Monthly Archives: October 2012

Time To Carve The Pumpkin

One of the things I discovered about living in the city is that if you don’t have outdoor space, you carve your pumpkin as close to Halloween as you can.  There have been years that I never had a chance … Continue reading

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Frankenstorm Apocalypse III

Sandy has come and gone.  I went out today with the kids to see what the storm had done to the area.   We went down to the waterfront and the only damage we came across was the fence at the … Continue reading

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Frankenstorm Apocalypse Part II

High tide was supposed to be around noon, so we headed back out towards the waterfront at 11:45.  The wind had really picked up and so had the rain. We were rewarded by flooding all along the Harborwalk and three … Continue reading

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Frankenstorm Apocalypse

The hype around Hurricane Sandy reached a peak this morning. School was called off, I was told to stay home from work and the TV stations are doing live remotes from all the usual waterfront areas and are preempting the … Continue reading

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Walking Home From School

The kids and I like to walk home from school through Chinatown and the Financial District. The other day when we were walking on Chauncy St. I noticed a Vermont State Seal on the old Jordan Marsh building.  I took … Continue reading

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Cooking

I have been cooking with the 5 and 7 year old on Sunday afternoon.  They crack me up about what they want to know.  Why do you add red powder to the chili?  It is chili powder, without it it’s … Continue reading

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Fun With Dick and Jane

My five year old has been reading my “Fun With Dick And Jane” compilation.  She really likes the book. She likes reading about Spot and Puff.  All of the characters resonate with her.

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Skyline

After I finished writing the last entry and I walked up to the roof. Looking at the skyline I realize that the leaf peepers, the parking and all of the other little things, are just that, little things. I get … Continue reading

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Too Many Leaf Peepers

There are still way too many leaf peeper tour buses in downtown. Anywhere I go I still bump into these bus tours that are on the way up to New Hampshire or Vermont. If they are going to stop here … Continue reading

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Hot Wheels

My seven year old son wanted me to post something for him on Daddy’s blog. He told me that he wanted a post about Hotwheels. He says his favorite Hotwheels is the new Cadillac Escalade that is red with flames … Continue reading

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