Partly in NY and partly in NJ, but it was nothing like the Pogues "Fairy Tale of New York". You might be able to see, we has a great time.
No Fairy Tale of New Jersey
Music 2019
It's true. Spotify has changed things. It is now much, much easier to find new music to listen to, but it seems that fewer tracks make a lasting impression. My annual lists keep getting shorter. Anyway, here are 3 albums that I liked in 2019. They are all kinda electronic ambient - type stuff, so..... [...]
Daily Commute XLVII
It was deserted at the Hoboken terminal on the morning of New Year's Eve..
Daily Commute XLVI
Mild ice accumulation on the rooftop garden at Pru Tower in Newark
Daily Commute XLV
First storm of winter 2019/20 spritzes Newark with a bit of snow.
Bronte +1year
It was one year ago that we lost Bronte. She loved shoveling the snow.
Arrivederci Roma
Apparently, we picked the worst time to visit the Vatican, so had to jostle through the galleries and the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's basilica with literally thousands of others. So it goes. I took one picture of a roped off area that seemed quite pleasant. HVW says I should have photographed the crowds. Next [...]
Two households…
Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene... William Shakespeare , "Romeo & Juliette" OK so the setting is Roma, not Verona, where we've been for a little more than a day. Andrew has come and gone. But yesterday we saw Isabella and met the Noble household. [...]
Keep On Truckin’
Today's adventure was navigating the very steep and very narrow, winding roads in and out of Villa Bordoni, which (for some reason) were much busier today. The highlight was coming grill-to-grill with a large truck in a section of road with low stone walls on each side. The truck driver decided that I needed to [...]
That’s the way (I like it)
Villa Bordoni in the morning is quite lovely. So is Sienna in the afternoon. As is the Tuscan countryside, late in the day. So, I might have gone a bit overboard with the tilt-shift effect. But I like it.
Under the Tuscan Cloud
The weather is meh today, but we have repositioned (ever so slightly) from Florence/Firenze to the Tuscan countryside. Before leaving Florence, we paid our dues by lining up for +/- 1 hour to get into the Duomo. Then picked up the rental car and, thanks to Google Maps, made it to Villa Bordoni without incident. [...]
What I have learned
There is no escape from Lady Liberty. There used to be fire-breathing dogs in Florence. Tempus fugit. Also, we toured Galeria degli Uffizi with our guide Paola, who did an amazing job of keeping us away from the hordes. (Not to mention great insights into the artwork.) And later, we climbed up and down (and up [...]
Florence is a Machine
Here we are. Touring churches and palazzos and dodging the shocking October crowds here in Florence. I am surprised at how many new discoveries are on display. In the Basilica di Santa Maria Novella, there are 3 frescoes discovered from 2004 to 2011 behind the frames of other paintings. Restoration took several years so they [...]
Stuff happens
Random pics from the past couple of months.
Daily Commute XLIV
It's a Newark Mountie.
Daily Commute XLIII
Indian Independence Day (15 August 2019)
Daily Commute XLII (Mighty Machines Edition)
Toyota vs the Hoboken FD. The FD won. This was a demo, by the way.
Just Back: Gettysburg
For Independence Day we explored some of the history of Gettysburg, Pa. Started with a 3-hour tour of the battlefield itself with Licensed Battlefield Guide, Susan. There is a lot of geography to cover, so she drives your car and explains the history on the move. Extraordinarily informative. And, of course it was the [...]
1864 Rules OK
Hoboken has a questionable claim to being the place where the first modern baseball game was played: Elysian Fields on the banks of the Hudson River, not Cooperstown. The folks at the historical society take it seriously and compete in an anachronistic baseball league. I caught a couple of innings this afternoon. The bad guys [...]
On The Waterfront
This is what's left of the docks @Hoboken.
