Category Archives: daily

Tonight Mike, Rick, Janice and I went out for the three B’s: beer, burgers, and bowling. It’s hard to think of a better way to spend Valentines Day.

I’m blogging a photo a day for the month of February. You should too! #29in29

Today Mike and I headed out to Green Wood Cemetery to visit Peter Coopers grave on the occasion of his 221st birthday. It’s a big monument right in the center of the road, and he’s surrounded by members of his family.

It was a super cold day and windy, but it’s always nice to walk hand-in-hand with my sweetheart. I also love any excuse to see my Cooper Union buddies. They are super. And with all that’s been going on with the administrations evaluation of tuition as a revenue source, it was a treat to have some quiet reflection on the man who started this wonderful thing called Cooper Union.

I’m blogging a photo a day for the month of February. You should too! #29in29

I drove out to Middleborough MA today to work from the office out here for a couple of days. I brought Mike with me because he’s between jobs at the moment, and it was really nice to have the company on the four hour drive.

Next time I’ll take six hours and ride my motorcycle out here. Tomorrow I’m working a full day and we will head back home – unless we decide to get a cheap room and stay another night so we can watch the sun rise over Cape Cod.

I’m blogging a photo a day for the month of February. You should too! #29in29

The engineering building where I attended most of my college classes is totally gone. What a shock to see a whole city block in New York empty! And look: you can see the historic Foundation Building from here now!

I’m blogging a photo a day for the month of February. You should too! #29in29

Monday Night was the annual Founders Day Celebration, awarding alumni of Cooper Union for outstanding achievement. I was awarded Young Alumnus of the Year last year, and it’s an accomplishment I’m still kind of grappling with.

Cooper Union has been in tremendous turmoil for the last six months. The new president came in, took a look at the finances, and determined that the institutions mission of full tuition scholarships to all admitted students might not be feasible moving into the future. Many in the Cooper Union community feel that the meritocracy created when students are allowed to study with no fiduciary responsibility between themselves, their peers, and the educators is unmatched and central to that which makes the school stand apart from other small colleges. We’ve written lots about it at The Cooper Union Commons blog and also at the new Friends of Cooper Union website.

But last night, however, was about celebrating alumni accomplishments. It was a lovely evening in Guastivinos – which rests under the 59th Street Bridge and has structural tiled ceilings and manages to combine art, architecture, and engineering functionally and beautifully. Everyone was dressed up, on their best and most fun behavior, and we were able to celebrate that spark that makes Cooper Union special – the maker-doer attitude that Peter Cooper has managed to instill in each of us as we continue on in his footsteps and in service of his legacy and dream.

I’m blogging a photo a day for the month of February. You should too! #29in29

I’ve started lifting weights in the morning. This morning I had to stop and admire my carefully coordinated nail polish. I know I’m not the only one who does this – another one of my friends tweeted she did the same thing recently, too.

I actually love lifting weights. I haven’t gotten to dead lift capabilities or anything, but in the casual way I do it even THEN I can see how rapidly my body is able to improve itself.

I have been meaning to get into better shape, but the fact that our big motorcycle trip is just 2 1/2 months away means it’s more of a priority. Hundreds of miles a day on a motorcycle is miserable if you don’t have a general level of core strength and muscle competency. Plus there’s there’s the part where I need to fit into my motorcycle pants – and if I was smart I’d save $20 a pound lost so I’d be on my way to picking up a one-piece suit when I hit what I would like to be my steady baseline weight!

I’m blogging a photo a day for the month of February. You should too! #29in29