more of the beach in orange beach…

Mar 31, 2017 | travel

as i’ve said, these little sandpipers are my favorite birds at my favorite place, the beach. here’s a video. but as i watched them i realized that one was hopping on one leg – somehow he’d lost a leg, poor little guy.  i bet it was fishing...

the gluttony that is lambert’s throwed rolls…

Mar 29, 2017 | travel

we started driving south on monday, march 6th, headed for orange beach, AL.  we’ve always seen billboards announcing “lambert’s throwed rolls,” and kevin said he’d gone there with his mom one time, and maybe we should stop for lunch? i...

the time between the trips…

Mar 26, 2017 | Uncategorized

here are a few photos i took in between going to NYC and then to the south. first, HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, MOM!  she celebrated her birthday while i was gone, and then we had another birthday dinner for her on the saturday in between trips.  amy had made her a couple...

final photos of NYC

Mar 25, 2017 | travel

whew, that took a while to get to the end of my photos from NYC…i tried not to take so many pictures when i took my next trip four days later, but you know how that goes… i love this building at the south end of central park.  i guess i’m like a...

a thursday door from central park…

Mar 23, 2017 | travel

on our last day in NYC, bev and i spent a good amount of time at the met, then we walked through central park.  we walked by the central park zoo, which i’d never seen before for some reason.  i thought it was funny that it had a llama and a sheep…...

more photos at the met…

Mar 19, 2017 | travel

the thing is, even though we were there for more than three hours, it felt like we’d barely been there at all. i’d never seen this fabulous room, called the Wisteria Dining Room.  here’s part of an essay written about it.  The house with this dining...

the day after returning from a trip. or two.

Mar 17, 2017 | travel

as previously mentioned, i was in NYC with my friend bev for a week, ostensibly to help her daughter move, but then that didn’t happen so instead we did a bunch of stuff.  i came home and three days later kevin and i headed out for gulf shores, AL, and then new...

thursday door on march 16th

Mar 16, 2017 | travel

here are a few more photos taken at the metropolitan museum of art in NYC in february.  i had high hopes of posting more photos from the museum this past week, but after being home for only three days i went on yet another trip, this one with kevin, and the places we...

the met the met the met – NYC, wednesday, march 1st

Mar 9, 2017 | travel

bev and i headed to rockefeller center and procured two standby tickets to see seth meyer – ours were nos. 5 &6, so we had high hopes that we’d actually get in. meanwhile, we had a whole lovely day to spend at the met. well…not quite such a...

tuesday in NYC!

Mar 7, 2017 | travel

Monday was a great day, going up  in the empire state building, but tuesday was equally fantastic. we went back to erin’s fancy gym, but this time i got to take a yoga class which was really good.  i was a little intimidated at first, not knowing what to expect,...

VIP Treatment to the Top!

Mar 5, 2017 | Uncategorized

the top of the empire state building, that is.  because erin’s roommate joe works at the NYC LinkedIn office there in the building he was able to secure us passes to get to the top. he’d already taken us on a tour of the offices, and then we went back down...

monday, february 27th in NYC

Mar 5, 2017 | travel

we started our day by going to two of erin’s classes at the eqinox gym.  it was very, very challenging.  after that bev and i strolled over to central park and sat around watching the people.  not as many people this time of year, but still, a good crowd....

weekend in new york

Mar 4, 2017 | travel

after walking all over the place on friday, saturday wasn’t so busy.  we went to brunch, and then it rained, so we stayed inside.  that was nice and relaxing. on sunday, erin had to go into the city so we rode the subway with her, then went to times square to...

friday!

Mar 4, 2017 | travel

I managed to post a few photos and a video of our first day in NYC, last friday, feb. 24th.  i used my cell phone to do the posting, and it was a little bit challenging, but somehow i did it.  but here are a few more photos of that day. but first, this is our back...