Yesterday I went to a Charlotte Checkers game. (Thanks Slops!) It was my third Checkers game this hockey season and a lot of fun even though they lost. After the game we were leaving the arena and I noticed something odd about the AHL standings that were posted on a board in the lobby. The [...]
Right now, the Empire State Building is lit up in orange and blue in honor of the New York Mets winning the subway series over the Yankees. I wish I could see this beautiful sight myself.
I’ve contributed tons of content to Wikipedia including dozens of my own photos. Whenever you upload any images to the Wikipedia Commons it is automatically released under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. All image files pages clearly state this fact below the photo and even give you the idiot-proof summary of “In short, you [...]
Today New York State unveiled a new license plate which generated a lot of controversy. The reason the state is replacing all the old license plates is to generate $260 million in revenue to help with their budget shortfall by charging car owners a mandatory $25 new plate charge, which many drivers see as an [...]
I was recently watching this show online from the History Channel, entitled “MonsterQuest: America’s Loch Ness Monster” . It’s an entire show (6 parts) dedicated to Champ (a.k.a. Champy), the infamous lake monster living in Lake Champlain, which lies between Vermont and northeastern New York. I thought I knew the legend of Champ fairly well [...]
On Saturday we visited Northport. First we briefly stopped by Northport High School where Patty and I first met. (No, we never dated back then.) Then we had lunch at Shipwreck Diner on Main Street and walked around the docks and Northport Village Park. Our trip to Northport made us a bit late for our [...]
On Friday we went into the city and acted like tourists. We went to South Street Seaport with my sister Amy. We enjoyed walking around Pier 17 and got great photos of the Brooklyn Bridge but we were completely disappointed to discover that the historic Fulton Fish Market is now just one big Gap store. [...]
I’m back in New York, Queens to be precise. We flew in to LaGuardia this morning. We had nothing in particular planned for today, but the most exciting moment of our trip so far was when my mom picked us up from the airport. As I was about to put our luggage in the car, [...]
Darah’s home-based childcare notified us that they’re suddenly shutting down. We had to find a new child care pronto and were lucky to find an ex-teacher who just received her license to open up a new home-based childcare. Darah begins going to her new child care on Monday. Since last year we’ve been planning to [...]
Yesterday ESPN reported that Yankee Stadium will host the 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in its final year before being replaced by a new Yankee Stadium in 2009. Just like Yankee Stadium, 2008 will also be the final season Shea Stadium before the Mets begin playing at their new stadium, CitiField, in 2009. By [...]