I shot a bit of video with my phone throughout our trip and sort of mashed it together here. (Remember, I'm not a video expert. I just have an iPhone and iMovie.) Sunday brought steady rain and cool temperatures, so Mom just decided to hang in the room before we went...
It's hard to write about Ground Zero. Like most of you, I remember exactly where I was when I heard. Here at home, getting ready to take Sara Ann to school. Elizabeth was already at school, as middle school started at 7:15. Jim was out of town — in Connecticut,...
My last New York post ended with the following riveting cliffhanger: Did Beth really touch the side of Paul Simon's former apartment building? Did they see Art Garfunkel on Fifth Avenue? The answers are yes and no. After the Circle Line, we made our way to the Upper...
What a wonderful thing it is to wake up in New York City. Our first outing of the day was the Circle Line cruise. Yes, it's touristy, but neither of us had ever done it, so I think that makes it OK. The boat goes all the way around Manhattan. We started at Pier 83 at...
Yesterday's flight went smoothly, after the minor glitch with my boarding pass was settled. I don't love flying one bit, but I survived the flight nicely, thanks to my iPad, New York Times crosswords and my "calm" playlist. And what may have been a tiny glass of wine....
Tomorrow morning I'll leave for New York City for the first time since 1993. I could not be more excited; it's one of my favorite places. My mom is treating me to the trip, since Jim isn't working now (see this post if you need to catch up). We'll see two Broadway...
This week we took our second trip to St. Louis this season to see the Cardinals play the Houston Astros. We got on the road early as we had booked a stadium tour at 2:00 p.m. Each trip is awesome in its own way, but this one may be the best yet. We stopped in at the...
Parents of young kids, take heart. Your best times with your kids are yet to come.
Today I think about my dad on the 19th anniversary of his passing. He taught me most of what I know about life, love and how to be a good person. He also taught me 99 percent of what I know about baseball. I don't even remember when we started watching games, I must...
I'm not much of a museum person. But this one is different. It's a baseball museum. Precisely, the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory. For $10, you get to see the museum and take a tour of the factory where the famous Louisville Slugger bats are made. If you've...
I'm going to preface this by saying that sometimes I have weird dreams. And weird thoughts. So maybe this is one of them, but it's a kind of a fun mental game I've been playing for quite some time. A few weeks ago, on the way home from our last lake trip, I shared my...
In today's economy, more of us are eating in than eating out. This suits me fine, as I love a crowd at the family dinner table — we've been known to squeeze as many as 14 people around our table for six. I enjoy having people in our home, whether it's a Christmas...
I overheard this conversation between the pilot and the flight attendant, after landing in Atlanta enroute to Memphis. They were standing right outside the cockpit door as passengers were leaving the plane. Flight Attendant: Was that a good landing? Pilot: yeah Flight...