, and New York City is visible in the distance. <br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizhf0h8DC9141gRZyxsCSn9h7pCFioDxcHm0Myb-oGipJHYRxz4ex8RVsIKtkiSC8OPbt1IWCY_ZH42QhcjdF4bQwFglBpwWcGRTWNveonPMJE0vmSAZQQr07hr-pu1dAg3SZ-Ep45_qY/s750/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252326+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Hudson River Views from Half Moon Restaurant, Dobbs Ferry, NY _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="605" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizhf0h8DC9141gRZyxsCSn9h7pCFioDxcHm0Myb-oGipJHYRxz4ex8RVsIKtkiSC8OPbt1IWCY_ZH42QhcjdF4bQwFglBpwWcGRTWNveonPMJE0vmSAZQQr07hr-pu1dAg3SZ-Ep45_qY/s16000/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252326+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="Hudson River Views from Half Moon Restaurant, Dobbs Ferry, NY _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Now it's September, and before we know it, the weather will turn cold,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">limiting our ability to dine outside, have social distance visits with friends, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">or sit in a park.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">I wish that Coronavirus would just Exit Right.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivZBuzIdrhxClKzu2ey5owMKO9bmhQWJYXJnfNcrqwkc5V_SvBzP8kZySgMmlUGvFk5_hFmrBzhLb7IdWOpI8Uz_lDCatljZF86kb1MtD11Z9ADQjKzlsXYmTwyzFmsKiPzf0_Pi5eOKo/s750/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252328+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Corona Ave. Exit, New York _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="514" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivZBuzIdrhxClKzu2ey5owMKO9bmhQWJYXJnfNcrqwkc5V_SvBzP8kZySgMmlUGvFk5_hFmrBzhLb7IdWOpI8Uz_lDCatljZF86kb1MtD11Z9ADQjKzlsXYmTwyzFmsKiPzf0_Pi5eOKo/s16000/Photo+Diary+Summer+%252328+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="Corona Ave. Exit, New York _ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ALJRvp2X8DKOzdVYt93IXtcQ12pqNuih_MklYhiwMe0B6eOAOPBV5C2cIPIQzUsAylJwKj7PiQJYa4l4XrDOWjOLBWr2Z6RKwDhELh5zbccIFc0xJ3KcRDzbWfFS7PRC2uDNeA2PfNc/s172/Ms.+Toody+Signature+Earth.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="69" data-original-width="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ALJRvp2X8DKOzdVYt93IXtcQ12pqNuih_MklYhiwMe0B6eOAOPBV5C2cIPIQzUsAylJwKj7PiQJYa4l4XrDOWjOLBWr2Z6RKwDhELh5zbccIFc0xJ3KcRDzbWfFS7PRC2uDNeA2PfNc/s0/Ms.+Toody+Signature+Earth.png" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> <br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> </span></span><br /></div>Amy at Ms. Toody Goo Shoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11474198992341706776noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165759327413478117.post-23315131259145091312020-07-28T22:00:00.004-04:002020-07-28T23:00:36.453-04:00TODAY IN NEW YORK CITY: 7.28.2020 - IN RECOVERY<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9scQSDHeR6uyCGcgUgjvugzG_HKDUJyppYe2vvaq8N5-LEsC-4-43ObiGWdCPrwPJnd6r58MTOqI1hYk8BAZaXL50jxQN1J0R1rwNqTq9Fd7o026np19n6q73RYgbI2ddUQPHluHnAAg/s750/NYC+Rockefeller+Center+During+Pandemic+%25235+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Rockefeller Center in New York City is deserted due to the pandemic | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes #Coronavirus" border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9scQSDHeR6uyCGcgUgjvugzG_HKDUJyppYe2vvaq8N5-LEsC-4-43ObiGWdCPrwPJnd6r58MTOqI1hYk8BAZaXL50jxQN1J0R1rwNqTq9Fd7o026np19n6q73RYgbI2ddUQPHluHnAAg/d/NYC+Rockefeller+Center+During+Pandemic+%25235+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="Rockefeller Center in New York City is deserted due to the pandemic | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes #Coronavirus" /></a></div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial" size="3">Remember I told you how good it felt to go into the city last week</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial" size="3">for the first time since the pandemic hit?</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><i><font face="arial">(Read about that <a href="https://mstoodygooshoes.blogspot.com/2020/07/yesterday-in-new-york-city-first-time.html" target="_blank">here</a>).</font></i></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial" size="3">Well, today I went in for a dentist appointment, <br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial" size="3">and it was quite a different experience.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial" size="3"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial" size="3">My dentist's office is in Rockefeller Center.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial" size="3">I was looking forward to getting there a little early,</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial" size="3">just to soak up the city's vibes.