So my dad got married....again ... I mean after he got his divorce ... well that was 20 plus years ago so he is now remarried. Oh jeez. !
Congrats Dad ... We wish you and Virginia a happy life together.
I didn`t come down for the wedding as it was in City Hall in queens. I`ve been to the DMV before so I felt this could be skipped. Lori and I did celebrate with them and his new extended family at a great Churrascaria restaurant in Corona , queens NY called green fields.
If you`ve never been to this type restaurant it is killer ... great salad bar and unlimited amounts of meat... I mean MEAT !!! They stop by one after another with prime rib , sausage , chicken , turkey , beef , beef ribs , and so on and so on . They have skewers and cut you off a nice hot piece every visit. It was good and I think everyone had a good time. I`m happy my father has found someone to spend his less harried years with.
We hit the bronx zoo that morning prior to going out to dinner to keep us busy near this area. WE love the zoo , unfortunately we forgot the camera so no pics.. It was a bit warm and we didn`t get there til almost 1 so we only went to see the better exhibits like birds of prey , monkees , sea lions , polar bears , otters and others. I`m thinking we should do another trip , with the camera , get there early and take our time sometime this fall. k
Monday, June 30, 2008
Monday, June 23, 2008
Manhatten Weekend
Went to Manhatten for the weekend , did an overnight and went to Yankee game on Sunday. Good game , yankees win 4-1 , was a 1hr or so rain delay but it wasn`t so bad. Kinda cool coz the wind kicked up , some lightning , and then downpour. The field crew pulling out the tarp lost an edge of it and the wind kicked it up fierce... kinda funny to watch them strugglin wit it.
Kyle wasn`t able to meet us for dinner at a place he got reservations for , but Lori and I planned on keeping those reservations. It was for the Flora Del Sol. Kyle didn`t know the address , who the reservation name was under , but said it had great paella , and some good apps , etc; WHile I was on the phone with him attempting to nail down some details , I pulled the info off the search engine and typed the address into my phone.
We shoot down ny saturday , hit the central park zoo , which is always fun . They have monkees , rain forest birds , sea lions , penguins and more. They also have an animal we have seen here but have never seen active , a polar bear. He was swimming back and forth in the water , very cool , very big , very neat. I have a little video of it , it was kinda funny coz he repeated the same motions going from one side to the other , under the water , kick left , kick right , emerge , bounce head left , bounce head right , fall backward and swim on back , Tongue out kick off rock , dive - Repeat! - He truly did this for at least an hour straight in the exact same order. I`ll put the video up on the main site.
We check into our hotel , The flatotel which had the biggest hotel room I`ve ever seen in NYC...ever .. Bigger than a suite I stayed in. Big ..
I called the restaurant to confirm (and make sure they were actually made) the reservations , my excuse was to change it from 4 - 2 people. WEll , never heard of Kyle or Kenya or their last names , or anything whatsover .. !!! AGghhhh !! KYLE !!!!!!
So , after bitching out Kyle for a bit I called back and made a reservation under my name , expecting them to say like 9pm or something - nope , no problem 7:30 reservation just like kyle had.. hmmmmnn
Get to restaurant ... get seated .. looked kinda contemporary and posh. We were a bit underdressed but sitting down we looked o.k. Get the menu and its basically only 2 pages. ONe with a tasting menu of 6 courses for 89 and another with 3 prixe fix for $79 .. OUCH!!! It took me a number of embarassing questions to the waiter to figure it out thus far. I didn`t even know how to order. There was no paella , just a bunch of uppity meals with a bit of a french twist.
I say screw it ... lets do the 6 course , still totally confused why Kyle would reccomend this place without at least a heads up on the cost. I was getting more and more mad at him as we stayed. IT was too late at this point to leave so we ordered away.
AT one point I had rabbit , with Foie Gras Emulsion. - Whats that you say ??? Foie Gras , I admit I`ve enjoyed. Its duck liver - a pate - whereas emulsion is when something is liquified and foamed. It looked like coffee foam poured over the rabbit. But it tasted luck Duck Diarreah to me.
And then I had an epiphany. Kyle would not have thought this place was cool , I don`t care if he became a yuppity ... Whats the name of this restaurant again ... Fleur De sel . wooaahhh ... Thats not the place kyle said. Kyle despite his travels in spanish country has poor pronunciation but I really believed he said Flora Del sol .
I pull my smartphone out , go to palm google - type in Flora Del Sol and sure enough this review of this kick ass spanish restaurant tapas with bar and entertainment. Agghhhh !!!
I think when I typed in the search engine to find this restaurant , the search engine re-spelled what I wrote to what it felt was correct and absent mindedly I copied the address for this French crappity , overpriced restaurant. AGgghhh ....
The night didn`t get better as Lori`s shoe straps broke and she was limping and hobbling and tripping along which caused us to end the night early and go back to hotel. My bar hopping plans went out the window.
Oh Well .. I can`t say the weekend was uneventful , but I can`t say it was a lot of fun either
Kyle wasn`t able to meet us for dinner at a place he got reservations for , but Lori and I planned on keeping those reservations. It was for the Flora Del Sol. Kyle didn`t know the address , who the reservation name was under , but said it had great paella , and some good apps , etc; WHile I was on the phone with him attempting to nail down some details , I pulled the info off the search engine and typed the address into my phone.
