Views of the Richelieu River, Quebec

Our hotel was on the shore of the Richelieu River which flows from Lake Champlain to the St Lawrence River.

Jean-Daniel's Garden

Earth laughs in flowers. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

More Old Montreal

Old Montreal

Thought for the Day

Men who never get carried away should be.
- Malcolm Forbes

A Montreal Dessert

This Little Piggy...

Arlington County Fair

I Hate...

The word "awesome" which is "awe-ful"
Telephones
Mice
Two-Tone Houses
Traffic
Martyrs
Hotels that remind me of "Psycho"
Lima Beans
Squat toilets
The road to Hana, and any others like that

I Love...

Anything British
Bubble baths
The "Miracle" on 34th Street
Foie Gras
Pandas (especially baby pandas)
Kangaroos
Waz & Lennie
The Beach Boys
The Beatles
Myrna Loy
Movies from the 30's & 40"s
Puppies
Brini Maxwell
Hats
Liver
Radios
Red
Fancy Hotels
The miracle on 34th Street

Thought for the Day

If you don't find it in the index, look very carefully through the entire catalogue.

-Unknown, Sears Roebuck and Co., Consumer's Guide, 1897

Moses Is Always Happy

Brooklyn Bridge Waterfall

Photo by Adam Frucci

Fourth of July

Cake and fireworks right out back...

I Said It First

"Yes we can!"

Entourage: Season One

Hedonism- devotion to pleasure as a way of life: if you think this is a good theme for a tv show, you'll love the HBO series "Entourage." The writing is good, ditto the actors (are they really acting or is this reality?), and the show is never boring. But puh-lease, is this what we've come to? The pretty boy doesn't have a brain, the smart one is a wimp, and the other two are poor excuses for adult men who still find toilet jokes funny. Whatever happened to the term conspicuous consumption? Haven't any of these twenty-something "men" heard of helping someone instead of using money like it was toilet paper? It's all a joke to them- easy come, easy go, I guess. The only ones eager to help with the flushing are the even stupider bimbos clad "California-style." Is there a message here? Yeah, none of them have children (that we know of) so the species is safe. So far. I'll have to watch Season Two.

Chicago

Note to me: remember this day always.

Under Anesthesia

I got a bill from a doctor I never heard of. When I called to find out if my insurance was billed I was told that my insurance company had rejected it. Evidently they find the service (a radiologist reading an x-ray) to be unnecessary and this service does not meet the requirements of my benefits and is excluded from coverage. I am then told I am not responsible for this charge unless I agreed in writing to be responsible for the charge before the service was given. Evidently, I signed such a waiver while under anesthesia.

Edison Under the Banyan Tree

"Is this paradise?"...

...Kim asked.

A Favorite Mailbox