<br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial" size="3"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial" size="3">I don't know what I was expecting, but I was shocked.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial" size="3">I haven't seen midtown like this since 9/11.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><br /></font><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial" size="3">Funny, I've always felt safe in midtown.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial" size="3">On guard and aware, but safe.<br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial" size="3">Today, </font><font face="arial" size="3"><font face="arial">at 10:00 in the morning, </font>I actually felt vulnerable, <br /></font></div><font face="arial" size="3">walking almost completely alone <br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial" size="3">on sidewalks that are usually teeming with people.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial" size="3"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial" size="3"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial"><font size="3">Sixth Avenue was a ghost town. </font><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpWtMO5LECzuiGK5gp4Yfv0cnlzWfIW735BSwZDx9juYZHHeeOV6wUOKPigBfDw5OsdqrPCRPiFUsI0f_Aj44y8QHDGz8p4oTdC2Xb7ihFYxO8ClZ5MVQK5ic3VDVknSvdKZX7CLqHuLA/s750/NYC+During+Pandemic+%25231+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="New York City is deserted due to the pandemic | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes #Coronavirus" border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpWtMO5LECzuiGK5gp4Yfv0cnlzWfIW735BSwZDx9juYZHHeeOV6wUOKPigBfDw5OsdqrPCRPiFUsI0f_Aj44y8QHDGz8p4oTdC2Xb7ihFYxO8ClZ5MVQK5ic3VDVknSvdKZX7CLqHuLA/d/NYC+During+Pandemic+%25231+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.png" title="New York City is deserted due to the pandemic | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes #Coronavirus" /></a></div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial" size="3">Fifth Avenue was desolate.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn_XYIJaYHa6FmDaCT2A155a1a3C29YCd8i0QMR2XigHnxYnqU5VzoSw8C8W-4MSxQdSDULuSAa46NmhT3j5Eyvcb2bgak3kc8Fe-CONdN62rKZOICUiTAMJow8AOeQJELWwoNtjb3JaU/s750/NYC+During+Pandemic+%25236+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="New York City is deserted due to the pandemic | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes #Coronavirus" border="0" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn_XYIJaYHa6FmDaCT2A155a1a3C29YCd8i0QMR2XigHnxYnqU5VzoSw8C8W-4MSxQdSDULuSAa46NmhT3j5Eyvcb2bgak3kc8Fe-CONdN62rKZOICUiTAMJow8AOeQJELWwoNtjb3JaU/d/NYC+During+Pandemic+%25236+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="New York City is deserted due to the pandemic | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes #Coronavirus" /></a></div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial" size="3">Rockefeller Center was deserted.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><font size="3">There were a handful of people sitting in some Adirondack chairs.</font></span></div><span style="font-family: "arial";"><font size="3">Imagine that - almost everyone in Rockefeller Center had a seat!</font></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHuxRp1MDLcpy1aUQz1aKddTMyzsufHUTP1Ca1mvC3ICKGNTLG2i6xZSX-zqiIo3BWCC7JlLfug01py17QlIHr-XX789sfAtYnQMKIDy8xCdKvOqOUufUf4nv8bjzzfysLG8o55qWkBiY/s750/NYC+Rockefeller+Center+During+Pandemic+%25234+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Rockefeller Center in New York City is deserted due to the pandemic | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes #Coronavirus" border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHuxRp1MDLcpy1aUQz1aKddTMyzsufHUTP1Ca1mvC3ICKGNTLG2i6xZSX-zqiIo3BWCC7JlLfug01py17QlIHr-XX789sfAtYnQMKIDy8xCdKvOqOUufUf4nv8bjzzfysLG8o55qWkBiY/d/NYC+Rockefeller+Center+During+Pandemic+%25234+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="Rockefeller Center in New York City is deserted due to the pandemic | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes #Coronavirus" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeR9I6GrIZcl6g-OIwZtey9soG4HoerWLTwI-enFOaxtPdMiEhIl4s-RDcp98zulP16tpos26-lI3xoO5sk99jmrdQLVw5XP6ekzBH7Oz9NuW1vl3sDg_3IhtP692Jg0zwlngr7oPOzAE/s750/NYC+Rockefeller+Center+During+Pandemic+%25237+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Rockefeller Center in New York City is deserted due to the pandemic | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes #Coronavirus" border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeR9I6GrIZcl6g-OIwZtey9soG4HoerWLTwI-enFOaxtPdMiEhIl4s-RDcp98zulP16tpos26-lI3xoO5sk99jmrdQLVw5XP6ekzBH7Oz9NuW1vl3sDg_3IhtP692Jg0zwlngr7oPOzAE/d/NYC+Rockefeller+Center+During+Pandemic+%25237+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="Rockefeller Center in New York City is deserted due to the pandemic | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes #Coronavirus" /></a></div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial" size="3">I think I may have seen a couple dozen people in Rockefeller Center. <br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial" size="3">I can't tell you how sad this made me. <br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial" size="3">I don't know what it's like in the rest of the country,</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial" size="3">but New York is still in recovery.