Jonesin for the beach

I had been dying to go to the beach at least once this year so I finally went on one of my random days off. Fearing it to be the last hot day of the season, I hopped on the LIRR transferred to a bus and made it to the sandy shores of Jones Beach. It was a gorgeous day. There were a few obnoxious teens still on summer break, but aside from that it was quiet, sunny, and breezy. I had just gotten a Nathan's dog, laid out my blanket, put some lotion on, sat down ready to take a bite when a freaking seagull shat directly onto my crotch! But I wasn't going to let that bring me down. No sir. I figure if it happened once, at least it wouldn't happen again. And it didn't and I frolicked in the waves a bit, got a slight tan, and was on my way back to Queens, refreshed and sun-kissed from my one day at the beach.

Wedding on the farm

Two of our dear friends, Evan and Melissa had a lovely wedding party last month at the Queens County Farm Museum. Apparently Scott used to come here on school trips as a kid so it was a little nostalgic for him. They were some cool ducks and peacocks and sheep roaming around, but all was classy and lovely in the barn where the happy occasion was celebrated.

Scott was asked to make a speech and just hours before we were making the final edits to the speech. I was the "unofficial" photographer so I had my own problems! But he had to wait two painstakingly long hours before the big moment (in front of everyone, on the top of the steps!), and started to feel a little nauseous but when the time came, he knocked it out of the park. He still surprises me. His speech was really from the heart which was easy because Evan is one of his oldest, dearest friends, and he loves Melissa. Evan's parents even thanked him for his lovely words.

Next month, another of Scott's best friends is getting hitched and he has to prepare another speech. Adam made a pretty awesome speech at our wedding so it's going to be another tough one! Luckily Scott only has 2 friends really so once he gets through this next one, he should be free and clear.

Coming soon...

Sunday, Sept. 5 at 10am! More info.

Niece Natalia born today!

3:05am... and we stayed up all night waiting for her. Congrats family!!

Waiting for the Prez

Apparently President Obama was in NYC today and just happened to pass by a certain hat shop in Soho. We were hoping he'd pop in, but I heard he had a party to go to. Maybe next time. Here's what really happened... click



Most people were excited and clapping but one dude yelled out something angry about the economy. Ah, gotta love New York sometimes.

Puzzling behavior

This family was reading books on the subway. It was really sweet, they each had their own book. Then, I noticed the title of the father's book, "Understanding Your Child's Puzzling Behavior". Yikes. And just as I noticed it, the son started to get restless and
proceeded to wrestle with his dad and slapped his dad on the forehead and the dad, immediately responded with a swift slap to the face. The boy, laughing, took it all in stride. Puzzling indeed.

Lightning strikes... a lot

Wild lightning storm last night. Got a good view of it on the west side. Glad I was just getting a view of it.