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Well, big girl panties are fully in place! After a short walk with Dug this morning, I hopped on the subway to lower Manhattan and walked around the seaport. Turns out the morning is a great time to be there…all alone! It was cool and quiet – just the spot to sit in the breeze,Continue reading “Learning New Tricks!”

I’m (GAT) coming up on 20 years of regularly riding Amtrak (funny, most has been on the East Coast). My first was Early October 2001. I think we all remember September 2001. When 911 happened I was already scheduled for a business trip to Portland, ME. it was with with one of my favorite clientsContinue reading “Amtrak”

So…the Block Party? Turns out it’s an opportunity for the neighbors to hang out and greet each other throughout the day. In terms of activity – there was a jumpy for kids and a cornhole set up. At the end of the street there was a couch, rug, and coffee table with some alcohol beingContinue reading “can I? will I?”

Saw two rats today. That’s it. That’s the story. 😳

This really takes me back to my college days at Chico State. I learned my bbq skills from my neighbor in the apartment across the landing – Ken. For some reason I can’t remember his last name, and I think of him often as I bbq these days. You see, I learned without the benefitsContinue reading “Block Party”

I have spent quite a bit of time sitting in our front yard. And by “yard” I mean a slab of concrete next to the stoop with a 16’x6’ dirt planter, and an iron fence and gate creating our space. All up and down the block are identical “yards” where only the ironwork and plantersContinue reading “White Noise? What Noise?”

So, five days in and time for our first museum. JDT selected the Brooklyn Museum. I’m sitting here enjoying some shade as we are just beginning to experience one of NYC’s sticky summer days.

We’ve been here for 4 days – we’ve found a largish market, a corner bodega (on every corner), TJ’s (a subway ride away), a 99 cent store, a couple USPS offices, a coffee shop (5 doors away-we already feel like it’s “our local”), a brisket/corned beef restaurant (loose term), a Japanese/Mexican restaurant (loose term) andContinue reading “Settling In?”

I don’t know what it is, but anywhere in the world I feel at home on the trains of any kind. I even like BART. Yes, I am unusual. So, we needed to get provisions this AM that can best be satisfied by Trader Joe’s (JDT worked there in her distant youth and has strongContinue reading “The Subway!!”

So, to say we have “landed” in a new land is an extreme understatement. Yes, I was expecting it to be different. AND . . . Before we traveled to Southeast Asia (principally Vietnam) in October 2019 I used to say I could (and probably would) live anywhere in the world. I learned that justContinue reading “We’ve Landed!”