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Merry (Day After) Christmas!
Because I've been offline since Saturday afternoon, this is a day late, but I'm posting it anyway, as it is my favorite holiday commercial ever. Eat 'N Park is a regional restaurant chain, so the Christmas Star Commercial is only aired locally, which I discovered when Aaron, who hails from Central Pennsylvania's Cumberland Valley, had never heard ( Read more... ) -
"Please won't you be my neighbor?"
Aaron pinged me the following article. This is our neighborhood--or rather, a nice lil' area less than a half mile away. Strangely enough, I'm loving the area that much more now:
Who else will be booking to the North Side?
By Mike Seate
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
On Nov. 11, a groundbreaking ceremony was staged to announce the relocation ( Read more... ) -
Pittsburgh
We are safe and sound in Pittsburgh.
Still unpacking; still settling in; still adjusting.
Full story to come in a day or so.
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"Please won't you be my neighbor?"
Below is a video of Our Birds. Almost every weekend we would look out our living room window and see them flying high in circles over two buildings on the southwest corner of 135th and Amsterdam. For a long time we just marveled at the birds, amazed that they never left, but a few weeks ago we noticed a man -- dubbed Man In The Blue Shirt -- on the ( Read more... ) -
Notifying Landlord About NOT Resigning A Lease (Drama)
I just got back from my apartment's management office, because I needed to notify them that I will not be renewing my lease at the end of the month. My lease is up November 30, but we are moving this weekend (Nov. 10). Since I have already paid my November's rent (and it has been fully processed), I figured that moving out would not be a big deal, ( Read more... ) -
With 24 minutes to spare: Our Third Halloversary!
Today -- our third anniversary -- has been wonderful and, in addition, a perfect goodbye to our year in New York. Full details will follow tomorrow, but right now I just want to say "I love you, Aaron!"
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A Picture is Worth 1,000 MB
Since rescuing Mr. Neuberger's album, I've been thinking a lot about how I have no actual hard copies of any photographs. They're all digital, stored on my hard-drive or online, and just waiting to be lost in some e-tastrophe. Mr. Neuberger's album, though, is so wonderful and real, and I find myself so envious that I have the privilege of this ( Read more... )
