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While Jessica and Kelly took care of Fischer during his surgery, we took care of Reece. We took him to Frog Pond on the Boston Common, where he picked up ice skating like he’d been doing it all his life.
After Fenway, we went for a little bowling with the boys at Lucky Strike. As usual, I lost. But we all had fun!
Jessica organized for us a tour of Fenway Park. It was cold, and there was construction, but we all had a good time and learned a lot. We also tried to squeeze in a little time for family portraits!
The parish will be marking the 150th anniversary of Grace Church throughout the year. But we started it off with a Harvest Party, where you were invited to dress as if you were from any of the 15 decades that […]
Stroganoff. Dumplings. Stuffed cabbage. It must be that special time of year: The Russian Festival.
So for the final portion of our BDoF, we went to Irene’s “It Ain’t 50!” birthday party. Unfortunately, I didn’t get any photos of the host — who looked ravishing, by the way! — but I did get a couple […]
We’re at MoMA to kill some time, and this Jackson Pollock made me very, very happy. More art, including Greg and Picasso’s Goat, after the jump.
For the first part of our BDoF — that is Big Day of Fun — this weekend, we attended the matinee of Million Dollar Quartet. (Thumbs up!) For the third and fourth part, were meeting Chris and Rory for dinner […]
I liked the musical Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson so much, I went again. I snapped this photo of the hanging horse in the theater: Irene joined us. We had dinner at Shake Shack again, and then settled in for a […]
Parting is such sweet sorrow. The only consolation on the train ride home from the city was the beautiful scenery.
We walked home from Sakagura down Third Avenue, enjoying some Halloween costumes along the way. Good night, Manhattan! Thanks for the fun.
We were warned. If you’re heading to Eataly, Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich’s new emporium of all things Italian and food: Bring sharp elbows and lots of patience. We needed only a little of each. A map would have helped, […]
The Flatiron, framed among the fall foliage. Worthy of admiration, indeed. And so is this sight, I would say: Happy fall.
A walk through Park Slope to Carroll Gardens — two days before Halloween. We saw costumes, bats, spiders, and some very scary other things, like warehouses along the Gowanus Canal. But first, the pretty stuff. Like pumpkins.
Brilliant fall colors. A native flora garden. Blooming roses. All in a day’s visit to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in Prospect Park.
Sour Cherry Farm hosted “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley, the Goat Herd book club’s most recent selection. We had a lively discussion about savages and utopia, of expectations and dreams lost. And of course we laughed. A lot.
It being fall in New York, we figured it was time to get pumpkins. Mae is a very good pumpkin-picker-outer.
Each year during October, Van Cortlandt Manor in Croton-on-Hudson sets up thousands of Jack O’Lanterns on its property. It really is a sight.
Out on Napeague Harbor, there’s an aquatic farm where they raise fish in big tanks. Its real name is the Fish Farm — and the sign (and Google) say Multi-Aquaculture — but I rather think it should be called the […]
John and Phillipe had perfect weather for their annual Labor Day party. We sipped punch, strolled the garden, played scavenger hunts and had an all-around rollicking time. Cheers, Cathy! (And there’s Eamon behind her!)
For the last part of our Maine trip, we stopped at Mohegan Sun in Connecticut on the way home. I’d heard a lot about the restaurant scene there — and at a neighboring casino, not too far away — so […]
After lunch and some low-impact shopping, we went for cocktails. On a boat. Greg got some tickets to the sunset sail for on the schooners in the harbor. I put together a little video about it. I hope you like […]
Just as we were about to board our ferry to North Haven Island, rain started coming down in sheets. I didn’t even have a rain jacket of any sort, and went to a shop called Rock Coast Sports, where I […]
In Camden Hills State Park, you’ll find an auto road to the top of Mount Battie, which overlooks Penobscot Bay. Yes, as I mentioned, my friends call me Penny.
In Camden, we didn’t do much shopping, probably because of the bikes. But we did poke around a bunch of places, and sat in the park to admire the view.
We spent the day on bikes, exploring Rockport and Camden. We saw some stunning vistas, beautiful Belted Galloway cows and lot of beautiful countryside. Here’s the first leg of our trip:
One must-see attraction on our Maine list was the Farnsworth Museum, which has a collection of Maine artists, including many Wyeths. It was raining pretty hard when we went, so I didn’t take any photos outside — and you’re not […]
When we first drove past the Maine State Prison Store in Thomaston, we nearly hit the brakes and made a U-turn. But we were expected at Jeff and Theresa’s for cocktail hour, so we decided to skip it. Lucky for […]
Rory and Chris were married on Rory’s family farm in Maine on Aug. 21, 2010. Here’s a look at a few photos from the wedding.
Is it ever really a good idea to have a nightcap at your hotel bar? I question the intelligence of this, but the fact is, we went ahead, and we ended up with some good material. So here we are, […]
My husband, Greg, and I are co-founders of SCF, which chronicles what we eat, drink and grow as we raise our daughter on a tiny plot of land in the Lower Hudson Valley.
