In this new chapter of my life, I've learned a number of things. I now know how to put a new bag in the kitchen trash can. And how to open a can of olive oil. And that I can keep afloat financially while paying my mortgage and taxes and springing for the annual Cape … Continue reading Independence (every)Day
Beach Bonfire – Updated with photos!
When I was polling the boys, prior to our annual Cape Cod trip, about what they might be interested in doing Griffin requested a bonfire on the beach. Yep, the same boy who took surfing lessons and wanted to visit L.A. He's a dude in the making, fer sure. The process for legally having a … Continue reading Beach Bonfire – Updated with photos!
Defining Luxury
Someone needs to explain to my children that spending two weeks at the beach every summer is a luxury, not something to be taken for granted. It's always been important to me that the boys have traditions in their lives, certain experiences that provide a constant thread throughout their childhoods. Cape Cod vacations have been … Continue reading Defining Luxury
Roadtrip Rendezvous – Kingston
Classic self-timer shotOver the years, the girls and I have met in many Hudson Valley towns. Woodstock, Saugerties, Rhinebeck, New Paltz and Kingston come immediately to mind as locations which have witnessed our antics as we attempt to squeeze in all we wish to share - thoughts, experiences, illicit indulgences, a meal...whatever. It would be … Continue reading Roadtrip Rendezvous – Kingston
Treetops to Rooftops – 5K
image: Bob KopacLast Saturday, on what may have been the most beautiful morning of June, a couple of friends and I ran the 4th edition of the Treetops to Rooftops 5K in the lower Hudson Valley. Or, to be more precise, over the Hudson River via the Walkway over the Hudson. In 2011, this race … Continue reading Treetops to Rooftops – 5K
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter
Finally - a vampire story that I can sink my teeth into! (Sorry. I couldn't resist the cheapest of laughs. You know I live with three boys, right?). Ok, hear me now, I was NOT interested in reading this book despite the positive things I heard from coworkers who raved about it. I don't like … Continue reading Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter
If I were mayor – driving edition
image: http://images.lexmark.comYou know what makes me insane? I mean, other than bad service and people not respecting the rights of pedestrians in the crosswalk? Double parking when there is a space available. I don't think I've ever seen this done with the frequency I see it happening in Albany. It seems that usually when I observe this, … Continue reading If I were mayor – driving edition
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