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial" size="3"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial" size="3"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial" size="3">I will never get exasperated at the crowds of people <br /></font></div><font face="arial" size="3">getting in the way of my pictures again. </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial" size="3"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial" size="3"><font face="arial">At least Prometheus was there.........</font></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial"><font face="arial"><br /></font></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Rockefeller Center in New York City is deserted due to the pandemic | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes #Coronavirus" border="0" data-original-height="1201" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXXTb9hE81TOOIphcA5odxRtC34JdUTqzuNXRjZQiLEm7YADaxaJ1sFGydOvpvq5Jr2xtPV-wGAgTMDmgSRHJXfpgpJbYY2kIcbtLtHDoXoFwimkA-AMQvWRmii5ny7vrKdgDdq9iE0Oo/d/NYC+Rockefeller+Center+During+Pandemic+%25239+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="Rockefeller Center in New York City is deserted due to the pandemic | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes #Coronavirus" /></a></div><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><font face="arial" size="3"><font face="arial"><font face="arial">And he was wearing a mask.</font></font></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font size="5"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6JIpwN_UBcJoFR8HCdue-754LLqLKrQmJlRevLDa-_k0UngY0Hd-qYLpsflZGYOy3bxsARuT-hXE2pPj9JgDkcVdx0focCUOGtXhEoKDDQjcVPz_Ba6jk2TGT3Lbd8887kIpnhsztpGg/s938/NYC+Rockefeller+Center+During+Pandemic+%252310+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEd3CQkH7yuKTgYdZLpbTCueI8ogaNsa7Kn-5YyvfOoa_PRBjdVGMGrLLhGkuNEmUgjxU69bRNP0k9fCafJHZQjM4rqNRHm4BTEWltnn2og8_CVwUWRIS79zVEYm4kGy8p5LN1i5d7gto/s750/Today+In+NYC+%25234+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir in New York City | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEd3CQkH7yuKTgYdZLpbTCueI8ogaNsa7Kn-5YyvfOoa_PRBjdVGMGrLLhGkuNEmUgjxU69bRNP0k9fCafJHZQjM4rqNRHm4BTEWltnn2og8_CVwUWRIS79zVEYm4kGy8p5LN1i5d7gto/d/Today+In+NYC+%25234+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir in New York City | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "arial";"><br /></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><br /></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";">Yup, that's right. <br />Yesterday. <br />New York City.</span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";">I was there. <br /></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><br /></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";">The last time I was in the city was December.</span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";">That's the longest I've been away in 40 years!</span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><br /></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";">Today was my first time back since the pandemic rolled into town.</span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";">I would like to say that I went to have some fun,</span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";">but truth be told, it was for a doctor's appointment that I'd postponed.</span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><br /></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";">I was in and out of the city in one hour,<br /></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";">but I did have a few minutes to walk around before my appointment.</span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";">It didn't take long to notice two things:<br /></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><br /></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";">1. The streets were empty. <br /></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";">2. Almost everyone was wearing a mask.