Ground Control to Major…
Posted: November 19, 2021 Filed under: Entertainment, Home and Garden, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC) | Tags: BDSM, Chelsea, D/s, dievca, graffiti, Life, NYC, photo, space, submissive Leave a comment
Photo: dievca, NYC Chelsea Graffiti 11/2021
A Glimpse of NYC in November
Posted: November 12, 2021 Filed under: Entertainment, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC) | Tags: Autumn, BDSM, Chelsea, D/s, dievca, Hudson River, Life, Love, Morning, NYC, Photos 1 Comment
click on the photos to enlarge
The Dawn is breaking cloudy in New York.
It’s rare to see the clouds head in from the East – but they are heading towards the Hudson River.
dievca is sending you a quiet, “Good Morning”.
Something of Use – the 7 train
Posted: November 10, 2021 Filed under: Home and Garden, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC) | Tags: BDSM, convenience, D/s, dievca, Life, Love, NYC, submissive, subway, travel Leave a comment
dievca had to rush to Grand Central from the Westside to catch the Metro North. she took the 7 train across. It was 5 min 30 sec from Hudson Yards to Grand Central during an “off-peak” time. she had enough time to get that coffee which saved the day.
Sometimes dievca really ❤❤❤’s New York City.
PS. Happy Marine Corps Birthday!
Joy at FIT – Chalk Murals 2021
Posted: October 26, 2021 Filed under: Entertainment, Fashion, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC) | Tags: art, BDSM, D/s, dievca, Fashion Institute of Technology, graffiti, Joy, Life, Love, NYC, Photos Leave a commentThe Chalk Murals are up and running at FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology).
A piece of Joy to see on the walk home from reselling clothing.
~Click the pictures to see details~
Enjoy!
Glamorous Dining returns to NYC
Posted: October 5, 2021 Filed under: Entertainment, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC) | Tags: BDSM, COVID-19, D/s, dievca, Elegant, Fine Dining, Food, Foodies, glamour, Grand Central Station, Life, NYC, Photos 1 Comment
Le Pavillon NYC opened fully in September after a reduced schedule allowed the restaurant to be completed.
With 57-foot ceilings, cream columns, and a built-in irrigation system for the interior’s olive trees and ferns, Le Pavillon is a testament to the triumphs of architecture and landscape. Steps away from Grand Central Station – it has accessibility for ALL New Yorkers and visitors alike.
The menu offers first courses and main courses from the mer and the terre. Boasting dishes like roasted lamb chops, slow-baked ora king salmon, and buckwheat crusted sea scallops, the menu leaves customers with options that traverse flavors from pickled turmeric to smoked paprika. Conversely, the dessert menu offers dishes with strawberries, passionfruit, cherries, and chocolate. Customers can choose from four types of cheeses, including comté and coupole, Vermont goat cheese, for a traditional French dessert.
“The menu is based on the land and the sea at Le Pavillon. So, this is not a departure from whatever I’ve done in the past, but it is a progression,” Chef Daniel Boulud said. “The focus will be on local vegetables, New England Seafood” and other ingredients that change based on the season.
dievca is planning to enjoy a meal at Le Pavillon in November and her glamorous foodie friend stated that she is dressing up – Bling/ Fur and all. Too bad dievca has to hustle over after work~ until then she will be scanning though her closet, looking at the weather report and trying to create a very spectacular, yet versatile, outfit. XO
Full description at UntappedCities.com. “Thank You” to Thomas Schauer for photos and Bella Druckman
Advantage – US Open
Posted: September 5, 2021 Filed under: Entertainment, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC) | Tags: BDSM, D/s, dievca, Friends, fun, Life, NYC, Queens, submissive, Summer, Tennis, US Open Leave a commentdievca had a friend come up earlier in the week and ask if she would like to go to the US Open. Yes, absolutely! she had never been to the Open.
The day after Storm Ida steamrolled low areas of NYC, dievca checked the subway schedule to see if the 7 train was still up and running. It was, the track runs above ground in Queens.
The trip was easy, people were chill walking in to the facility. They checked vaccine qualifications and bags before the ticket check – it rolled along quickly. Getting a cocktail was a bit trickier, but offering a nice tip for a bartender who slipped them in guaranteed service for the future.
