A local day! I go to the post office and organize to send mum's package of cosmetics home - it's not bad value and I might send some more stuff back, especially Linda's transformer for her sewing machine as that thing is heavy, and space is getting quite limited. The town of scarsdale is looking festive - the council workers have put up flags all along the streets and the garden beds around the memorial are getting replanted. It's memorial weekend this weekend. ...

Around here..... I decide to have a mooching day around Scarsdale and the apartment! After 5 days here I have fallen into a routine .... Mornings are relaxed, a chance to catch up on the days news on tv with a cup of tea and breakfast - fruit, siggis Swedish yogurt and toast. I may be on holiday but housework still needs to be done - dishes washed, beds made and floors vacuumed. It's another hot day, so I walk away from the village around the streets of scarsd...

My first day in New York has been spent taking care of the basics! Like cleaning... Unpacking.... Laundry I am staying at my friend Linda's apartment in scarsdale, a quaint village 30 minutes outside of central manhattan. Tudor style architecture features heavily, and there are lots of trees that look naked without their spring foliage, but I can see buds starting to appear. The village has everything I could want, a supermarket, restaurants, a particularly goo...