Had house guests – my friend Beth and her daughter Ceileidh.
We felt like we walked 60 miles yesterday. Last night, we all fell into bed, groaning in pain.
What did we do?
— Pedicures. (Paraffin wax pedicures. HIGHLY recommend it)
— Metropolitan Museum. Caravaggio and Leonardo da Vinci exhibit … with other realist painters influenced by those 2 giants. Incredible. Caravaggio is one of my favorites. I want to crawl into those shadows. We also walked through Greek and Roman sculptures. We saw some Monets, some Renoirs, some Degas. Van Gogh.
The Museum was PACKED.
— Window-shopping in the Village. I bought a bag of white sage. Little dried leaves. You burn them, and walk around the house, holding it up. The scent is so calming, so healing. It’s hard to find, too. White sage is better than your basic incense sticks (in my opinion). My room actually FEELS different after I burn some.
— Flea market in the Village. Talked to a lovely Turkish vendor for a while.
— We had burgers, sitting outside at picnic tables, at the famed White Horse Tavern
— Watched “Fellowship of the Ring” with Ceileidh. Ceileidh does a mean imitation of Gollum, whom she refers to as “a naked freaky dude”. Indeed.
— MUCH laughter.
— We sat on my roof on Friday night and had pizza. The glittering skyline of Manhattan unfurling before our eyes. My roof kicks some serious ass. The Empire State Building was dark, for once. Reagan.
— Walking. Walking. Walking. Aching legs. But damn – our toes looked good. Perfectly pedicured. And that is all that really matters.
You forgot to mention why people don’t typically let 11 year old girls drink iced cappacinno. It sounded like Alvin and the Chipmunks on speed up on the roof Friday night- ha haha!!! Thanks again for a wonderful time- you created some life long memories this weekend. Gotta run- I must confiscate the wooden frog thing, before I lose control. I love you.
I’m the one that always has to know how to pronounce unusual names…soooo…
How is Ceileidh pronounced?
DeAnna: Ha!
It’s pronounced: Kay-lee.
My sister Jean was a substitute teacher in Ceileidh’s class and she walked in, looked at the roster, and told me that she saw “the crazy spelling” and knew that it was “Beth’s kid” and so called out during attendance: “Ceileidh?” — correct pronunciation … probably a first in Ceileidh’s life!!!
It’s pronounced just like it’s spelled. ;-)
Seriously, though, this whole post REALLY made me miss NYC. It’s been far too long.
Ceileidh says that every time there is a sub, s/he reads through the class roster, pauses right before her name, and looks a bit nervous. So, to help the poor soul out, she will say, “Ceileidh… It is pronounced Kaylee”. Invariably, the sub will look at her as if she has gone cuckoo, and so she then has to spell it, “C-E-I-L-E-I-D-H. Kaylee. I know- there’s a silent “d”. It is supposed to be there. It’s the Gaelic word for a dance, or gathering. NO, it is not really a girl’s name in Ireland. My aunt was studying at UCGalway and liked to go to the ceileidh clubs when my mom was pregnant with me.” You have got to see her say this, though, in a snide, pre-teen, bored to tears sing song voice. Some day she will love me for the name. (I hope).
That is so weird. I was at the White Horse Tavern yesterday. Late at night, though.
While we’re at it, how do you pronounce your sister Siobahn’s (sp?) name?
Sha-vahn.
Sort of. :)
“si” is “sh”. and “bh” is “v”.
I love Ceileidh!!! What a great name.
I am the same one who asked how to pronounce Siobahn the first time I saw it, too.
I totally dig gaelic spellings of very cool names.
Sounds like an great day Sheila. I’m a little envious.
The second.
da-DUM
And shorten the first syllable – it’s not really “sha” but more just a “sh”.
I love the celtic names. I am always asked how to pronounce mine too.