Diving
Kauai Diving 2016
Finally! got my underwater photos published from our stay on Kauai in May 2016. The ocean, weather, and surf conditions were much better than the previous year at the same time. I was lucky to be able to get in Read more…
Family
Hawaii 2016
Our trip to Hawaii in May, 2016 started in Oahu to attend my sister Deb and Mary’s wedding. Sixteen years in the making, on a bright, wonderful Spring afternoon in the Kailua backyard of friends. Maxine and I were chuppah Read more…
Family
Myra and Reivan Host a Brunch for Deb and Mary
Deb and Mary visited back East for several weeks at the end of the Summer for the first time since their wedding in Oahu in May, 2016. To celebrate for those that were unable to travel for the ceremony, Myra Read more…
Family
Labor Day Wine Tour of CT
Deb and Mary were in from Hawaii, so we wanted to get together with friends Billy and Becky Laughlin over Labor Day weekend, 2016. No one wanted to do a long road trip, so Max organized a Sunday tour of Read more…
Family
Sophie as Spidey and Max’s Pumpkin Carving
Halloween was quite the dress-up occasion for Sophie this year. Towards the beginning of October she donned a tux to compete in the pet costume contest at our local Agway. Then came Halloween itself which fell on a Saturday this Read more…
Family
Freeport Maine with Sophie, Labor Day 2015
Our first real road trip with Sophie was to Freeport, Maine over Labor Day weekend 2015. Our first stop was Friday afternoon lunch at the Chauncey Creek Lobster Pier in Kittery. We then made it up to Freeport by late Read more…
Family
Steve and Sarah Shapiro’s Wedding, Fall 2015 on Lake George
Maxine and I spent a beautiful Fall weekend in Lake George, NY to attend the wedding of our niece Sarah Strasser and her fiancé (of six years!) Steve Shapiro. Yeah, it was definitely about time! We decamped to The Sagamore, Read more…
Family
Sophie’s Championship Certificate
It took a while, but we finally received Sophie’s championship certificate in the mail from the AKC! Lyrac’s Sun Kissed Meadow is her “kennel name”, but she is Sophie to us.
Diving
Another January in Grand Cayman – The Cookout, Golf, and Diving
Here we went again, back to the Cayman Cookout in January for 4 days of culinary ridiculousness followed by a week of recovery, golfing and diving. As before, the headline chefs were the troika of Eric Ripert, Anthony Bourdain, and Read more…
Family
March Anniversary Weekend in NYC
This ridiculously cold winter weather reminded me of our anniversary weekend trip into NYC last March with Max’s best friend Maureen Beurskens and Marke Baker. I had the photos lying around, but never got around to publishing them. Marke and Read more…