The best part?
The luck of the draw chose the match, dievca and her friends were able to watch and boldness helped them sit closer, it was:
The match was good fun. The Dutchman offered some challenge to Djokovic and it gave you a good sense of what 10 years of experience offers in Tennis. Smart shots. BTW, those serves went up to 126 mph – crazy!
The second match was #75 Amanda Ansimova (USA) vs #4 Karolina Pliskova (CZK) and both were more evenly matched – it got to be a long match, so dievca had to head home.
Because the Met’s game was letting out at the same time, the MTA ran an express train into Manhattan – which skimmed 20 minutes off the trip. dievca didn’t know she could run that fast anymore to catch a train!
The more you know – Custom Duty
Posted: July 30, 2021 Filed under: Discussion, Home and Garden, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC) | Tags: BDSM, Clothing, D/s, dievca, Life, practical, shoes, Shopping, SSENSE, submissive, US Customs 2 Commentsdievca ordered items from her favorite Montreal, Quebec store ssense.com. The items were on sale and she had been watching them for awhile – the total came up to an amount over $800. She bought them in one batch….bad choice. Had she made two purchases, she wouldn’t have met the US/Canada Border Customs Threshold amount and she would have not had to pay customs….
Instead, she had to schlep to the Main Post Office to pay the customs to get her items. Yep, it was a significant amount = $400+. Why did she chose to pay it rather than refusing the items?
- They were items she thought about a long time before purchase.
- They were unavailable on sale anywhere else on the web.
- ssense.com offered to put a one-time 110-120% credit towards her next purchase (s).
- dievca buys on ssense.com consistently enough to use the credits.
Visualize dievca opening the box the items in the Main NYC Post Office, stuffing the items into a carryall so she could schlepp it all back to her apartment without her arms falling off. Would it have been easier if dievca had a car? Have you ever tried to find parking in Midtown?
Photo: Glamorous items in a non-glamorous bag. XO
Hudson Yard-henge
Posted: July 21, 2021 Filed under: Entertainment, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC) | Tags: BDSM, D/s, Dawn, dievca, Hudson River, Life, Morning, NYC, photo, submissive, walking Leave a comment
Saved a life this morning, pre-coffee
Posted: July 19, 2021 Filed under: Entertainment, Home and Garden, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC) | Tags: awareness, BDSM, biking, coffee, D/s, dievca, Life, Monday, Morning, safety, traffic, West Side Highway Leave a commentWhen you are riding, walking, running, scootering in the City – you can’t be worrying about the people you are with – its every Man (Women, Child) for themselves. FOCUS! An older runner was following her “pack” across the Westside Highway – not looking at the lights – the youngsters sprinted (like fools) and she was trotting behind straight into oncoming traffic. dievca yelled and the Lady turned to make it back to the sidewalk right before getting hit. Even though the Lady was older, dievca hollered at her and said, “focus on yourself” after the Lady muttered, “I assumed my girls were watching the lights”.
When a human head cracks on the pavement it sounds like a watermelon thumping. dievca is not interested in hearing that sound and sticking around to help with the mess. If you come to the City – please pay attention and don’t depend upon others – depend upon yourself. XO
dievca was little too shaky to have coffee immediately – her adrenaline was surging.
Showing nothing at the Beach…
Posted: July 3, 2021 Filed under: Entertainment, Home and Garden, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC) | Tags: 4th of July, BDSM, D/s, dievca, Life, NYC, photo, Rain, submissive, Summer, weekend Leave a comment
Finally have the weekend off and…
Rain expected all Weekend.
Typical.
Photo: dievca NYC Water tower 07/2021
jordgubbar
Posted: June 26, 2021 Filed under: Home and Garden, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC) | Tags: BDSM, Chelsea, D/s, dievca, Food, gardening, Joy, kids, Life, Love, School, strawberries, submissive, Summer Leave a commentThe best fruit is the fruit you grow and collect yourself. Not a lot of opportunities to grow fruit in NYC, but the local elementary school where dievca goes to vote must have classes in gardening for the kids. There are strawberries coming into season, raspberry bushes and blueberries, too! A section for tomatoes and peppers – then what looks to be a butterfly garden. All wrapping the school in a verdant hug.
