It's snowing in Florida!
Dianne
surprise!!!
In the package...
- 2 cow parade magnets (hot dog cow & sky cow), which are a "pretty
obscure" clue to her identity
- a mini book on "The Ballet Paintings of Degas"
- a set of 12 Monet notecards, and
- the "Law & Order: The Unofficial Companion" book, which is a
"location, hobby and profession clue all at the same time!"
First I must say that the sender did an awesome job researching me - I
love everything! I love cows and that's what the kitchen is decorated
with. The magnets will be on our refrigerator momentarily! I love
Degas and last year took up ballet lessons again, and Monet is my
favorite painter. Several Monet and Degas ballet prints are hanging
around our house. And she knows I love "Law & Order"!
My guess is Jocelyn - she's a lawyer, lives in NYC, and loves "Law &
Order".
Thank you so much - the gifts are perfect!
:-) Dianne
KathrynKula
on Sunday, and I didn't think that there was snow in the forecast.
Congrats on finaly getting a gift. It may be Jocelyn, but don't forget that
there are some other Law & Order fans in AN.
--Kathy
Dianne
Jocelyn is the only NYC lawyer here that I know of. If I am missing
somebody please let me know! :-) Dianne
aMAZon
Dianne wrote:
>
> Woo hoo - I received a Secret Snowflake gift today - what a wonderful
> surprise!!!
(snip)
At first, with the crazy weather we've been having, I was
expecting to hear about *real* snow!
--
aMAZon
zesz...@worldnet.att.net
"It's never too late to have a happy childhood."
Megan
but then again I might just have mucked up the snipping as usual!
>Jocelyn is the only NYC lawyer here that I know of. If I am missing
>somebody please let me know! :-) Dianne
Although she's not in NYC, it could have been Barbara, but she's
already been guessed correctly!
Megan
--
Megan Farr Montgomery Wolverhampton, England
Lille kat, lille kat, lille kat på vejen
Hvis er du, Hvis er du
Jeg er sgu' min egen
- Piet Hein
Puester
>
> Dianne wrote:
> >
> > Woo hoo - I received a Secret Snowflake gift today - what a wonderful
> > surprise!!!
> (snip)
>
> At first, with the crazy weather we've been having, I was
> expecting to hear about *real* snow!
>
> --
Me, too! It's been snowing/raining in the Denver area for
the past 3 days, cold and miserable, and the snow's breaking
tree limbs since most of the leaves are already out. No apricots
for us this year. All the blossoms have been knocked off.
The rhubarb was just getting ready to pick, also, and has
probably frozen. I feel sorry for all the transplanted Californians
who have been planting annual flowers outdoors for the past month.
They don't stand a chance.
gloria p
Jennifer Angliss
says...
> Me, too! It's been snowing/raining in the Denver area for
> the past 3 days, cold and miserable, and the snow's breaking
> tree limbs since most of the leaves are already out. No apricots
> for us this year. All the blossoms have been knocked off.
> The rhubarb was just getting ready to pick, also, and has
> probably frozen. I feel sorry for all the transplanted Californians
> who have been planting annual flowers outdoors for the past month.
> They don't stand a chance.
It truly is icky weather 'round here. Of course, I was wearing a
sleeveless dress on Tuesday and sweating like a pig in my classroom. The
next day I cleared snow off my car. That's Colorado weather for you. The
nice thing about the cold weather is that my classroom is still a
bearable temperature. At this point, every cool day counts (17 days of
school left!)
--
Jennifer A. from Colorado
Jocelyn
"Dianne" <des...@sundial.net> wrote in message
news:3af33129...@news.mpinet.net...
Yes, it's me! :-)
I'm so glad you liked everything. I guess the clues were a little too
obvious, but I hope it was fun anyway.
In case you're interested, the Cow Parade magnets were a location clue
because we had a large display of them throughout the city last year. It
was kind of fun, spotting them in various places (though some of them were
truly hideous to look at).
