I know, I know… I promised you photos from the Somerset County 4-H Fair back in August… but the road to hell is paved with good intentions. I’m going to make good on my promise right now, as a way of encouraging those of you with kids in first grade through high school to come out with [...]
Read More»As we headed down to our beach house in Bay Head, New Jersey, for most of the month of August, Rex and the girls and I had a few things on our wish lists, but we figured we would save our shopping for a rainy day. Well, this year the weather gods smiled upon us, [...]
Read More»Since the concert was announced back in July, Rex and I have been planning on going to see Joan Jett & the Blackhearts at the Community Theatre (a.k.a. The Mayo Center of the Performing Arts) in Morristown on Friday, October 24th. However, Roxy the Queen of Procrastination has not yet acquired our tickets.
But I don’t give [...]
When our family first moved out to the Roxiticus Valley from New York City’s West Village, Rex and I commuted in to our NYC office a lot more than we do now, but we had a hard and fast rule of “never on a Friday.” Instead, on Fridays we ventured out to explore the local [...]
Read More»Since the New York Times was only planning on 36 Hours in Duck, NC, and Cindy Price probably pictured us as a hip, childless yuppie couple, her article made no mention of Kitty Hawk, which is only 20 minutes away by car. One of my fondest memories of a childhood vacation with my parents (second [...]
Read More»Cindy Price of The New York Times (36 Hours in Duck, NC, July 2005) wants to “get something straight. Barbecue is a noun in North Carolina, not a verb. More important, the sauce base in eastern North Carolina is vinegar, not tomato. Don’t use too much, though — Will Thorp, owner of High Cotton BBQ, likens [...]
Read More»In her 36 Hours article (New York Times, July 2005), Cindy Price suggests that Rex and I rock the house with Jimmy Buffett Karaoke at the Sunset Grille & Raw Bar in Duck, North Carolina. While London and Maddie are more likely than their parents to take over the mikes, I’ve had trouble in the past getting them [...]
Read More»Now, you may have heard rumors that I stapled London’s “try-it” badges onto her Brownie vest instead of sewing or ironing them on…and those rumors may have a bit of truth to them. There just aren’t enough hours in the day to get everything done, and would you rather I take a few shortcuts with [...]
Read More»Back in August, Rex and I organized a table full of Roxiticus Desperate Housewives and Husbands and headed out to the 14th Annual Seafood Dinner at Pierre’s Restaurant. Just as I’m only getting around to posting about that evening over a month later, we recently headed over to Gary’s Wine & Marketplace in Bernardsville, NJ, [...]
Read More»As we begin our holiday shopping in the Fall, Rex and the girls and I always make a trip to Lambertville, New Jersey. Just in time, the latest issue of New Jersey Life magazine features an article all about Lambertville, including restaurants and shopping. Instead of stealing it from Rex’s doctor’s office, this time I picked [...]
Read More»London and Maddie brought home the new Mendham Township School District Pathways to Learning Program brochure for the Fall/WInter 2008 Session in their “backpack mail” on Friday. There are lots of exciting enrichment classes for children in grades K-8, including:
Aviation Club (Grades K-8): The Hobby Quest. Learn about aviation history, physics, weather, craftsmanship, and the [...]
Read More»For our second night in town, Cindy Price in the New York Times recommends the Blue Point Bar & Grill: “Any restaurant that tries to marry progressive philosophy with old-school Southern comfort food is usually worth a gamble. The Blue Point may look like an upscale Johnny Rockets, but the food is as serious as it [...]
Read More»As our trip to the Outer Banks in North Carolina gets closer, Rex and I are starting to firm up some of our plans, with a little help from 36 Hours in Duck, NC from The New York Times and our friend and colleague, Brent, who spent a bit of time there while growing up [...]
Read More»I just finished The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger and highly recommend it. I don’t think I’d even put it in my usual category of “shameful page turners” with Jodi Picoult, James Patterson and Nicholas Sparks.
From the book jacket:
Audrey Niffenegger’s innovative debut, The Time Traveler’s Wife, is the story of Clare, a beautiful art [...]
London, Maddie and I just got home after tennis lessons with Pavan Patel at Fox Chase Tennis in Chester, New Jersey. This is their third year of tennis lessons with Pavan. As always, the girls had fun with their friends, and they really seem to be making great progress. This week’s class was fun for [...]
