MY NEW TRACK IS HERE!!!!! BIG TIME PEOPLE DUBWAY MIX!!!!!!

MY NEW LABEL JUST RELEASED MY NEW TRACK - BIG TIME PEOPLE DUBWAY MIX!!!!

HEY, EVERYONE!!! I KNOW YOU LOVE MY BLOG.  WELL, IT'S TIME TO LOVE MY MUSIC FROM MY STAGE ALTER EGO, ALEXIS TIME!!!! MY NEW TRACK IS BIG TIME PEOPLE DUBWAY MIX AND IT'S HOT!

IT'S A DANCE TRACK THAT'S UPBEAT AND HAS A POSITIVE MESSAGE FOR EVERYONE!!!!!

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GOOGLE PLAY:
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AMAZON.COM
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SO, IF YOU WANT TO FEEL GOOD AND DANCE, THEN..........TRY IT!!!

ANOTHER HOT COFFEE SHOP - PARIS BAGUETTE!!!!

IN CONNECTION TO MY FOND MEMORIES OF SOUTH KOREA, I GO TO A SHOP THAT I FIRST ENTERED IN THAT COUNTRY - PARIS BAGUETTE!

 IT HAS THEIR VERSION OF THE CRONUT, WHICH I THINK THEY JUST CALL A CROISSANT DOUGHNUT.

AS THE NAME SUGGESTS, IT IS A FRENCH STYLE BAKERY WITH SOME KOREAN TWISTS.  THERE ARE TRADITIONAL TREATS, BUT THERE ARE SOME KOREAN FAVORITES LIKE SWEET BEAN PASTE ITEMS AND SHAVED ICE DESSERTS (WHEN IN SEASON).

WHEN I FIRST WENT TO SOUTH KOREA, I WOULD ALWAYS GO TO PARIS BAGUETTE FOR BREAKFAST AND STOP BY AFTER WORK TO GET MYSELF A TREAT.  WHEN I RETURNED TO AMERICA AND NEW YORK'S KOREA TOWN, I WAS SURPRISED TO FIND OUT THAT THERE WAS NOT A PARIS BAGUETTE!  A FEW YEARS LATER, MY PLACE ARRIVED HERE IN NEW YORK.  I HAVE BEEN FREQUENTING IT IN MANY PLACES AROUND THE CITY, AS THEY HAVE ADDED LOCATIONS IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.

THE OTHER LOCATION THAT I FIND VERY COZY IS THE ONE ON THE UPPER WEST SIDE.

 I HAPPENED UPON IT BY ACCIDENT AND WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED.  IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THE WINDOW, YOU WOULD THINK THAT IT ONLY HAD A RETAIL SPACE WITHOUT A LOUNGE.  OH, NO!  YOU HAVE TO GO IN AND UP A SHORT FLIGHT OF STAIRS AND YOU WILL SEE A VERY NICE EATING LOUNGE SECTION THAT COULD MAKE YOU STAY FOR QUITE AWHILE. IT HAS MANY TABLES AND COUCHES.  I WAS SO COMFORTABLE THAT I LOST TRACK OF TIME!

JUST LIKE CAFFE BENE, IT HAS WONDERFUL DESSERTS, BEVERAGES (HOT AND COLD), AND SAVORY FOOD, LIKE SANDWICHES.

SO, IF THIS COFFEE SHOP LOOKS LIKE YOUR CUP OF TEA, THEN........

TRY IT!!!

BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE! GO WARM UP AT CAFFE BENE!!!

I just found out that one of my favorite cafes, Caffe Bene, has a location uptown in Washington Heights!  I usually go to the Korea Town location.  I'm so happy there are so many choices in all different areas of town for this wonderful, relaxing cafe.

Why do I love Caffe Bene?  I love it because it has great coffee, tea, beverage, and dessert choices.

 It has great pastry treats that are savory and sweet. I love the waffles!

It also has a really cool relaxed vibe.  I love to read, listen to music, and even do work there.

 At the one in the theater district, they have books that you can read:

It's a great place to go with friends or on your own. It's a little peace in a wild and active city!

If you think it's a place you'd like to go then.....TRY IT!!!!!!

CHINESE LUNAR NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!

CHINESE DRAGON PARADE NEW YORK CITY



TODAY, MANY NEW YORK CITY SCHOOL CHILDREN HAVE THE DAY OFF FOR THE FIRST TIME BECAUSE OF THE CHINESE LUNAR NEW YEAR.

HERE IS A DESCRIPTION OF THE CHINESE NEW YEAR FROM WIKIPEDIA:

Chinese New Year is an important Chinese festival celebrated at the turn of the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar. It is also known as the Spring Festival, the literal translation of the modern Chinese name. Celebrations traditionally run from the evening preceding the first day, to the Lantern Festivalon the 15th day of the first calendar month. The first day of the New Year falls on the new moon between 21 January and 20 February.^[2] In 2016, the first day of Chinese New Year falls on Monday, February 8th.^[3]

The New Year festival is centuries old and gains significance because of several myths and traditions. Traditionally, the festival was a time to honour deitiesas well as ancestors.^[4] Chinese New Year is celebrated in countries and territories with significant Chinese populations, including Mainland China, Hong Kong,^[5] Macau, Taiwan, Singapore,^[6] Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mauritius,^[7] and the Philippines.^[8][9] Chinese New Year is considered a major holiday for the Chinese and has had influence on the lunar new year celebrations of its geographic neighbours.