</span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";"> </span></font><br /><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";"></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";">Yet, there were signs of life.</span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";">People were walking, jogging, biking, shopping, eating. <br /></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><br /></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";">It felt <i>so</i> good to be back, even for just a short and sweet visit.......</span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";">and even if things are not yet back to normal.</span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></font></span></font></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><br /></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";">I had time to walk over to the reservoir at Central Park.</span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";">You know me......</span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";">Any chance I get to stare at some water, I take it.</span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><br /></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHFYSoGhjMEv0e-HAmiHMKIycXhirngP9PFOCRTsORt1DZ-QxBSlwbKPtxNAJrIxTJm33YsEblNjL9AxLILSieD9VSRzLL_o0fnKykXYJ55Dc0B_7GrnTOUhenq7OC8dFrC3MA98gYj50/s750/Today+In+NYC+%25236+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir in New York City | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHFYSoGhjMEv0e-HAmiHMKIycXhirngP9PFOCRTsORt1DZ-QxBSlwbKPtxNAJrIxTJm33YsEblNjL9AxLILSieD9VSRzLL_o0fnKykXYJ55Dc0B_7GrnTOUhenq7OC8dFrC3MA98gYj50/d/Today+In+NYC+%25236+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir in New York City | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: "arial";"></span></font><br /><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";">In my quick trip to the city, it was clear to see that <br /></span></font></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";">New Yorkers are working hard to keep coronavirus from making a comeback. </span></font></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";">So, <i>PLEASE</i>, rest of the country.......</span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";">Learn from New York (and New Jersey and Connecticut).......</span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><br />Wear your masks.</span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";">Keep socially distant.</span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><br /></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";">There is scientific evidence that if everyone wore a mask in public,</span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";">the U.S. could get COVID-19 under control in 4-8 weeks.</span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";">That sounds a heck of a lot better to me than never. <br /></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><br /></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";">We are all in this together, so let's fight it together.</span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><br /></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";">Mask up, America!<br /></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><br /></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><br /></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlbOo31aduR7A2eJZbDsgQnGtvcZoijn6qFvv_Ibbw-0JQcXwzeU6wikVmy7qKH2lU_Kq8SiffhS07UWp21M25TmZWsWH5vE1AMl5jLl8YUryLXBA7YGrgxIZSvwLOb3H0L2IzNjn0TsM/s750/Piermont+Pier%252C+NY+%25231+_Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Piermont Pier, in Piermont, NY, is an easy day trip from New York City. | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlbOo31aduR7A2eJZbDsgQnGtvcZoijn6qFvv_Ibbw-0JQcXwzeU6wikVmy7qKH2lU_Kq8SiffhS07UWp21M25TmZWsWH5vE1AMl5jLl8YUryLXBA7YGrgxIZSvwLOb3H0L2IzNjn0TsM/d/Piermont+Pier%252C+NY+%25231+_Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="The Piermont Pier, in Piermont, NY, is an easy day trip from New York City. | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></span></font></span></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>I'm curious.......</span></span></font></div><font size="3">
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<span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>Over the July 4th weekend, I was looking at pictures on Facebook of many people I know <br /></span></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>who were on vacation,</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span> or gathering with friends and family.</span></span></font>
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<font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>I had to wonder if we were among the last to adhere to social distancing. </span></span></font></div><font size="3"></font><font size="3"></font><font size="3">
