Thoughts in Veeberland

Most of you know that we went up to NYC this weekend.  We primarily went up to get the car fixed, but Mom and Dad took us out to dinner .  Of course I can’t remember the name of the restaurant but it’s in Astoria and was a fabulous Italian restaurant.  But of course our day had to be more interesting than that…So we go into the city on Saturday to meet up with Sunny and Paul.  I’ll put up some pictures in the gallery somewhere.  It was a very rainy day.  We went out and had lunch at Applebee’s, which was pleasant.  We decided to go down to K-town to have coffee and dessert.  It was rather cold in there and we were pretty wet.  We had our dessert and tried to make our way over to the Empire State Building.  When we got there the security folks there told us that there was zero visibility on the roof.  That was kindof a downer, but so be it.  We made our way back out into the rain. read more »

[Originally published July 11, 2006]

So we had an eventful July 4th.  We went up to NY to see my dad on Sunday and drove down to Philly to see Sarah’s parents on Monday.  We went shopping for supplies on the 4th, and on the way back got into a traffic accident.  I probably shouldn’t go into details since, as the TV cop says, “Anything you say, can and will be used against you in a court of law.”  Suffice it to say my right passenger door was smashed along with minor damage to the surrounding panels, trim, windows …  Good thing is no one was really hurt, some bumps, bruises, and minor cuts.   read more »