Anyway, I'm glad you enjoyed the gifts! Happy Spring. :-)
- Jocelyn
Dianne
<joc...@stinkyvolcano.com> wrote:
>
>Yes, it's me! :-)
>
>I'm so glad you liked everything. I guess the clues were a little too
>obvious, but I hope it was fun anyway.
>
>In case you're interested, the Cow Parade magnets were a location clue
>because we had a large display of them throughout the city last year. It
>was kind of fun, spotting them in various places (though some of them were
>truly hideous to look at).
>
>Anyway, I'm glad you enjoyed the gifts! Happy Spring. :-)
>
>- Jocelyn
>
Jocelyn,
Thank you again for all the wonderful gifts and especially for being
my backup Secret Snowflake because I know you already gave to somebody
else! :-)
I didn't know about the NYC Cow Parade! It's a funny coincidence that
last year the city of Orlando commissioned various artists to create
big, green lizard sculptures that are scattered around downtown. It's
called the Lizart project. I think they're cool - unfortunately many
have been victims of vandalism. :-(
Thanks again!
:) Dianne
Jodi
> Thank you again for all the wonderful gifts and especially for being
> my backup Secret Snowflake because I know you already gave to somebody
> else! :-)
Another thanks to Jocelyn for sending out an extra gift! I was feeling so
bad that Dianne didn't get a gift two years in a row.
> I didn't know about the NYC Cow Parade! It's a funny coincidence that
> last year the city of Orlando commissioned various artists to create
> big, green lizard sculptures that are scattered around downtown. It's
> called the Lizart project. I think they're cool - unfortunately many
> have been victims of vandalism. :-(
I think the first ones were cows in Chicago a couple of years ago.
Cincinnati did pigs last year (Cincinnati's nickname used to be Porkopolis.)
and they were a lot of fun to look at!
Jodi
(Who thought it was a little neat that Cincinnati was making the national
news a couple of weeks ago, but wishes it wasn't for something so negative!
The riots were taking place blocks from my high school which was an inner
city, magnet school for the arts.)
Barbara Warner
Dianne wrote:
> On Sun, 6 May 2001 11:10:04 -0400, "Jocelyn"
> <joc...@stinkyvolcano.com> wrote:
>
> >In case you're interested, the Cow Parade magnets were a location clue
> >because we had a large display of them throughout the city last year. It
> >was kind of fun, spotting them in various places (though some of them were
> >truly hideous to look at).
>
> I didn't know about the NYC Cow Parade! It's a funny coincidence that
> last year the city of Orlando commissioned various artists to create
> big, green lizard sculptures that are scattered around downtown. It's
> called the Lizart project. I think they're cool - unfortunately many
> have been victims of vandalism. :-(
Last year, Toronto had a few hundred moose -- which sound a lot like the Cow
and Lizard projects described by Jocelyn and Diane. They were commissioned by
local artists and were usually done up to fit a cetain location or even t- ie
the major concert hall has a symphony conductor, one near the court house is a
lawyer in robes (named after one of Toronto's/Canada's preeminent lawyers,
Eddie Greenspan), there's a baseball player near Skydome, etc.
Neat project, especially since we don't normally have moose wandering around
downtown (I'd suppose that's the same for cows in NYC!)
-Barbara
Kirsch
news:3AF5A4E7...@ncf.ca...
>
>
> Dianne wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 6 May 2001 11:10:04 -0400, "Jocelyn"
> > <joc...@stinkyvolcano.com> wrote:
> >
> > >In case you're interested, the Cow Parade magnets were a location clue
> > >because we had a large display of them throughout the city last year.
It
> > >was kind of fun, spotting them in various places (though some of them
were
> > >truly hideous to look at).