Photo: dievca, School Garden strawberries NYC 06/2021
The best part is dievca can imagine those greedy little fingers reaching for a berry
and the joy of the attached tastebuds being hit with a burst of flavor when eaten.
Be careful~
Posted: June 13, 2021 Filed under: Master, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC), submissive | Tags: 1st Aid, BDSM, Bike Ride, cycling, D/s, dievca, Hudson River Greenway, Life, NYC, pothole, wound care 3 Comments
“Be careful biking home dievca.”
I will, Master. I am not in any hurry.
dievca was cruising along nicely until here:
She slowed down and stood up to go over a set of metal plates after the Intrepid Museum and Circle Line section, but she didn’t see the 5″ pothole until too late…thunk~
Flipping up and over the handle bars –
SPLAT!
Years of falling in sports saved her head, collarbone and hands/wrists. She flipped horizontally right and her knee/shin took the momentum, femur the impact, followed by the elbow then forearm. A gentleman walking his dog checked on her, immediately – a family (tourists) stared at her in horror. dievca picked herself up, checked her appendages, moved to the side, checked her bike and rode home bleeding.
Can she tell you that everyone is correct?
Road rash is a b*tch to clean and it really hurts. Plus, you may end up bleeding on your sheets at night unless you cover your wounds.
- Wash your hands. If you are caring for your own wound or another person’s wound, you should always wash your hands first. …
- Wash the injury. You should then wash the abrasion. …
- Remove debris. …
- Apply antibiotic ointment. …
- Cover the road rash. …
- Keep the bandage fresh. …
- Check for infection.
dievca washed her Road Rash with soapy water, then hosed it down with Bactine. she added a thin layer of Neosporin ointment. Arnica Gel on places where she thought bruises might blossom – adrenaline hid the hip/hamstring pain. Two Aleve pills for the evening then a thorough icing of the thigh/a** in the morning. More wound cleaning and care — things seem to be moving along nicely.
Master will check it out on Monday~ so much for trying to be careful.
Sometimes Life will bite you in the a**.
Continuing the NYC Staycation Mode:
Posted: June 6, 2021 Filed under: Home and Garden, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC) | Tags: BDSM, COVID-19, D/s, dievca, Flowers, Life, local, Love, Master, NYC, peonies, Sunday, travel Leave a commentSo, dievca has stayed at The Standard, The TWA Terminal Hotel JFK and is now heading to Roosevelt Island for a stay at The Graduate hotel. she’s never been to the Island and hasn’t taken the tram — it should be something different from work, the apartments and her Mother’s. That’s the point of a Staycation, right? Something different without heavy travel.
Until she heads out on the 7 train, she is going to admire the Peonies Master bought for His dievca:
1st Dinner inside: Lebanese Mezza
Posted: May 26, 2021 Filed under: Home and Garden, Musings, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC) | Tags: BDSM, COVID-19, D/s, dievca, dinner, Happiness, Lebanese Food, Life, mental health, NYC, restaurant, vaccine Leave a comment
BABA GHANNOUI
HUMMUS
LABNE
KIBBEH NAYE BEIRUTIEH
FATTOUSH
LEBANESE THYME SALAD
DUCK SHAWARMA
MEKANEK
FALAFEL
KIBBEH BI LABAN
ATAYEF & VEAL BACON
Ilili was ‘hopping’ on a Tuesday Night. The bar, two large rooms and outside dining was full. Look, NYC – like other places, went through a long haul with COVID-19 numbers – NYC locals are ready to GET OUT. It was a beautiful vibe last night, and the amazing work from the Vaccine developers made it happen. A HUGE ‘Thank You’ to them.
(PS. Yes, the economy of NYC is based on tourism, but selfishly – not running into any tourists is a great treat.)
Hope in the City
Posted: May 21, 2021 Filed under: Entertainment, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC), Poetry | Tags: BDSM, beauty, D/s, dievca, Flowers, Hudson River, Joy, Life, NYC, photo, Spring Leave a comment
From the train
it’s a city of roses
and rose keepers,
bald men in spectacles
and torn shirts.
