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We had one last taste of summer 2005 this weekend when the sun shone brightly, the skies were blue, and the temperature was in the 60s. I got to wear shorts and sandals. So it was a bit strange to work on winterizing our house — pulling up the dead plants and replacing all our […]

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The seasons are changing. It’s about 52 degrees this morning (Northeast insta-season change yields overnight temperature drop, which yields sneezing and sniffling for me). Even though we weren’t planning on doing much this weekend, every day was non-stop go go go. Friday Nat and Heather invited us over for a yummy dinner. Then Heather kicked […]

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Friday night we had a little BBQ with my dad and mother-in-law, followed by an ass-kicking by the ladies in Trivial Pursuit. Saturday we took it easy in the afternoon before heading to Albany to meet up with Alex and Cati for War of the Worlds (a plotless let-down) and drinks on the town at […]

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After the weekends we sometimes have, it’s a miracle we have the energy to wake up for work on Mondays. But there’s something more energizing about having a full weekend than it is to have one in which I sit around and do nothing. The fun began with a little porch party Friday night when […]

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While kayaking yesterday in Fish Creek with Seth, I got a nerve-wracking call from Jen: Penn Station had just been evacuated moments after she’d entered it; police and National Guardsmen were yelling at everyone to “Get out now!” and, amazingly, many people didn’t budge or just stared blankly at those issuing the orders. She didn’t […]

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Although I realize that I already lead a pretty busy life, I always want to do more. My whole life, I’ve had more energy than I know what to do with. Don’t get me wrong, I definitely put in my fair share of lazy TV time, but living on this coast where summer time is […]

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A four-day weekend is a rare and wonderful thing. Ours began Friday afternoon with a drive to the New York-New Jersey border, where we checked into our hotel and readied ourselves for the wedding of fellow Vassar alum Frances and her now-husband Andrew. With signs at the stop lights reading “Wait for Green,” the terribleness […]

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Friday night Karen, Joti, Sue, Josh, and baby Seamus came over for a BBQ to kick off the action-packed weekend with more 90+ scorching temperatures. We spent a good deal of time on the porch, but dined inside with the air conditioning. Saturday morning we lounged around some more on the porch before heading to […]

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We finally got our lawn situation under control Saturday afternoon, when we spent about four hours raking, weeding, turning over soil, seeding, fertilizing, watering, and roping off our work from passers-by. From what I understand, the key to growing grass is watering often, twice per day until the sprouts begin to appear and daily until […]

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Friday afternoon brought the breaking in of The Draft Shaft II at the Olde Bryan Inn, where Justin and I had lunch. That night we hit the Principesa Elena club for Italian dinner and drinks. We stopped in at the new apartment of some friends who live right by the club before heading to Justin’s […]

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