> >
> > I didn't know about the NYC Cow Parade! It's a funny coincidence that
> > last year the city of Orlando commissioned various artists to create
> > big, green lizard sculptures that are scattered around downtown. It's
> > called the Lizart project. I think they're cool - unfortunately many
> > have been victims of vandalism. :-(
>
> Last year, Toronto had a few hundred moose -- which sound a lot like the
Cow
> and Lizard projects described by Jocelyn and Diane. They were commissioned
by
> local artists and were usually done up to fit a cetain location or even t-
ie
> the major concert hall has a symphony conductor, one near the court house
is a
> lawyer in robes (named after one of Toronto's/Canada's preeminent lawyers,
> Eddie Greenspan), there's a baseball player near Skydome, etc.
Zurich had the cows in 1998 (lifesize, some very strange ones too), and when
we went to Salzburg last year we saw that they had inherited them from
Zurich.... (or perhaps somewhere else in the meantime).
Interesting to see that other cities have similar things with different
animals, seems to be the trend then.
Dianne, does Orlando still have the lizards?
Kirsch
I'd give up chocolate -- but I'm no quitter!
Sara-anne
> > my backup Secret Snowflake because I know you already gave to somebody
> > else! :-)
>
> Another thanks to Jocelyn for sending out an extra gift! I was feeling so
> bad that Dianne didn't get a gift two years in a row.
Ok, I get it now. I'm sitting here thinking, "but Jocelyn already sent to
Denise..." Hey, it's Monday morning. Cut me some slack. :o)
Thanks Jocelyn!
Sara
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Jocelyn
Kirsch <kirschkit...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Zurich had the cows in 1998 (lifesize, some very strange ones too), and
when
> we went to Salzburg last year we saw that they had inherited them from
> Zurich.... (or perhaps somewhere else in the meantime).
When did they have them in Salzburg? We were there last May, but I guess we
missed them.
> Interesting to see that other cities have similar things with different
> animals, seems to be the trend then.
IIRC, Zurich was the city that started the whole thing. In fact, there was
apparently some kind of legal dispute between the corporation that organized
the Zurich and Chicago displays and the corporation that organized the New
York display - the Swiss company claimed that the NY company had stolen the
idea (which, of course, they had...), but I can't remember what the eventual
outcome was (other than the prescence of a couple hundred cows on our city
streets <g>).
- Jocelyn
Jocelyn
Jodi <jsgr...@alumni.indiana.edu> wrote:
> Jodi
> (Who thought it was a little neat that Cincinnati was making the national
> news a couple of weeks ago, but wishes it wasn't for something so
negative!
> The riots were taking place blocks from my high school which was an inner
> city, magnet school for the arts.)
Jodi -
I didn't realize you're from Cincinnati.... can you tell me what the city is
like, in general? How about the area around University of Cincinnati? Any
good (or bad) places to live in the city?
Thanks!
- Jocelyn
Susan Behr MacDuffee
On Sun, 6 May 2001, Dianne wrote:
> I didn't know about the NYC Cow Parade! It's a funny coincidence that
> last year the city of Orlando commissioned various artists to create
> big, green lizard sculptures that are scattered around downtown. It's
> called the Lizart project. I think they're cool - unfortunately many
> have been victims of vandalism. :-(
We were in NYC last summer and enjoyed seeing some of the cows...I
remember the graffiti cow in Washington Square Park, the library cow in
front of the NYPL and the angel cow in front of FAO Schwartz. My boss even
gave me the book of cows on parade for a Christmas gift last year.
--Susan
aMAZon
Albany, NY, had a neat group of street scenes a couple of years ago.
They had, at various locations, very realistic statues of folks doing
things that folks at a particular location were likely to do (waiting
at a bus stop, sitting on a bench in the park, a cop writing a traffic
ticket, etc.) It was interesting to see the number of doubletakes
until people got more used to them.
Jodi
"Jocelyn" <joc...@stinkyvolcano.com> wrote in message news:JTxJ6.278>
Jodi -
>
> I didn't realize you're from Cincinnati.... can you tell me what the city
is
> like, in general? How about the area around University of Cincinnati?
