This was my first time walking across the Brooklyn Bridge. It sounds like such a daunting undertaking - walking across a bridge - but its quite simple really. There is a walking path and it takes less than an hour. Plus the view is stunning. All of Manhattan and Brooklyn, Governor's Island and the Statue of Liberty is all there and so close it seems you could touch it all. It was also great to see the new Brooklyn Bridge Park on the Brooklyn side finally open and packed with Saturday afternoon lounging. The park was created to further expand the green space in the city and to reclaim abandoned piers, lots and docks that lined the coast of the East River. Delightful and inspiring.

I had quite a scare today. It seemed that, after nearly five years together, my beloved PowerBook G4 may be leaving me forever. After arriving at work this morning and powering up my old friend, something went wrong. An odd, never before seen message popped up on the screen. I immediately closed her up and my co-worker made an appointment for us at the Genius Bar -- the ER for Macs. 

Luckily my Genius (or "geek" as he called himself) was extremely kind and helpful. He quickly made a diagnosis of the problem, took my computer to the back for its procedure (not sure what goes on back there but I'm guessing its geekapalooza). He soon returned and my G4 was back to normal. This was a huge relief, as one can imagine. 

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You must understand, this computer is a work horse and extremely loyal. It has traveled around the world with me 6 times not to mention the innumerable domestic trips. It was even (sorry computer) inadvertently left in France for 2 months. Thankfully it was rescued by the Charles de Gaulle Airport police and returned to me via the American Consulate in Paris. Long story. 

Needless to say, we have a long history this computer and I. And I am sure the time will come when I will need to retire her but I'm just not ready for that just yet. Hang in there G4!!