we didn't start the fire

"we didn't start the fire
it was always burning
since the world's been turning
we didn't start the fire
no we didn't light it
but we tried to fight it"

-Billy Joel {New Yorker}

ps: it's been added to our playlist just for you - so check it out


okay... so maybe we started one tiny kitchen fire that was absolutely 100% contained in the pan with baking soda and a lid on stand by... but that's what you get with gas stoves and brandy right?

to those who are worried about mitch and myself in the brooklyn fires that you read about: we are fine, i promise and we actually hadn't even heard about it. two days ago mitch saw a fire in our subway stop... but nothing major

here are my words of comfort: we have renters insurance, we have a fire escape and we have a fire station 2 1/2 blocks away, and we have and amazing God.

{thanks to all the firefighters in the family by the way}

we joined the co-op 2 weeks ago - we LOVE it

it's been so super fabulous i don't think i can even put it into words! but part of the whole co-op is that you have to work ya know... so i had my first work shift today. it's 2 hours and 45 minutes every four weeks. i'm on an "A" week - i did it on purpose because i wanted to be on the A team. score! i'm in stocking and receiving and i rocked it! i was outside for most of it i did manual labor and felt like a big burly man! it was so great! i actually had a really great time, we unloaded a truck with these rollers where someone sends it down. i was in charge of stopping the big boxes because there's a big gap in the rollers and someone has to move it {we take up the whole sidewalk and so have to have a gap to let people through} so i stopped boxes and smiled at people in the neighborhood as i waved them through - it was cold but fun.

mitch is on beer squad. he starts next tuesday, i'm sure he'll tell you all about it


this is our gym - we love it




mitch took me to see the flat iron district- we've been there before because we went to the shake shack in the park last summer but didn't notice this building - crazy that we didn't notice - it is WAY cool