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<font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>Personally, I'm still keeping my distance.</span></span></font></div><font size="3">
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<span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span> I'm not on the far end of the spectrum of those who haven't ventured out at all, </span></span></font></div><font size="3">
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<font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>but I'm not anywhere close to the middle, either. </span></span></font></div><font size="3">
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<font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>I do go food shopping periodically.</span></span></font></div><font size="3">
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<font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>I even went into Target and Home Goods for a short time last week. </span></span></font></div><font size="3">
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<font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>I felt absolutely giddy walking around Home Goods,</span></span></font></div><font size="3">
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<font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>although possibly, it was the lack of oxygen under my mask.</span></span></font></div><font size="3">
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<font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>Masking up was a small price to pay for much needed retail therapy, and I didn't stay long.</span></span></font></div><font size="3">
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<font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>The temptation to go frequently, or visit other shops <br />(oh, the lure of the mall!) is strong,</span></span></font></div><font size="3">
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<font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>but I continue to stay on a pretty short quarantine leash.<br /></span></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>I'm not ready to put myself or those around me in a position of risk. </span></span></font></div><font size="3">
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<font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>Admittedly, however, on July 4th, </span></span></font><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>I couldn't help but think of Independence Days past,</span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span> without a sense of sadness. </span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span></span></span></font><br /><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span></span></span></font></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>Quarantine life was definitely getting me <i>down</i>. </span></span></font></div><font size="3"></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span></span></span></font><br /><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span></span></span></font><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>I needed do something to cheer myself <i>up</i>.<br /></span></span></font></div><br /><font size="3"></font><div style="text-align: center;">
<font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span><i>"Want to go for a ride?" </i><br />Mr. Goo Shoes said it first, but I was on my way to ask him the very same thing.</span></span></font></div><font size="3">
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<font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>He suggested something completely different than I expected.......</span></span></font></div><font size="3">
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<font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>lunch at one of our favorite little roadside joints.</span></span></font></div><font size="3">
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<font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>We hadn't yet taken advantage of the "outside dining" re-openings. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>I agreed, both excitedly and reluctantly, <br /></span></span></span></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>but the desire to do something NORMAL won out.</span></span></span></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></font></div><font size="3"></font><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>We agreed that if</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span> it looked too crowded </span></span>when we got there, we wouldn't go.<br /></span></span></font></div><font size="3">
