hot in NY, homey in CO
After months of missing NYC’s warm weather by being in Copenhagen or Michigan or somewhere else, I was super happy to be here for a hot spring day. Time to take Millie for a picnic.
Isn't she cute? We went to the fancy neighborhood store and got just what she wanted: crab cakes, cole slaw, potato salad and lemon tart. And, her favorite thing, Sprite. Then we went back to the back yard of her building and had a feast!
When you live in assisted living, you get sick of the food. Even though it is really good at her place, it was so much fun to treat her. For those of you who have been asking, she is doing much better. She is standing straight up and down and gets up out of a chair and walks by herself, without her walker. Her mind is a bit clearer, too. Good!
Since I’ve been traveling so much, when I’m home I make a real effort to see my mom as much as I can and spend quality time with her. This time I was getting ready to go to Colorado, to the Shambhala Mountain Center. First stop, Boulder.
This was my homey, cozy room at The Boulderado Hotel in Boulder.
I like to stair step my way up to the mountains since I’ve had two serious bouts of altitude sickness in the past. So, I stop in Boulder which was nice because it’s a cute town and the schlep from NYC was sort of intense, it being a holiday weekend and all.
Can you see the mountains out my window?
I started taking gingko bilboa and siberian ginseng five days before the trip, as way to ward off altitude sickness. That was recommended to me by my excellent, awesome, wholistic doctor, Dr. Dana Cohen.
That night, when I was eating dinner in the excellent restaurant at The Boulderado I saw ginger lemonade on the menu, which has vodka in it. That sounded so good, perfect, so refreshing so I got that. Yum. The next day Peter Sang told me to drink some vodka because it helps prevent altitude sickness – something about thinning the blood and taking pressure off the brain. Isn’t that interesting? I never drink vodka and that night I just did. Hope it works.
