Sailing Lessons

For my birthday, The Wife got us sailing lessons. At the southern tip of Manhattan is the Manhattan Sailing School and you learn on J-24's, sailing around New York Harbor. A great birthday gift indeed...

Couch Monkeys

The Wife on Colbert

As described, here is the clip of The Bride on "The Colbert Report." As Dr. Vizzone exits, about 7 seconds before the end, she can be seen...

The Colbert Report

Thanks to the wonderfully generous Matt S. we were able to get VIP access to the taping of last night's Colbert Report. Very, very funny as always. A particularly good episode and you can see us (particularly The Wife) on TV in a crowd shot. [Actually, if you click here and watch the clip entitled "Wrist Watch - Vizzone" and you really look, you can see her. Right at the end, pause it at the 7 seconds left mark and she is sitting in the stands with her legs crossed in a blue dress, applauding.] As an added bonus, the opening comedian even singled JD out for ridicule calling him "Arnold Palmer," "a walking stereotype," and a "rich douche" asking, "if you fell off your money, would you get hurt?" Followed it up with a delicious garlic steak dinner at Bistecca Fiorentina and then a quick nightcap at Lansdowne Road. Truly a fantastic pre-birthday gift all around...

Colbert Injured!

Our comedic hero, Stephen Colbert, injured himself a few days ago in a fall during his pre-show crowd warm up. Sad really... But thankfully, due to the generosity of Matt S., we are going to A VIP TAPING OF HIS SHOW TONIGHT! That should cheer him up. Shocking footage of his fall below... Stay strong, Stephen. We're coming.

A Tennessee Squire

thanks to the recommendation to membership of my father-in-law, I am now a "Tennessee Squire." the Squires are an honorary association, recognized by the Jack Daniel distillery and have included many famous figures over the years, including Sinatra. As part of this honor, you are also awarded a deed to a plot of land in Moore County, Tennessee on the grounds of the distillery. Quite an honor indeed and one I shall humbly try to uphold...

The '99' Club

Just when you think you're done... A new goal presents itself. After completing the 40/40, we stumbled across the 99 at the Crab Claw Inn.

It has joined me in the 40/40 Club

Matt has just completed the 40/40 to join me in hallowed Victory.

VICTORY!

I have just completed the 40/40 Club at The Ark. A very proud day...

Arrogant Bastard

IOWA '08!

Went to see "IOWA '08" - a Mercedes production (with one play written by Alex) - with a fine group of Americans.

'Do they have Cheese Anonymous?'

"... because this is my rock bottom right now...."

Wendy & Wife eating cheese

'Time to get crackin''

Well who doesn't?

'If I squint it looks like Metro-North...'

Cooking Local Clams

"Bristol Bay 'tis called... fresh this mornin'..."

The Bride & I

At the Shore, at Clarks Landing for her birthday.

"On A Steel Pig I Ride..."

Matt's Birthday

At The Barn. "One of you will betray me 3 times... I'm looking at you Martin."

"Spend Your 4th With Us"

Matt & I did. At The Ark...

Florida Crawfish

Going back through some old photos...

A Couple Widows Talkin'...

My 2 Favorite Rich Widows

Momma G at Paddy's

Tucker Climbs in to 'bed' with Dave

Of Falconry & Clams

Tommy cook clams

Cooking Chicken

La Petite Madeleine

Up in Rhode Island at Chateau Duchesne with a very cute & excited Madeleine.

'Sittin' Bayou Makes Me Hot'

Ragin' Cajun

Closing out our beach week at the Ragin' Cajun. Stringbean & the Stalkers are playing. Also, the restaurant is haunted by a young Civil War soldier.

Grant's Skiing Trophies

Thisisallmytrophyformyskingcareerbrotherputontheblog

Out with Kristin

Proud to Be An American

Happy 4th of July!

My dinner

At Clarks Landing for The Wife's birthday.

We all grieve in our own way...

40/40 Club

At the Beach!

The Ladies went out for supplies... Pallets of beer, corn on the cob, tequila, assorted meats and paper products plus other. Well done...

Life is fleeting...

So we should celebrate...

Sean... May the road rise to meet you,
may the wind be at your back,
may there be chicken & doughnuts,
may you always have a snack.

Godspeed, Spatwick.... Godspeed.

Seafood Chateau

The uber-generous & delightful Marvelous Matt S. took The Wife & I out to a splendid dinner at Blue Water Grill. Opened with the five-level seafood chateau. Glorious excess.

2 lb lobster, 8 jumbo shrimp, 16 oysters, 8 littleneck clams, 1 lb. Mussels, 4 Louisiana crawfish, 6 King Crab Claws, and Bay Scallop Ceviche.

Ridiculous... As Matt said, "This is why the terrorists hate us."

Momma G in her convertible

Had a nice, if brief, visit with Momma G in CT. Drove me to the train just now in her convertible Mustang, cranking Jerry Lee Lewis... Not bad...

Cleo The Huntress

My Mom has a great cat - Cleo, The Huntress. This morning, as we were breakfasting outside, Cleo brought me a wounded chipmunk for breakfast - only wounded so I could get the kill. But then the chipmunk played dead & scampered off across the garage roof. Actually, pretty impressive maneuvering by the rodent, reminiscent of the opening scene in the construction site of "Casino Royale." Cleo just trounced off to find me something else.

And I quote...

"Putmeontheblogbro"

Insistent

There are some (okay one) who enjoy - nay INSIST on - constant updates to this blog. Apparently, my pace on posting content has not been sufficient nor up to expectations, so they have now taken matters in to their own hands and provided content for me by sending me pictures...

"Ice, Ice, Baby..."

For Marvelous Matt's birthday, I took him to a suprise musical event. Richard Cheese & Lounge Against the Machine at the Bowery Ballroom. Truly fantastic and hilarious, just like the Birthday Boy. There was a burlesque opening act which I filmed, but is not suitable for a family show like this one, and then the Main Event. Hysterical... Here, Monsieur Cheese performs Vanilla Ice's immortal classic "Ice, Ice, Baby" in a Lounge Style.

Touchdown #2

What can we say? The Big Guy's a natural...

TOUCHDOWN - GRANT!

The Big Guy scores his first touchdown in the dog-eat-dog world of Professional Pool Football... Well done, buddy!

Fame Wizard

"May I make a suggestion?"

Someone didn't take kindly to our getting kicked out. Thankfully this superhero came to our rescue at the Suggestion Box.

"Pardon me, do you have a Suggestion Box?"
"What are you?"
"Some kind of superhero... Although I'm not really sure what kind."

Lobster Bake

So after The Boy graduated, we all went to Freeport, Maine for a lobster bake at Gritty's. Truly fantastic. Until Gritty's threw us out...

I Earned It

More Harvard photos! Finally got a chance to download from the camera... more photos HERE.

Monkey on a Swing

Okay... haven't been able to update the blog in a while due to a crushing workload, so thought I would try to quickly catch up... This photo is a monkey on a swing. A few weeks ago we had a quiet weekend in Southern Connecticut suburbia with the Cumberlands & Sturckes. Great time, including a wonderful steak dinner with Kevin & Tracey and ending at a Grateful Dead cover band party on someone's front lawn. Replete with a 60 foot swing that one particular monkey really enjoyed... Who knew the suburbs could be that much fun?

Tweety who?