Any
> good (or bad) places to live in the city?
>
> Thanks!
> - Jocelyn
Are you thinking about moving?
My parents and my brother & SIL live in Cincinnati and they like it a lot.
My parents have lived in Philadelphia, a small town in upstate NY, and the
Chicago area. I'd say they like Cincinnati the best. I really only lived
there my last three years of high school, but I liked it, too. It's a really
nice size city - small enough that it's easy to get around in, but big
enough that there are a lot of quality cultural things, too. Symphony,
opera, museums, theater, professional sports teams, a good zoo, big
amusement park, etc.
I'd also say that it's always seemed like a very safe city to me. As I said,
my high school was located in the inner city and we often walked (and I
drove every day) through some of the neighborhoods that made the news. The
area just north of UC is called Clifton and it's really nice. Lots of older
homes. South of UC isn't so nice. My parents live north of the city in
Montgomery (and missed getting flattened by a tornado a couple years ago by
about a block and a half!) and my brother & SIL live across the river in
northern Kentucky.
Let me know if I can be of more help!
Jodi
Jocelyn
Potentially, but nothing I'm ready (or able) to talk about "in public" just
yet.
> My parents and my brother & SIL live in Cincinnati and they like it a lot.
> My parents have lived in Philadelphia, a small town in upstate NY, and the
> Chicago area. I'd say they like Cincinnati the best. I really only lived
> there my last three years of high school, but I liked it, too. It's a
really
> nice size city - small enough that it's easy to get around in, but big
> enough that there are a lot of quality cultural things, too. Symphony,
> opera, museums, theater, professional sports teams, a good zoo, big
> amusement park, etc.
Most importantly, they have a major league baseball team, which is a key
requirement for any city I might live in. <g>
> I'd also say that it's always seemed like a very safe city to me. As I
said,
> my high school was located in the inner city and we often walked (and I
> drove every day) through some of the neighborhoods that made the news. The
> area just north of UC is called Clifton and it's really nice. Lots of
older
> homes.
We have a friend who lives in Cincy (and works at UC), not far from where
they were having the riots. He says his neighborhood is quite nice, and was
disturbed that people were getting such a negative view of the city.
> South of UC isn't so nice. My parents live north of the city in
> Montgomery (and missed getting flattened by a tornado a couple years ago
by
> about a block and a half!) and my brother & SIL live across the river in
> northern Kentucky.
Okay, I am total geography idiot. Until I started looking at Cincinnati, I
never realized that Ohio bordered on Kentucky (or that Cincy is so close to
KY). Duh!
Of course, I also never realized that they have tornados there... I think I
need to do some more research. ;-)
> Let me know if I can be of more help!
I may pick your brains a bit more if "potentially" becomes more likely. Tha
nks for the insight!
- Jocelyn
Kirsch
> When did they have them in Salzburg? We were there last May, but I guess
we
> missed them.
Um, we were there in September, so you couldn't have missed it by much!
> IIRC, Zurich was the city that started the whole thing. In fact, there
was
> apparently some kind of legal dispute between the corporation that
organized
> the Zurich and Chicago displays and the corporation that organized the New
> York display - the Swiss company claimed that the NY company had stolen
the
> idea (which, of course, they had...), but I can't remember what the
eventual
> outcome was (other than the prescence of a couple hundred cows on our city
> streets <g>).
Ah, interesting, I didn't know that....
Dianne
<kirschkit...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Dianne, does Orlando still have the lizards?
>
>Kirsch
>I'd give up chocolate -- but I'm no quitter!
>
Yes, the lizards can be found all around downtown Orlando!
I don't actually work or live downtown - each Sunday the newspaper
runs a picture of one with its name, location, sponsor, etc.
:) Dianne
Jenn Bernat
> Albany, NY, had a neat group of street scenes a couple of years ago.