There are miles of roses
in Elizabeth, New Jersey,
backyard arbors
shadowed by refineries
and the turnpike,
jungles of scrap,
still brown water, and poisoned marsh.
None of this matters
to the rose keepers of Elizabeth.
From the backyards of row houses
they bring forth pink roses, yellow roses
and around a house on its own
green plot, a hedge of roses, in red and white.
Surely faith and charity
are fine, but the greatest of these
is roses.
— "Hope in Elizabeth" by Kathleen Norris, for more see Little Girls in ChurchPhotos: dievca, Hudson River Park 05/2021
Home!
Posted: May 16, 2021 Filed under: Home and Garden, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC) | Tags: BDSM, D/s, dievca, driving, Family, home, Life, Love, NYC, photo, traffic, travel 1 Comment
The Holland Tunnel just about put me over the edge.
Wine glass, now in hand.
Getty Image: 1935 Traffic at the Holland Tunnel
Smell the blossoms – or not…
Posted: April 27, 2021 Filed under: Entertainment, Home and Garden, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC) | Tags: BDSM, beauty, crabapple trees, D/s, dievca, Flowers, garden, Hudson River, Joy, Love, smell, Spring, submissive Leave a comment
It’s hard to know when the blossoms burst and you cannot smell them because of your mask.
Normally, dievca can smell them while riding her bike past the Hudson River Walk.
If you make a point of stopping and take off your mask – they smell divine!
a POP! of color
Posted: April 11, 2021 Filed under: Entertainment, Home and Garden, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC) | Tags: BDSM, D/s, dievca, Flowers, Hudson Yards, Joy, NYC, photo, Spring Leave a comment
What to do after your vaccine…
Posted: March 23, 2021 Filed under: Entertainment, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC) | Tags: BDSM, COVID-19, D/s, dievca, Humor, Life, NYC, seedy, vaccine 5 Comments
Or maybe not…
Getting a beer after the 2nd shot isn’t advised.
But, apparently the Haven🍀 is open and available~ by the Brooklyn Armory Terminal
Photo: dievca-Irish Haven in Brooklyn 03/2021
Morning Light
Posted: March 12, 2021 Filed under: Entertainment, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC), Poetry | Tags: BDSM, Chelsea, D/s, dievca, Joy, Life, Love, Morning, NYC, photo, Spring Leave a comment
Smell the sweet air of Spring
Sliding into the City
Surrounding the sounds of Morning
Softly blunting the edge of Reason
Photo: dievca, NYC 03/2021
You’ve gotta be like a shark…
Posted: March 5, 2021 Filed under: Entertainment, Home and Garden, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC) | Tags: BDSM, COVID-19, D/s, dievca, Humor, Life, NYC, Scheduling, submissive, swimming, workout Leave a comment
to reserve a lane at dievca’s local swimming hole.
One person allowed in one lane for 30 minutes.
Reservations open up 24 hours before the session and they are gone within 20 seconds.
So that’s 6+ people lurking on their computers waiting for a registration time to open.
Circling for the kill.
A hilarious thought, really.
“Where does an 800-pound gorilla sit?” [“Anywhere it wants to.”]
Posted: February 7, 2021 Filed under: Entertainment, Home and Garden, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC) | Tags: art, awareness, BDSM, Chelsea, D/s, dievca, Hudson Yards, NYC, photo, sculpture, submissive, Winter Leave a comment
Photo: dievca Hudson Yards NYC 02/2021
To raise awareness and funds for the critically endangered gorilla species, public artists Gillie and Marc Schattner have created a massive sculpture of the animal that arrived in Hudson Yards’ Bella Abzug Park. Titled King Nyani, Swahili for ‘gorilla’, it’s the world’s largest bronze gorilla sculpture and can fit two to three humans just in its hands.
Hazards of the Concrete Jungle
Posted: February 5, 2021 Filed under: Entertainment, Home and Garden, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC) | Tags: BDSM, D/s, dievca, Hudson River, Humor, Life, NYC, photo, rat, snow, submissive, Winter 2 Comments
It’s a Whiteout!