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<font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>I was pretty sure I'd be eating the granola bar I packed just in case. <br /></span></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><font size="3">
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<font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>Surprisingly, the restaurant was wonderfully empty.......</span></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>At 3:30pm, we were in between the lunch and dinner crowds.</span></span></font></div><font size="3">
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<font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>We indulged in Connecticut-style lobster rolls</span></span></font></div><font size="3">
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<font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>(made with melted butter instead of mayo).</span></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial";">Afterwards, </span><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>we drove a few minutes north to the<i> Piermont Pier</i>, in Piermont, NY,</span></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>which we'd never been to,</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span> even though it's only 15 minutes from home.</span></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>It felt <i>so</i> good to see someplace new!</span></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn9UdQ2M3yzWPqvvytOmIyWT-EG0HsFHb7VuJKTILDUSdKLmT9X_XVj2ZmB-e2bc9Yyi_N_LPsAOjmrQ22ewuStNbGHltogH5h_K8rtFl7Rrep2XP-UmANc0kvTXBZCJ4HiF7n7UMMJTM/s1125/Piermont+Pier%252C+NY+%25232_Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg"><img alt="The Piermont Pier, in Piermont, NY, is an easy day trip from New York City. | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn9UdQ2M3yzWPqvvytOmIyWT-EG0HsFHb7VuJKTILDUSdKLmT9X_XVj2ZmB-e2bc9Yyi_N_LPsAOjmrQ22ewuStNbGHltogH5h_K8rtFl7Rrep2XP-UmANc0kvTXBZCJ4HiF7n7UMMJTM/d/Piermont+Pier%252C+NY+%25232_Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="The Piermont Pier, in Piermont, NY, is an easy day trip from New York City. | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>Because of the heat, we could only stay about a half hour.</span></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>Even still, I managed to take about 150 pictures. <br />Not to worry.......most were the victim of my "Delete" button.</span></span></font></div></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span>The pier is on the Hudson River, <br /></span></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>with perfect views of the new <i>Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge</i> to the north.</span></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioznCYFMH3HEN8CcNO31TCvwVSgc4eVHXfQhe2CPhb-cVhgr4DBUXz0WEXnWO77Et96f3qOgWw_3wgfEfY5T88SggOeJnpYW7GuCSNdcgfPJPST5W03co0i6DPrcZAOMD-R4nu0nuJnTc/s750/Piermont+Pier%252C+NY+%25233+_+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Piermont Pier, in Piermont, NY, is an easy day trip from New York City. | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioznCYFMH3HEN8CcNO31TCvwVSgc4eVHXfQhe2CPhb-cVhgr4DBUXz0WEXnWO77Et96f3qOgWw_3wgfEfY5T88SggOeJnpYW7GuCSNdcgfPJPST5W03co0i6DPrcZAOMD-R4nu0nuJnTc/d/Piermont+Pier%252C+NY+%25233+_+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="The Piermont Pier, in Piermont, NY, is an easy day trip from New York City. | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />This new bridge replaced the aging <i>Tappan Zee Bridge</i>, <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">which connects Rockland and Westchester Counties in New York. <br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMmBikmKXGv_nUIaCciLbPm3ZHh2G2fHRGHlSGo9r4Bp8rSjfqEp4We2OUSkn8LiyDLzvkKUed-zZtoJN_WgkkQ0J4EOVcGrIIpFmYU1LbJwjLofcfKpbkIpRdL8sHcbmnEmMDFdcqB4E/s750/Piermont+Pier%252C+NY+%25234+_+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Piermont Pier, in Piermont, NY, is an easy day trip from New York City. | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMmBikmKXGv_nUIaCciLbPm3ZHh2G2fHRGHlSGo9r4Bp8rSjfqEp4We2OUSkn8LiyDLzvkKUed-zZtoJN_WgkkQ0J4EOVcGrIIpFmYU1LbJwjLofcfKpbkIpRdL8sHcbmnEmMDFdcqB4E/d/Piermont+Pier%252C+NY+%25234+_+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="The Piermont Pier, in Piermont, NY, is an easy day trip from New York City. | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><br /></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><br /></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">This is a bridge we cross rather frequently....... </span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">well, at least we did in life as we used to know it.