> They had, at various locations, very realistic statues of folks doing
> things that folks at a particular location were likely to do (waiting
> at a bus stop, sitting on a bench in the park, a cop writing a traffic
> ticket, etc.) It was interesting to see the number of doubletakes
> until people got more used to them.
When I was little my dad worked for Merrill Lynch on Liberty Plaza in
NYC. There was a statue of a businessman sitting on a bench out there with
his briefcase open and an umbrella. There was even Merrill Lynch
letterhead in brass in the briefcase (I think). :) I used to *love* that
statue, and I check that he's still there every time I go into the city.
Looks like Madison (Wisconsin) is going to have Cows on the Concourse
again this year. I was away last Memorial Day so I missed them. Apparently
it's similar to all the other cities with the cow statues. We're proud of
our cows around here. :)
Jenn
--
Jenn Bernat
Jodi
>
> Jodi <jsgr...@alumni.indiana.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Are you thinking about moving?
>
> Potentially, but nothing I'm ready (or able) to talk about "in public"
just
> yet.
We need more midwestern a.n.ers!
> Most importantly, they have a major league baseball team, which is a key
> requirement for any city I might live in. <g>
And soon a very expensive brand new stadium in which to play. :)
> We have a friend who lives in Cincy (and works at UC), not far from where
> they were having the riots. He says his neighborhood is quite nice, and
was
> disturbed that people were getting such a negative view of the city.
I'm sure my head was probably in the sand, but I really never thought there
were big race problems in the city. Like I said, I went to a magnet school
that was about 50/50 black and white and there were no problems there.
> Okay, I am total geography idiot. Until I started looking at Cincinnati,
I
> never realized that Ohio bordered on Kentucky (or that Cincy is so close
to
> KY). Duh!
I wouldn't feel bad! I certainly didn't know that Sioux City, IA bordered on
Nebraska and South Dakota until I planned to move here! Iowa is midwest,
Nebraska and South Dakota sound so *west* to me! Just like I'm sure Kentucky
sounds pretty south to you!
> Of course, I also never realized that they have tornados there... I think
I
> need to do some more research. ;-)
They're less common in Cincinnati than they are out here.
Jodi
Lynn
> > They had, at various locations, very realistic statues of folks doing
> > things that folks at a particular location were likely to do (waiting
> > at a bus stop, sitting on a bench in the park, a cop writing a traffic
> > ticket, etc.) It was interesting to see the number of doubletakes
> > until people got more used to them.
We have something like this in downtown St. Louis. It's funny to go
around a corner and think someone is standing right there when it's only
something painted on a wall. They are really life-like. A few of the
older plain buildings have windows and other architectural designs on
them that look wonderful.
Lynn
--
My mind wanders...but my body is too tired to follow.
Jocelyn
Jodi <jsgr...@alumni.indiana.edu> wrote:
> > Most importantly, they have a major league baseball team, which is a key
> > requirement for any city I might live in. <g>
>
> And soon a very expensive brand new stadium in which to play. :)
According to DH, because of where they're putting the new stadium, part of
the old stadium had to be removed first. On opening day, someone hit a
home run into a construction area in center field, where they were still
dismantling that part of the stadium, and the construction workers got all
excited because one of them got the ball. It was very amusing :-)
<snip>
> > Okay, I am total geography idiot. Until I started looking at
Cincinnati, I
> > never realized that Ohio bordered on Kentucky (or that Cincy is so close
to
> > KY). Duh!
>
> I wouldn't feel bad! I certainly didn't know that Sioux City, IA bordered
on
> Nebraska and South Dakota until I planned to move here! Iowa is midwest,
> Nebraska and South Dakota sound so *west* to me! Just like I'm sure
Kentucky
> sounds pretty south to you!
Yes, Kentucky sounds *amazingly* south to me. OTOH, S. Dakota doesn't sound
at all "west" to me - it just sounds remote. ;-)
About a year ago, DH mentioned a job opportunity at Univ. of SD and asked me
what I thought. I told him I thought I'd miss him terribly. <g> (I'm sure
South Dakota is lovely, I just think it might be too big a jump for this
Northeasterner)
Anyway, thanks again for the help!