Read More»Last week, London and Maddie came home with a memo in their “backpack mail” announcing the good news that the Mendham Township Board of Education has hired a new Superintendent of Schools. Mr. Kristopher Harrison will join us on November 16th, directly from the South Orange/Maplewood School District, a district with over 5, 000 students, [...]
Read More»Now that we’re back to school, London and Maddie are happy to be back to ballet lessons with Miss Katie at Garden State Ballet in Randolph, New Jersey. This year will be their third year with Miss Katie at GSB, and Rex and I are quite proud and pleased with their progress…from “Baby Blue” to [...]
Read More»Way back when Rex and I were first living together in NYC’s West Village, we would occasionally attend a “celebrity chef” cooking class at Macy’s DeGustibus program. Rex paid close attention to the recipes and preparation, while I enjoyed one delicious meal after the next. On one such occasion, we had the good fortune of cooking [...]
Read More»Rex is away all day at a Board meeting in Connecticut, so I invited the girls and myself over to Susan and Mike’s house for dinner tonight. Turns out Mike is golfing this afternoon and having dinner with his golfing buddies, so the stage is set for a Girls’ Night Out (GNO)….or, to be more [...]
Read More»Friday night my aunt and uncle were visiting and they took us out to the Hotel Mac for dinner. It’s a historic old hotel in Point Richmond with very homey rooms and a pretty good restaurant and bar. The bar fills up with a mix of touorists and Chevron suits as soon as work lets [...]
Read More»Whether you’re looking for a new venue for your kid’s birthday party or an interesting evening with the girls, you’ll have a good time at Studio U, the U Make It Place, an upscale crafts studio jam-packed with fun projects that you make yourself. Check out Studio U in the Streets of Chester shopping center in [...]
Read More»I’m sitting out on our porch in Bay Head, New Jersey, finishing up the weekend-long celebration of our tenth wedding anniversary, and reflecting on our perfect Friday evening at the Bernards Inn in Bernardsville, New Jersey.
London and Maddie were giggling about our plans all day, excitedly insisting that I must wear my “poufy black dress” [...]
Wow. I can’t believe it’s been ten years since Rex and I were married on the beach in Bay Head, New Jersey, but it’s true: Rex and I are celebrating our tenth wedding anniversary tonight. We’re taking the girls with us for dinner at the Bernards Inn in Bernardsville, New Jersey, one of our favorite [...]
Read More»While Rex and I are celebrating our tenth anniversary tonight at the Bernards Inn in Bernardsville, New Jersey, our good friends Susan and Mike will be celebrating their wedding anniversary on Saturday Night with a romantic dinner at the Pluckemin Inn. While Rex and the girls and I celebrated New Year’s Eve at Plucky’s [...]
Read More»Last night, London and Maddie came home with the following exciting memo from the Mendham Township Board of Education in their “backpack mail”:
In the Spring of 2008, the [Mendham Township] Board of Education embarked on a mission to hire a new superintendent. At that time, we solicited input from the community, faculty and staff to [...]
The girls were busy at school and we didn’t have any business conference calls scheduled on Friday afternoon, so Rex and I decided to slip away to drop off a donation at the Visiting Nurses Rummage Sale in Far Hills, pick up a case of wine at Gary’s and to try out Equus, a new-ish restaurant in Bernardsville, New [...]
Read More»Some days I’m just not role model material for my two girls, London and Maddie. I was raised as a good Baptist and even won a Bible passage memorization contest to attend summer sleepaway church camp for a week during my middle school years (I was almost sent home from camp for using too many [...]
Read More»Berkeley’s Tilden Park has a ton of great stuff to do, and I’m sure I’ll be hitting on many of them on this blog. This park is way high up in the East Bay hills, and nestled in one of the more remote areas are the steam trains. This is a small scale railroad with [...]
Read More»Yesterday, Rex and I headed in to our NYC office, and my current hardcover page turner, The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, was too heavy to lug onto the train. So I picked up Raising Lifelong Learners: A Parent’s Guide by Lucy Calkins with Lydia Bellino, at the recommendation of our elementary school principal, [...]
Read More»For almost the whole time I lived in San Francisco proper, my wife and I had wanted to check out Burma Superstar (on yelp) on Clement in the Inner Richmond neighborhood (405 Clement between 4th and 5th aves to be exact). And for some reason or other, we never managed to get there, usually because [...]
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