</span></font></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">We'd take it to see friends, to visit Junior Goo Shoes at college, <br /></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">and to eat at some of our favorite restaurants. <br /></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><br /></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmObFpha8YHyCyGiIdVOaRwoADcC-fIWTwyC-lZUS9aWsWu7KpajgFFCCzK7mTO_OPwP4K2JahKpcS0k58ITkInGwbb6Fvj_lbvayvnWaYD22tx-izLr9oTj1P3MDyhkl2BPNLZ5gmCl4/s750/Piermont+Pier%252C+NY+%252310+_+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Piermont Pier, in Piermont, NY, is an easy day trip from New York City. | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmObFpha8YHyCyGiIdVOaRwoADcC-fIWTwyC-lZUS9aWsWu7KpajgFFCCzK7mTO_OPwP4K2JahKpcS0k58ITkInGwbb6Fvj_lbvayvnWaYD22tx-izLr9oTj1P3MDyhkl2BPNLZ5gmCl4/d/Piermont+Pier%252C+NY+%252310+_+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="The Piermont Pier, in Piermont, NY, is an easy day trip from New York City. | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><br /></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><br /></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">It's hard to break old habits, so I will probably always call it the <i>Tappan Zee.</i><br /></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><br /></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">And, I will <i>always</i> think of Junior GS' imitation of his high school teacher.......</span></font><br /><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><i>"Such beautiful truss work!"</i></span></font></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">when he took them on a field trip to the former <i>Tappan Zee Bridge</i>.</span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"></span></font><br /><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh90-SVFgUcgFsgjWaqQNtxHrDC96egZmBAwAmWE0DMm-jKJDCa_HtbNTX3OyLWoS1yCBRTd45qmkbukWsEBUuYMcEn8PzA4pBt8JJIlw2lzrwriSNXzn9ZQMRCZmvrxwZqtJlCquHQ2Ik/s750/Piermont+Pier%252C+NY+%252311+_+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Piermont Pier, in Piermont, NY, is an easy day trip from New York City. | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh90-SVFgUcgFsgjWaqQNtxHrDC96egZmBAwAmWE0DMm-jKJDCa_HtbNTX3OyLWoS1yCBRTd45qmkbukWsEBUuYMcEn8PzA4pBt8JJIlw2lzrwriSNXzn9ZQMRCZmvrxwZqtJlCquHQ2Ik/d/Piermont+Pier%252C+NY+%252311+_+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="The Piermont Pier, in Piermont, NY, is an easy day trip from New York City. | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></span></font></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><br /></span></font></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>Looking towards south are views of lower Westchester County, NY.</span></span></font></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">Just past that is The Bronx, and New York City, which are obstructed due to a bend in the river.<br /></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"></span></font><br /><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbKiQk20QqMOjkQv1xGA6l1AvdpdSeiLn5L5UopITyMm1TlfqYZV7pkjgEoWPzOsymj_dLOWN39W4AU8EpXVOiDvhk0UfspdMIlLzQMvf0qXrZ2YbFItZwmhNr1oTM9ohil5B3Db0YciA/s750/Piermont+Pier%252C+NY+%25237_+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Piermont Pier, in Piermont, NY, is an easy day trip from New York City. | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbKiQk20QqMOjkQv1xGA6l1AvdpdSeiLn5L5UopITyMm1TlfqYZV7pkjgEoWPzOsymj_dLOWN39W4AU8EpXVOiDvhk0UfspdMIlLzQMvf0qXrZ2YbFItZwmhNr1oTM9ohil5B3Db0YciA/d/Piermont+Pier%252C+NY+%25237_+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="The Piermont Pier, in Piermont, NY, is an easy day trip from New York City. | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div></span></font></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><br /></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>If I swam straight across the Hudson, I'd be at my bestie's house.</span></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>Believe me, it was so hot, there was a brief delusional moment when I considered it.<br /></span></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIXBKZAo_Qo7tIK9ZVy_0QV3m1aV6u3hUc0IGY4DZg33jQ9aVE8X2wRAwtnU8CB2nvamYT8j3eSncXCFsk30afgljwNGCc4BsNj8kuJvOy40WTXZhf2SVqsZZoXcgrO6-tS2L7qukDYK4/s750/Piermont+Pier%252C+NY+%25236+_+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Piermont Pier, in Piermont, NY, is an easy day trip from New York City. | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIXBKZAo_Qo7tIK9ZVy_0QV3m1aV6u3hUc0IGY4DZg33jQ9aVE8X2wRAwtnU8CB2nvamYT8j3eSncXCFsk30afgljwNGCc4BsNj8kuJvOy40WTXZhf2SVqsZZoXcgrO6-tS2L7qukDYK4/d/Piermont+Pier%252C+NY+%25236+_+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="The Piermont Pier, in Piermont, NY, is an easy day trip from New York City. | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><br /></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><br /></span></font><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">Being near the water always helps my mood.