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Thursday, February 5, 2026

A Frozen Hudson

I saw that the Hudson was freezing over down in Manhattan, so I got curious and wanted to see how things were up here in Westchester. Well, it's almost frozen straight across. There seemed to be a very narrow lane of water between Tarrytown and Nyack. That is just under 3 miles of frozen river!

It really was stunning (albeit a bit blinding in the sun) to walk along the riverwalk. I saw some geese go sliding on the ice while landing, and you could see a variety of animal footprints on the snow. I really loved the way the water was frozen in chunks along the pier and barrier walls.

To say it's been cold lately....well, that is an understatement!

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Tuesday, February 3, 2026

GRIDS

The David Zwimmer Gallery in Chelsea has an electric exhibit right now. GRIDS by artist Dan Glavin is lighting up the rooms of the gallery with these fun, neon grids.

Flavin created these sculptures using commercially available fluorescent light fixtures.

He says of light: "One might not think of light as a matter of fact, but I do. And it is, as I said, as plain and open and direct an art as you will ever find.”

This was a fun burst of color in these cold, white, dark months!

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Monday, February 2, 2026

The Good. The Random. The Fun. v. 5

The Good:

Today is Tu B'Shevat - the Jewish holiday of the trees. We celebrate that in Israel, the trees are waking up and starting to bloom. While here in New York, we've been in the single digits for weeks, the Hudson River is frozen solid, and the icicles look like this (:

The Random:

A tradition on Tu B'Shevat is to eat lots of yummy fruits (and other foods we classify as from the trees ie certain nuts). The local kosher market had a whole display of fun fruits, including these adorable mini-pineapples!

The Fun:

Chelsea Market had this cool mini-exhibit all about the design of movie posters. It was cool to see some iconic ones and learn the "science" behind how they're laid out.

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Thursday, January 29, 2026

Arte Museum

We checked out the new ARTE Museum on my birthday. It's located in Chelsea Piers and is the newest immersive art museum in the city. It was really great with room after room of mirrored, immersive fun.

There was a nature theme that went from room to room. We saw oceans, waterfalls, whales, and the stars and even a tornado! My favorite was the stars, which was an infinity room filled with paper lanterns!

It was a perfect cold-weather activity and a fun day date together!

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Tuesday, January 27, 2026

On Turning 38

I turned 38 over the weekend! Got to love a January birthday, where your age is easily above the high temp of the day (which was 5). We had a fun day in the city at a museum, some galleries, and Chelsea Market, before heading up to our favorite Indian restaurant in midtown.

It was a day filled with loads of birthday greetings, delicious treats -- cupcakes the night before and halva soft serve while in the city -- and lots of great fun together!