We shoot down ny saturday , hit the central park zoo , which is always fun . They have monkees , rain forest birds , sea lions , penguins and more. They also have an animal we have seen here but have never seen active , a polar bear. He was swimming back and forth in the water , very cool , very big , very neat. I have a little video of it , it was kinda funny coz he repeated the same motions going from one side to the other , under the water , kick left , kick right , emerge , bounce head left , bounce head right , fall backward and swim on back , Tongue out kick off rock , dive - Repeat! - He truly did this for at least an hour straight in the exact same order. I`ll put the video up on the main site.
We check into our hotel , The flatotel which had the biggest hotel room I`ve ever seen in NYC...ever .. Bigger than a suite I stayed in. Big ..
I called the restaurant to confirm (and make sure they were actually made) the reservations , my excuse was to change it from 4 - 2 people. WEll , never heard of Kyle or Kenya or their last names , or anything whatsover .. !!! AGghhhh !! KYLE !!!!!!
So , after bitching out Kyle for a bit I called back and made a reservation under my name , expecting them to say like 9pm or something - nope , no problem 7:30 reservation just like kyle had.. hmmmmnn
Get to restaurant ... get seated .. looked kinda contemporary and posh. We were a bit underdressed but sitting down we looked o.k. Get the menu and its basically only 2 pages. ONe with a tasting menu of 6 courses for 89 and another with 3 prixe fix for $79 .. OUCH!!! It took me a number of embarassing questions to the waiter to figure it out thus far. I didn`t even know how to order. There was no paella , just a bunch of uppity meals with a bit of a french twist.
I say screw it ... lets do the 6 course , still totally confused why Kyle would reccomend this place without at least a heads up on the cost. I was getting more and more mad at him as we stayed. IT was too late at this point to leave so we ordered away.
AT one point I had rabbit , with Foie Gras Emulsion. - Whats that you say ??? Foie Gras , I admit I`ve enjoyed. Its duck liver - a pate - whereas emulsion is when something is liquified and foamed. It looked like coffee foam poured over the rabbit. But it tasted luck Duck Diarreah to me.
And then I had an epiphany. Kyle would not have thought this place was cool , I don`t care if he became a yuppity ... Whats the name of this restaurant again ... Fleur De sel . wooaahhh ... Thats not the place kyle said. Kyle despite his travels in spanish country has poor pronunciation but I really believed he said Flora Del sol .
I pull my smartphone out , go to palm google - type in Flora Del Sol and sure enough this review of this kick ass spanish restaurant tapas with bar and entertainment. Agghhhh !!!
I think when I typed in the search engine to find this restaurant , the search engine re-spelled what I wrote to what it felt was correct and absent mindedly I copied the address for this French crappity , overpriced restaurant. AGgghhh ....
The night didn`t get better as Lori`s shoe straps broke and she was limping and hobbling and tripping along which caused us to end the night early and go back to hotel. My bar hopping plans went out the window.
Oh Well .. I can`t say the weekend was uneventful , but I can`t say it was a lot of fun either
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Goodbye Fuzzy
Fizzgig , or Fuzzy guy , or simply fuzzy died yesterday. We don`t yet know why. He was only 4 . Lori and I are very upset. We will miss him.
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Spring 2008
So far its been a good spring. I got married to a wonderful girl , went on a wonderful honey moon to disney - See the gallery for pics
Had a few good weekend excursions since we came back . This past weekend went up to vermont for a 3 day weekend around Lake Champlain , some wonderful scenic drives , state parks, fishing , hiking , and some waterfalls on the way home - also went to shelburne museum which was wonderful. I`d like to put up some info on my vermont page if I ever get around to it.
The weekend prior went to the berkshires for a day trip , hit Wahconah falls state park for a pretty waterfall and again some more scenic drives , impromptu hikes in Pittfield State forest nearby.
The weekend before that we went to Bigelow Hollow in mansfield Ct , its a state park with picnicing , boating , fishing etc; We brought lunch , I fished a bit , and took Lori out on our 4 man (really only 2 people can fit in it ) inflatable raft and paddled around the lake a bit. Lori had trouble at first so I did most of the paddling which is fine.
All in all , we`ve been pretty outdoorsy and busy doing the things we like to do. I intend to keep us busy all summer so we don`t get bored coz boredom for me leads to depression.
Had a few good weekend excursions since we came back . This past weekend went up to vermont for a 3 day weekend around Lake Champlain , some wonderful scenic drives , state parks, fishing , hiking , and some waterfalls on the way home - also went to shelburne museum which was wonderful. I`d like to put up some info on my vermont page if I ever get around to it.
The weekend prior went to the berkshires for a day trip , hit Wahconah falls state park for a pretty waterfall and again some more scenic drives , impromptu hikes in Pittfield State forest nearby.
The weekend before that we went to Bigelow Hollow in mansfield Ct , its a state park with picnicing , boating , fishing etc; We brought lunch , I fished a bit , and took Lori out on our 4 man (really only 2 people can fit in it ) inflatable raft and paddled around the lake a bit. Lori had trouble at first so I did most of the paddling which is fine.
All in all , we`ve been pretty outdoorsy and busy doing the things we like to do. I intend to keep us busy all summer so we don`t get bored coz boredom for me leads to depression.
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