</span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">I wonder if there is such a thing as "water therapy?"</span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">I don't mean swimming in it, or drinking it.......</span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">I mean just looking at it. </span></font><br /><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"></span></font></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">Do you feel that way, too?<br /></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"></span></font><br /><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"></span></font><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_8_wQpvp6i6lDIpc_3nXmvsdRlW5yehdC1yq51a9Qx2xdcXdiJuM7-tzv4e2Ibfc8jAX0FH93OtCznd1mntx6lqZYbRz5JsWal0LK_BvKK5WO5emxuTP9Oqgdx7qt83tk82nCwJOnLB8/s750/Piermont+Pier%252C+NY+%25238+_+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Piermont Pier, in Piermont, NY, is an easy day trip from New York City. | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_8_wQpvp6i6lDIpc_3nXmvsdRlW5yehdC1yq51a9Qx2xdcXdiJuM7-tzv4e2Ibfc8jAX0FH93OtCznd1mntx6lqZYbRz5JsWal0LK_BvKK5WO5emxuTP9Oqgdx7qt83tk82nCwJOnLB8/d/Piermont+Pier%252C+NY+%25238+_+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="The Piermont Pier, in Piermont, NY, is an easy day trip from New York City. | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq5n02SwtOAPvoye0ku7KPE-D83NexUxZFqrZaMm1vwC2lq9PA5R9jInW5Znpzy_enQJPiDUhl-h3pEmkW_sZp90Z8-JL0YegwpnL8ZVBwiF9ecI82WbbsVkLTFJpyjpvZn8hrKBjZ9iI/s750/Piermont+Pier%252C+NY+%252312+_+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Piermont Pier, in Piermont, NY, is an easy day trip from New York City. | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="555" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq5n02SwtOAPvoye0ku7KPE-D83NexUxZFqrZaMm1vwC2lq9PA5R9jInW5Znpzy_enQJPiDUhl-h3pEmkW_sZp90Z8-JL0YegwpnL8ZVBwiF9ecI82WbbsVkLTFJpyjpvZn8hrKBjZ9iI/d/Piermont+Pier%252C+NY+%252312+_+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="The Piermont Pier, in Piermont, NY, is an easy day trip from New York City. | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><br /></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">It definitely had the desired effect on Saturday.</span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">I left the house feeling sad and irritable,</span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">but returned feeling a little calmer and happier.</span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUIxI282TM9vsfBnQBOYrXqnH5EAT1qmxdI_uTj_wr0Qiz93GpruRht5eHea2vcu0UhBvQBGX05_iJN0vt2mjTR7qYySmGBXuaLujjlKxespEpl5mfwxFNA7cjcasTUwlOJLCnS7AV2ig/s750/Piermont+Pier%252C+NY+%252314+_+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Piermont Pier, in Piermont, NY, is an easy day trip from New York City. | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUIxI282TM9vsfBnQBOYrXqnH5EAT1qmxdI_uTj_wr0Qiz93GpruRht5eHea2vcu0UhBvQBGX05_iJN0vt2mjTR7qYySmGBXuaLujjlKxespEpl5mfwxFNA7cjcasTUwlOJLCnS7AV2ig/d/Piermont+Pier%252C+NY+%252314+_+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="The Piermont Pier, in Piermont, NY, is an easy day trip from New York City. | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><br /></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOdRBSvwlFzbgQ4dYeGYelEyG6AmhSQnpq2qZMdH_peOHxUzX1XPzLpOQ69fox8mNcnbyM-jeGI8viOq6OB_xvnI3McqJUDpwVWdmyOI5KQlLuwOwfB0Fwjd4aod_5olddKmoQM7NuVmk/s750/Piermont+Pier%252C+NY+%252315+_+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Piermont Pier, in Piermont, NY, is an easy day trip from New York City. | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOdRBSvwlFzbgQ4dYeGYelEyG6AmhSQnpq2qZMdH_peOHxUzX1XPzLpOQ69fox8mNcnbyM-jeGI8viOq6OB_xvnI3McqJUDpwVWdmyOI5KQlLuwOwfB0Fwjd4aod_5olddKmoQM7NuVmk/d/Piermont+Pier%252C+NY+%252315+_+Ms.+Toody+Goo+Shoes.jpg" title="The Piermont Pier, in Piermont, NY, is an easy day trip from New York City. | Ms. Toody Goo Shoes" /></a></div><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>Piermont, NY is a charming town on the banks of the Hudson River,</span></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>which we have frequented over the years for its restaurants.<br /></span></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>Now, we have another reason to go.......the <i>Piermont Pier</i>.<br /></span></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>I can't wait to see the views from the pier in the fall. <br /></span></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span>Socially distant picnic, anyone?<br /></span></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span><br /></span></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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