The Last Rent Cheque

.... next stop mortgage-town.

Lucky 13 Beer

Scaring away Fri-13th blues with a friendly beer tasting.

Some people left with six-packs. Mark went for the full carry-on size, hereafter known as the Mark-pack.

Kevin & Lisa

Kevin and Lisa agreed to feed the mosquitoes while I played with my camera. They may have been motivated by their need for a family portrait for Kevin's mum's birthday (rather than a desire to be a good officemate or a willingness to nourish the local insect population). Happy Birthday Gram Beyer!

Dog pillow dog

A westbound wagon delivered Mike, Suz, Maddy, Loudon, Marisol, Lady and Matisse to our front door. Its almost like the circus coming to town: animals that perform tricks, kids with frozen treats hanging off your arms, and endless entertainment. It was great seeing you guys!

Say Churros!

From XOCO, the most recent addition to the Frontera family. The tortas (sandwiches) are very tasty, particularly the one that is not available "to go" (because it is too messy aka fun).

The Purple Pig

Post-conferencing dinner at the Purple Pig, a Mag Mile eatery which promotes snout-to-tail dining. We started near the snout with pig's ears (fried beyond recognition) and proceeded to the braised pigtail via the pate-ed pig's liver - both yum. Vegetarians need not attend.

ACA, Chicago

Downtown on a misty Sunday morning for some crystallography. I must like xtals a lot to get up this early.

Pin Attack

Another arts & crafts session involving cable rewiring - enough already.

Le bicycle rouge

Faux french is really starting to catch on.

Hooked on Hot dogs

Travel is really just an culinary adventure. After a few days on the docks at Oak Bluffs, Po Po is now hooked - hooked on hot dogs. Dingy dogs, with their Kosher dogs and fresh relish, are not only tasty but a surprisingly affordable snack in the middle of Tourist central.

Chappy

4th trip to MV, but a first for Chappaquidick. A certain Kennedy senator could have avoided a big scandal if only he had heeded this sign.

Black dog first

4th vineyard vacation, 1st black dog t-shirt

History by the pound

A perfect gift for the person who has everything.

Ugg bit too much

The Ugg phenomenon has "jumped the shark". Not only are there Ugg-brand thongs/flip flops/jandals* in the surf shops, they are fur-lined to keep you toes toasty??
*Note my multi-lingual talents

"I think we're going to need a bigger boat"

Heading to Martha's Vineyard with a car full of Aussies keen to weigh in on the MV vs OZ coast debate.
We had to upgrade to a minivan in order to fit everyone in.

The diamond that had to be broken

They say it happens to everyone eventually, and now it has happened to me... I broke my first diamond :-( . This might be more accurately stated as "someone broke the first of my diamonds" or "Joe broke the first of my diamonds" - but whatever. To be fair it was a speciality diamond, with a large inclusion (aka hole) and it WAS important to document its "limitations".

RIP Napertree

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A Fist Full of Ties

A bunch of Calvin K's and Kenneth C's.

Hair raising

More pins than hair.