Rain With A Side Of Cheese...

New York City in the rain

A thunderstorm is rolling it's way across New York City (NY doesn't even do April Showers by halves!) And so what's a girl to do on such a soggy Monday evening? Well...

I think I few key things are needed here...

1) tea, of course (I'm British after all). 

2) a comfy fluffed sofa with cushions, blankets and other such cosy accessories. 

3) pj's, because every girl wears a pair of pj's on an evening like today. 

Images from House to Home and Domino Magazine (so sad you're gone Domino!)

And finally, 

4) large amounts of cheese in the form of that 1986 classic 'Top Gun'... yup my dears, think fighter pilots and classic one liners that you just love to hate and make you laugh! I haven't 'lost that lovin' feeling' for this one!!! (even though I don't like Tom Cruise at all!! ha!)

Cheese, wonderful cheese!

Ah, Maverick and Goose! Here's one quote I just had to share!!... A plate of cheese coming right up! Love it!! haha!!

Maverick: Jesus Christ, and you think I'm reckless? When I fly, I'll have you know that my crew and my plane come first. 

Charlie: Well, I am going to finish my sentence, Lieutenant. My review of your flight performance was right on. 

Maverick: Is that right? 

Charlie: That is right, but I held something back. I see some real genius in your flying, Maverick, but I can't say that in there. I was afraid that everyone in the tax trailer would see right through me, and I just don't want anyone to know that I've fallen for you. 

Beautiful Moments...

After a weekend of 98 degree stifling heat, tonight a rolling Thunderstorm decided to visit New York and give us all a bit of cooling off....

I seem to have a fascination for Thunderstorms, and this one didn't disappoint me! A shudder of thunder, and a crack of lighting whipped across the sky directly above my head, enough to make me jump...I felt like a child again, surprised and loving the excitement of it!

So out under my apartment building's covered front steps, I indulge in my fascination (and my little smoking addiction!)....I stand there and watch the heavens open.

I look up, and the bolts of lighting spark bright white flashes on the windows across the street, and right in front of me the heavy fast rainfall shines orange, lit by the streetlight near me...It was an absolutely stunning moment.

And while the leaves of the tree in front of me shakes with the pouring rain, people scatter for cover, the streets of the city turn into splashing rivers, the city air is getting a glorious clean..

There is something I find so beautiful about a Thunderstorm so huge above New York City...It's so unbelievably powerful, stunning and natural, and that it can even dwarf a city such as this one....I stand there in complete awe and just watch it....and smile, New York has such perfect moments sometimes...