The Playa Planned to go Sunday & return Saturday, but storms kept us from leaving ‘til Monday. Camp Roblandia prep by Robert Anderson &...

Got back to California in time for Hannah Norman’s wedding. Wed July 30: 1st stop LG to rifle through storage for wedding attire &...

Next up: Kate Ferguson, good friend from the ‘80s. First couple days at her CABIN 😉 at Sunday River, in Maine on the New Hampshire...

Visited Denise Wilson-Davis, a good friend of Leslie’s from the early ‘80’s, who we haven’t seen for 17 years. She lives in Essex NY. It was action-packed.. Tue July 15: Poked around Essex in the afternoon: Went to a farm dinner in the eve - one of the local farms puts on a dinner to showcase their harvest: That’s an osprey. Wed July 16: The Elizabethtown (county seat) museum: Afternoon, to Lake Placid (1/2 hour away), and the High Falls Gorge: …and back to Denise’s for a be

Visited Donna W! Fabulous time: From her front porch: Donna has a tight group of friends, all very accomplished at something. One took...

On our last full day, took the subway into Manhattan. Strolled Central Park to Strawberry Fields (experience ruined by bad musicians...

Happy birthday USA. Coney Island for the hot dog eating contest. Watched the women’s competition, got a hat (those are beans): Fireworks...

Today we moved from Manhattan into Adrienne’s flat in Prospect Lefferts Garden, Brooklyn, to watch Corinna’s cat Snugglemuffin (and have...

Strolled Roosevelt Island, views of Manhattan from the East river…but first, a random Bowery scene with mural’d water tower: Roosevelt...

Kicked around lower Manhattan in the morning & afternoon - Grammercy Square, Union Square, Village Library; lunch at Jeffrey’s (5*!): Met...

Checked out of the Brooklyn AirBnB and in to the Chelsea Inn. Not the Chelsea Hotel, thought it seemed too good to be true (more on that...

Took the subway WAY up to 190th, Fort George, and onward to Inwood, to Fort Tryon park. Beautiful hilltop park overlooking the Hudson,...

Stopped for a tool around and a little shopping at Rockefeller Center: …en route to The Bronx for a poetry reading Anne Maloney had...

Some of the grittier parts of Brooklyn - Myrtle Ave & Broadway: Great 90-minute tour of The Tenement Museum in Manhattan Lower East Side....

The hottest day since 2012, they say. I believe it. Mon June 23: Ventured out from our air-conditioned apartment for a few hours in the...

Discovered a nice cafe in the neighborhood: Evening, met Adrienne for a ferry down the East River, from e 90th to Wall Street. We’ve now...

Welcome to the summer solstice! Down to Prospect Park, the farmer’s market at Grand Army Plaza, then The Boathouse (had to settle for...

Thu June 19: Our street (600 block of Jefferson Ave) in the AM: Took the A train to Rockaway beach, where we met Adrienne’s buddies Bri,...

August here! Fri June 13: Chinatown with August. Excellent lunch from Yi Ji Shi Mo Noodle Corp. picked it up there, ate in Columbus...

Saturday June 7: Met the small child at The Met, spent a couple hours mostly in the John Singer Sargent exhibit, then a stroll through...