- Jocelyn
Jen in South Florida
>
> Okay, I am total geography idiot. Until I started looking at Cincinnati,
I
> never realized that Ohio bordered on Kentucky (or that Cincy is so close
to
> KY). Duh!
> Of course, I also never realized that they have tornados there... I think
I
> need to do some more research. ;-)
The Cincinnati airport is IN Kentucky! and in my experience, most of my
Northern Kentucky area friends will just say they are from Cincy, it's
easier than "Boone County" or "Fort Wright" or "Fort Mitchell".
Kentucky ends up with lots of tornadoes. We traded them for hurricanes when
we moved to FL. I prefer tornados. There is no 3-4 day advance warning for
everyone to get all hyped and go buy out the grocery stores, nothing but
weather on the news, etc...
Jen
Jen in South Florida
>
> Okay, I am total geography idiot. Until I started looking at Cincinnati,
I
> never realized that Ohio bordered on Kentucky (or that Cincy is so close
to
> KY). Duh!
> Of course, I also never realized that they have tornados there... I think
I
> need to do some more research. ;-)
The Cincinnati airport is IN Kentucky! and in my experience, most of my
Jocelyn
Okay, I'm not even going to discuss how silly *that* is. Of course, I'm also
terribly bothered by the fact that the New York Giants play in New Jersey.
;-)
> Kentucky ends up with lots of tornadoes. We traded them for hurricanes
when
> we moved to FL. I prefer tornados. There is no 3-4 day advance warning
for
> everyone to get all hyped and go buy out the grocery stores, nothing but
> weather on the news, etc...
You are *so* not helping me, here. Really. <g>
Nor'easters and the occasional hurricane, no problem, but I'm not so sure I
can deal with tornadoes. I think I've watched "The Wizard of Oz" and
"Twister" one too many times. ;-)
- Jocelyn
Jodi
> About a year ago, DH mentioned a job opportunity at Univ. of SD and asked
me
> what I thought. I told him I thought I'd miss him terribly. <g> (I'm
sure
> South Dakota is lovely, I just think it might be too big a jump for this
> Northeasterner)
Shoot! We *really* would've been neighbors! USD is about 40 minutes from
here!
> Anyway, thanks again for the help!
You're welcome!
Jodi
Jen in South Florida
>
> Nor'easters and the occasional hurricane, no problem, but I'm not so sure
I
> can deal with tornadoes. I think I've watched "The Wizard of Oz" and
> "Twister" one too many times. ;-)
>
odds. Either you're house is standing, or it isn't - or your trailer!
Hurricanes seen to obliterate everything in their path, tornadoes pick and
choose... still not helping, huh?
Jen
HollyLewis
>> They had, at various locations, very realistic statues of folks doing
>> things that folks at a particular location were likely to do (waiting
>> at a bus stop, sitting on a bench in the park, a cop writing a traffic
>> ticket, etc.) It was interesting to see the number of doubletakes
>> until people got more used to them.
Seattle has a sculpture that's a group of people waiting for a bus. Sometimes
the statue-people get accessorized -- a scarf, a shopping bag.
And Palo Alto (near San Jose) has some very realistic paintings on the sides of
downtown buildings of "street scenes." One is of a burglar dropping off of a
roof, or something like that, and apparently the police still get calls every
once in a while reporting that robbery in progress!
Holly
Leslie Deak
On Tue, 8 May 2001, Jocelyn wrote:
> Okay, I'm not even going to discuss how silly *that* is. Of course, I'm also
> terribly bothered by the fact that the New York Giants play in New Jersey.
> ;-)
Or how about the Washington Redskins playing in Maryland. The big joke is
that 5 years ago, MD didn't have a pro football franchise. Now they've got
two. ;)
-Leslie