Within China, regional customs and traditions concerning the celebration of the Chinese New Year vary widely. Often, the evening preceding Chinese New Year's Day is an occasion for Chinese families to gather for the annual reunion dinner. It is also traditional for every family to thoroughly cleanse the house, in order to sweep away any ill-fortune and to make way for good incoming luck. Windows and doors will be decorated with red color paper-cuts and coupletswith popular themes of "good fortune" or "happiness", "wealth", and "longevity". Other activities include lighting firecrackers and giving money in red paper envelopes.

Although the Chinese calendar traditionally does not use continuously numbered years, outside China its years are often numbered from the reign of the 3rd millennium BCE Yellow Emperor. But at least three different years numbered 1 are now used by various scholars, making the year beginning CE 2015 the "Chinese year" 4713, 4712, or 4652.^[10]

House doorway decorated for the New Year.

Offerings to the gods.

Also called	Lunar New Year, Spring Festival.
Observed by	Chinese communities worldwide[1]
Type	Cultural, religious (Chinese folk religion, Confucian)
Significance	The first fifteen days of the lunarChinese calendar (lunisolar calendar)
Celebrations	Lion dances, dragon dances, fireworks, family gathering, family meal, visiting friends and relatives (拜年, bàinián), giving red envelopes, decorating withduilian.
Date	Chinese lunar new year
2015 date	Thursday, 19 February, Goat
2016 date	Monday, 8 February, Monkey
2017 date	Saturday, 28 January, Rooster
2018 date	Friday, 16 February, Dog
Frequency	Annual
Related to	Lantern Festival, which concludes the celebration of the Chinese New Year. Mongol New Year (Tsagaan Sar), Tibetan New Year (Losar),Japanese New Year (Shōgatsu),Korean New Year (Seollal), Vietnamese New Year– (Tết)

Chinese New Year
Traditional Chinese	農曆新年
Literal meaning	Agricultural / Agrarian Calendar's New Year
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Spring Festival
Traditional Chinese	春節
Literal meaning	Spring Festival
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IT'S A BLIZZARD!!!!

IT'S SNOWING ALONG THE EAST COAST OF AMERICA!  IT'S A BLIZZARD!  TONS OF SNOW HAS COME DOWN UPON THE METROPOLIS I LOVE CALLED NEW YORK CITY!!!  MY FRIENDS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. HAVE CALLED ME TO TELL ME THEIR TALES OF WOE. I AM SICK RIGHT NOW, SO I WAS GOING TO STAY HOME ANYWAY.  NICE TO KNOW I WON'T BE MISSING ANYTHING!

STAY INDOORS FRIENDS!  DO YOUR BINGE WATCHING NOW!!! I HOPE YOU STOCKED UP ON JUNK FOOD AND ALL THOSE TREATS YOU DON'T WANT YOUR FRIENDS TO KNOW YOU EAT!  YOU CAN EAT THEM BECAUSE NO ONE CAN GET TO YOUR HOUSE NOW!

BUT MOSTLY.....

STAY SAFE AND WARM!!!

LOVE TO ALL MY READERS!!!! XOXOXO

ALAN RICKMAN - MY HEART IS BROKEN!

I had the pleasure on many occasions to meet Alan Rickman.  He was always kind, but he still liked to play his persona of nonchalant apathy.  We had an inside joke:  Every time I met him, I would remind him that because of him, I saw the movie "Die Hard" over 18 times.  His stock response on cue:  "Oh, that is too much!" With his iconic snarl.  Everyone around us would laugh.  He played the character Hans Gruber. As per the legend, he was the one who made Hans into a sexy, sneaky, suit-wearing terrorist/master thief.  We pitched him about a project in which he would play the Devil.  When I asked him personally, he said that he didn't know if he wanted to play someone so evil (This coming from Snape!)  Well, now we'll never know.

My heart is broken.

Sleep well, Mr. Rickman.

LUKE EVANS SHOULD BE THE NEW JAMES BOND!!!

I AM A JAMES BOND FAN!!!!!!

I love Daniel Craig in the role!  However, it looks like he may be exiting the franchise.  So, who could be his successor?  Obviously, they would be very big shoes (and Speedo!) to fill. I think I have the perfect guy......LUKE EVANS!!!!

He's charming, suave, and sophisticated.  He's also an excellent actor, just like Daniel Craig.  When you want a Bond that can do more than smirk and churn out one-liners, you go to these rugged, sexy men.  You could believe Luke could do all of the fight scenes since he's had so much practice with the Hobbit movies he starred in and of course, his toothy turn in Dracula. He was so seductive!

Oh, have you seen the pictures in which he is wearing a Speedo on the beach?!  Ooh-la-la!  He fills out his suit quite admirably.  I am surprised they don't put a dot over his private area!

So, if you are with me, ask the producers of James Bond to ......TRY IT!!!