Posted: February 1, 2021 Filed under: Home and Garden, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC) | Tags: BDSM, dievca, Humor, Life, Love, NYC, photo, snow, submissive, Weather, Winter Leave a comment
Whiteout, white-out, or milky weather is a weather condition in which the contours and landmarks in a snow-covered zone become almost indistinguishable.
Coffee and the morning commute – Moynihan Train Hall
Posted: January 18, 2021 Filed under: Discussion, Entertainment, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC) | Tags: BDSM, coffee, D/s, dievca, Humor, Life, Monday, Morning, NYC, photo, submissive, travel 4 CommentsIt was silent, it was clean, it’s beautiful as it is new
and dievca managed to drip her cappuccino on the floor as she took a photo.
she felt like an a** as she scrambled to wipe the drips up with her glove.
The new Train Hall at Pennsylvania Station, NYC:
Daniel Patrick Moynihan Train Hall is an expansion of New York City’s Pennsylvania Station into the adjacent James A. Farley Building, the city’s former main post office building.
Amtrak and the Long Island Rail Road are served by the Hall and you can get to the subway.
One of the controversies is that the Hall is closed from 1 am to 5 am (Pennsylvania Station is open 24/7 and many homeless people find refuge there).
An excellent article about Penn Station’s History and the new building can be read here (Bloomberg City Lab).
Photos: dievca NYC Midtown Moynihan Train Hall 01/17/2021
Walkers with the Dawn
Posted: January 17, 2021 Filed under: Entertainment, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC), Poetry | Tags: BDSM, Chelsea, D/s, Dawn, dievca, Elegant, Life, Love, NYC, photo, submissive, Sunrise, Winter Leave a comment
Photo: dievca NYC Chelsea 12/2020
Being walkers with the dawn and morning,
Walkers with the sun and morning,
We are not afraid of night,
Nor days of gloom,
Nor darkness–
Being walkers with the sun and morning.
~ Langston Hughes
My City
Posted: November 21, 2020 Filed under: Musings, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC) | Tags: BDSM, COVID-19, D/s, dievca, home, Love, NYC, optimist, photo, recovery, submissive Leave a comment
Photo: dievca NYC 11/2020
Not the City of my Birth
The City of my Choice
Quiet in Covid-19
50% loving it
50% worried for the future
But the Phoenix has Risen in the Past
What’s to hold it back for the Future?
Americans are also more upbeat than people in other wealthy nations when asked how their day is going. While we ask this question to help respondents get more comfortable with the interviewer, it provides a glimpse into people’s moods and reveals a slightly negative correlation between those saying the day is a good one and per capita gross domestic product. About four-in-ten Americans (41%) described their day as a “particularly good day,” a much higher share than those in Germany (21%), the UK (27%) and Japan (8%). Pew Research Center, 2015
Yes, dievca is an eternal optimist….
Which way the wind blows — calls for something warm.
Posted: November 16, 2020 Filed under: Home and Garden, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC) | Tags: Autumn, BDSM, coffee, D/s, dievca, Life, Monday, Morning, NYC, Storm, warmth, wind Leave a comment
After 3+ years of living in the building – dievca has just learned that if the wind hits NYC from a certain SW angle and is very strong, it will come into her apartment unimpeded by closed and locked windows. The good news is that the rain droplets are too large to do the same…
In the morning aftermath, she is getting cozy with her coffee.
A Moment.
Posted: November 7, 2020 Filed under: Entertainment, Home and Garden, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC) | Tags: BDSM, Chelsea, D/s, Dawn, dievca, gratitude, home, Life, Love, Morning, NYC, photo Leave a comment
Photo: dievca NYC 11/2020
May dievca share her view of NYC on an Autumn morning?
Breathtaking.
Time to take moment to breathe during the chaos.
Love to you all.
d.
Early Voting NYC
Posted: October 26, 2020 Filed under: Home and Garden, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC) | Tags: 2020 USA elections, BDSM, D/s, dievca, Life, Love, Madison Square Garden, NYC, Vote Leave a comment
Lucky.
In at 7:51 am and out by 8:14 am
Granted it was misty out – but the lines moved and everyone was organized, ready-to-go
Sending love and patience to those with longer wait times in poor weather.
dievca 