I am here, I am here in N. Y.

I have just walked into my beautiful upper west side apt. I sublet it back from my tenant for 10 days, she knew it was the deal.
Such nice doormen and staff welcoming me back making me feel I am back home.

I have just left my South Beach other wonderful LOOKING apt. where my life is a nightmare. A horrific management team sitting and waiting for one false move. Only wonderful Steve at the front desk. The others must have signed an oath never to let a resident do anything that comes close to breaking a rule. Even if you lie dying, if it is not within the rules that day forget it.
Then my horrific nightmare neighbor who keeps me a prisoner blowing smoke into my apartment, dropping weights on the floor, denying it, and throws his dirty water and debris onto my patio when he cleans his; not to mention the 6 months of construction I lived through.

My passion too has been ignited knowing that my ex lover or leave of absence lover is only a few blocks away. Do I try to ignite the passion or just give him a hug?

I am thrilled to be back in New York.

Carol Sue Gershman

The man up stairs

Oh God, I know I did something horrible in my life to get the neighbor I now have. He is a true nightmare, a bastard with no remorse. I have written about him many times; it has been a year and a half of hell. Next to a bad husband, is a bad neighbor, cause you live with them both. I don't have a bad husband, in fact I don't have any husband. I only have a sick, angry, mean, rotten neighbor. He smokes, and it comes to my apt, he lifts weights and drops them on the floor startling me early morning and late night. He sweeps his patio and throws water and his debris onto my patio. He constructed his apt for 6 months and I lived with grueling noise every day. When I tell him (nicely) to stop dropping the weights on the floor he denied that it was him. I ran to his apt. one day frantically as I was expecting a guest and asked him to please stop the construction for 20 minutes. He did but I got a nasty note saying if you ever come into my apt. again unannounced I will have you hauled away for breaking and entering. Mind you his door was wide open when I entered. Unfortunately, I made one mistake, I banged into his car, no not a bad bang just a light touch but my yellow paint from my mustang appeared on the spot. There was nothing there but he called it a hit and run, reported me to the management, put in a claim and told me if I ever hit his car again, he will have me hauled off again to the police. Yes, I should have reported that one but I could hardly see anything. So this is my neighbor and I don't live in a dangerous neighborhood. I live in Miami Beach in a beautiful condo with a garden with direct access to the pool and tennis court. It is a dream come true apt and he has destroyed all of that. All suggestions are welcome!
Carol Sue Gershman

Should I call him?

My ex lover lives in N. Y. and only a few blocks away from me. It would be nice to see his "cat grin" as that is what his present girlfriend calls it. She wrote " Ah, Babe, now dat U R rested from the cruise, go out and flash your cat grin to all on the sidewalks of N. Y. Have you ever? Not my style of talking but she seems to have landed him with her idiot talk.
But the point remains, if I call him, we probably will still dig one another and it can only lead to aggravation for both of us. We would want what we felt back then and he is not going to give it to me and I will react to that. So maybe we will run into one another, may be I will see his cat grin flashing at me. Oh, maybe that is what she meant; O. K. girlfriend, I will be on the look out.
Carol Sue Gershman

NEW YORK, NEW YORK

Bags are packed for Thanksgiving holiday in N. Y. C.
Fun celebrating with family. My daughter Leslie is already there, she does a Xmas market at Union Square. She imports Baby clothes from Bali, festive to go with the holiday season and does quite a job.. Mom (me) is required to work as I have been doing for 14 years. I love the high energy around the market. The booth is outdoors believe it or not with just a little heater. We dress real warm and actually rarely rarely get cold!
Sister Judy puts on quite a celebration dinner. I can not describe it here right now as it is endless, but if you read my book you will see it spelled out in detail. She is an artist and goes all out on decor and food.
I will be selling my book at the fair, if Leslie allows me to. She might not want to mix my sexy book with baby clothes; I will just sneak away and stand where the crowds are yelling out "Have you heard, have you heard about the "Jewish Lady, The Black Man and the Road Trip?" It gets a smile and sometimes $14.95.
Carol Sue Gershman

Auntie Mame

Have you seen the movie Auntie Mame? It was made in the fifty's and stars Rosiland Russell. She plays an outrageous character who dresses flamboyantly, lives in great wealth, has outrageous friends and throws wild parties. Then the stock market crashes and she looses her money but this did not stop Mame from living with passion.

I for one love to dress up and wear show stopping clothes as I just did on the cruise (the blog before this one) I will post photos asap. People love to be entertained and people love excitement so why not show it to the world. I can not be Mame daily as she was, but when the occasion rises and I hope to have more of them, I will dress as wildly as I can.

I wore a necklace of chocolate kisses. They looked like large glittering diamonds. During dinner I started to smell chocolate and there were my kisses melting all over my neck from my body heat.... Motto: Wear only in winter.

Carol Sue Gershman

Cruising with my book!

What a time and what a turnout on Carnival Cruise. I was asked to speak on board. I am 73 and part of my message was to ask the audience what they will be doing at my age. So I ask you too. 'Writing came as a big surprise to me. It leads me to believe how much we all have inside of us that lies dormant. Go out and do it now. Life has speeded up and there is little time to wait.
WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING AT 70?' I would love to hear what you have to say.
my email is carolsue@atlanticbb.net or leave message here. Thank you.
Carol Sue Gershman