The scenario described in this story happened to me once, in February of 1999 ( Read more... )

So, this year's Oktoberfest weekend camping trip is shaping up to be a culinary experience that may even out-do Pleasant Lake. Unlike Pleasant Lake, there will be no slow-simmered chili, no dry-rub racks of pork ribs, no marinated NY Strip steaks cooked over hardwood coals ( Read more... )

- First, I've come to the conclusion that my co-workers are involved in a conspiracy to make me fat. They keep bringing in candy and baked goods, almost daily. I can resist the candy easily enough, but the baked goods are a different story. Especially the homemade ones. All in moderation, right? Today it was apple "brownies" with apple crips ( Read more... )

By the way, if you're visiting via your friends page, you may want to scroll down a bit or visit my page directly so you can see my earlier post with 2 pictures from this weekend ( Read more... )

I'm particularly happy with these two:

First, The Travelers and South Branch Pond, near sunset, during the 30-second window of sun we got. Shot from the ledges above the pond, which Sean and I hiked up to after completing our hike of South Branch Mountain.


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Yeah, I know, this is sooo last week, and I'm late to the game. Oh well ( Read more... )

By last weekend, I mean a week and a half ago, the day I hiked the Tripyramids ( Read more... )

So last night, as Gina was in town for a couple days between her frequent trips to NYC (she's back there today again - and should be moving for good next weekend), we decided to hang out sort of as a "Everything's cool now, so let's hang out one last time as friends" type of thing ( Read more... )

So, I was just presented with not one, but TWO Employee Recognition awards for this month ( Read more... )

One picture is mine, one is not, but I liked how it showed the pitch of the North Tripyramid slide ( Read more... )