July 31, 2014

Grand Central Oyster Bar for a warm-up.

 

Then Michal Jordan's Steakhouse for dinner. Both were great.

July 30, 2014

View of Manhattan from River's Edge in Queens.

July 29, 2014

Went to Morton's Steakhouse in midtown last night. Great place: good service tasty steak. Wine from Napa, Educated Guess, was excellent

July 28, 2014

Start of a week-long Restaurant Week excursion. Will be out to four places, three of them RW. Two dinners, one lunch.

July 27, 2014

 Well, the first major emotional conflict. While the older son is away, the younger is borrowing his stuff. Of course, Facebook and Instagram reveals this even though he is on another continent. The younger son is clearly wrong and lost a real sentimental item. No good will come of this.

Reminds me of my relationship with my wife. She always had to bring up emotional issues, sometimes just to get in an argument. Gee, I miss them.

July 26, 2014

Not as much laundry with one son away, but towels bring it up to two loads. One done, one in the dryer.

July 25, 2014

Sunset over the Golf course.

July 23, 2014

Went to see Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Found myself rooting for the Apes, not a good thing for my species.

July 22, 2014

Money coming in next month, some expected, some unexpected. Just in time. Will use it for a trip, pay down debt and to treat some family.

July 21, 2014

Was down but now there is a lot to do: Golf, King Lear, Restaurant Week, School reunion dinner, and a Country Trip. Just renewed my Passport and work is going crazy. I have plenty of vacation time and it is time to use it. Money is not a problem and more may be coming. Doing things helps the down feeling. I feel better already.

July 20, 2014

Going into work tomorrow and then taking rest of the week. Hope to re-charge the batteries. Been down, I'm fighting to keep up my concentration level. Hard to keep motivated. Hope a little time off will help.

July 19, 2014

Busy time in my life, not too busy to stop reading.

July 18, 2014

 Laundry Day early. Have to take oldest to airport tomorrow.





 Second Take Five win in a row. Only $14 but I'll take it.

July 17, 2014

$19 win, I'll take it.

July 16, 2014

 All-Star game for baseball is usually a drag, but last night was the Derek Jeter show. Great commercial with a hat tip.

July 15, 2014

24 Live Another Day ended a great run last night.

July 14, 2014

Happy Bastille Day ! Go eat some cake.

July 13, 2014

Got a hankering to visit Machu Picchu.

July 12, 2014

 Laundry Day, one load in, one to go.

July 11, 2014

Going to a Wedding today for a friend's daughter. Not crazy about Weddings but this is one of my Golf trip friends. I hope to have a good time but it may get tedious. One thing though, I'm working too hard lately and this forces a day off. Not being at work is a gift in itself. The Blackberry keeps going off and I have to field a call or two, but it is better than being there. I'm staying at work rather than retiring because of some of the people and to pay down debt. So far, the debt is going down.

July 10, 2014

So, it looks like Carmelo Anthony is staying with the Knicks. Good !

July 9, 2014

It looks like Dawn of the Planet of the Apes will get me to go to the movies again. Rod Serling submitted the first screenplay and it was the backbone of the movie based on a book by Pierre Boulle.

July 8, 2014

It ain't the heat, it's the humidity.

July 7, 2014

Money may be coming in, how much ? Don't know. Good time, just as Summer gets started. Will buy myself stuff for upcoming Golf trip.

July 6, 2014

Q. What is Jamaica, Queens, named after? The Caribbean island?

A. Nope. Beavers.

Jamaica wasn’t the settlement’s first name. In 1655, English colonists from Massachusetts and eastern Long Island established a town, Rusdorf, in the area the Dutch called Rustdorp (“rest-town”).

By the end of the 17th century, after the English takeover of the colony, the English had renamed it Jamaica.

According to “The Neighborhoods of Queens” by Claudia Gryvatz Copquin, the word is believed to have been derived from the Jameco, or Yamecah, Indians who first lived there; “jameco” is the Algonquin word for “beaver.” There is a Beaver Road in Jamaica, but it is north of Jamaica Bay, where the Jameco Indians lived along the shore.

July 5, 2014

Laundry Day, one load in, one to go.

July 4, 2014

Happy July 4th!

July 3, 2014

Lots of rain last night. Even received a special cell phone warning.

July 2, 2014

Tim Howard did everything he could to get the win except put the ball in the net. Great game, USA lost to the better team who dominated possession.

July 1, 2014

 Wow, July is here. Restaurant Week, Corn and Golf are on the agenda. A great month.