This will move you!
August 16, 2008
Hello darlings,
I have the most fun video of my July Barnes and Noble reading for you to watch. It was filmed and edited by Smita Paul, the brilliant videographer (in her spare time). Don’t worry, it’s not a boring film of me droning on about my brilliant work (even though we can all agree it is brilliant). We had the BEST time at the reading and I think you can really experience the joy from this short film. I was surrounded by my wonderful friends and even a few fans I didn’t know (all dressed up like Audrey Hepburn). It was truly an evening to remember. Click the URL below and it’ll take you to youtube. The best way to watch is to let it load first and then replay it so doesn’t play all skippy-like.
Watch Karen’s video by clicking here!
Big news on the moving front
Have you wondered why you haven’t heard from me until now? I’m sure you’re too busy having a fabulous summer to even think about your wayward author friend who is probably cruising some exotic locale in the name of research for her next book. But shockingly, that’s not what I’m doing. If you really want to know, I am right in the midst of moving to Miami Beach, God’s waiting room…I mean God’s Country (or something like that).
Why did we move, you ask?
Oh, it’s a long story. But you have time, right? Mark, my adorable husband of 27 years decided he wanted a break from his job and I supported him wholeheartedly (excellent wife that I am). He’d been working non-stop since law school and for the last few years hadn’t been making it home until after ten every night. He’d come home, finish his workout at eleven thirty and have dinner at midnight (naturally, I cooked using only the freshest ingredients). With Mark and his hefty income on hiatus, downsizing was in order and that meant leaving New York City. But where to go? We considered the usual suspects - New Jersey, Scarsdale, Brooklyn, the Bronx, etc. No place really excited us.
Then we had an idea!
We thought, as long as we’re moving, let’s go somewhere super fun with good food and a Latin flavor that is experiencing a housing depression so we can pick up a new apartment on the cheap. Miami came to mind. Actually, that was Mark’s thinking. My thinking was, let’s go live on the beach somewhere so I’ll wake up everyday, look at the ocean and feel like I’m on vacation. Miami also came to mind. So voilla! that is where we are right now, surrounded by boxes, starting our next adventure. I love adventures, don’t you?
The view out my window
Do you see that view of the pier in the picture way above? That’s right out my office window! Whoo Hoo!!! Here are a few more images of the new homestead.
That’s our building on the left. The picture on the right shows the view off our balcony. There is an eight foot sting-ray that hangs out on our beach (in the water, of course) that I can clearly see from thirty-three floors up. From up here, it looks like an underwater bat and it appears to swim dangerously close to people in the water but then at the last second, it always veers away and doesn’t sting or kill anyone (at least not so far). I can also see schools of fish and sharks from up here - the water is that clear! This abundance of sea creatures has convinced me that I shouldn’t go any farther than knee high into the ocean. 
On the left is one of two pools our building has. On the right, you can see my favorite thing about the whole apartment. In case you can’t tell, that is a jacuzzi tub with a built in TV set that actually gets cable! I kid you not. I can get video on demand while soaking in the tub. These people in Miami really know how to live. Anyway, if you’re coming down this way, let me know and I might invite you over to take a bath or swim in my shark and sting ray infested ocean if you dare.
Well, I simply must go grab a glass of wine and sit on my balcony listening to the surf and watching the stars. I hear there is a lunar eclipse tonight. Have a wonderful rest of summer.
Love,
Karen