Once in a Blue Moon - Canoeing and Kayaking the Meadowlands With Hackensack Riverkeeper

Stupendous full moon canoe/kayak Tuesday evening in the Meadowlands with the awesome Hackensack Riverkeeper

At the dock in Laurel Hill Park in Secaucus

The "Before" picture

That's the eastern spur of NJ Turnpike in the background

Tree full of black crowned night herons 

One World Trade Center and lower Manhattan 

John,  lead guide

Narrowish channel

Eastern Spur NJ Turnpike

Loved the reflections of the sky in the water! 

We were near Newark

These might have been egrets

Empire State Building in red on lower right

One World Trade Center 

Headlamps for safety - if you get lost, it helps them find you

This is Nowhere Near as Good a My Story

Saw this story online today about a mom who decided she didn't like the name she gave her daughter.

Excerpts from the story:

When my daughter was about three days old I decided I hated the name and cried about it to anyone who would listen. The name in question: Nora.  We loved  the name and all was well until two days after her birth when I saw it in print: The name looked so weird.  It sounded off, too old-lady, unfeminine.  I honestly felt like I'd made a terrible mistake, but one I couldn't remedy. Or could I? I sound like a crazy person, right?  

My story about Aryeh's name is much better!


To see the full article: Why I Wanted to Change My Daughter's Name

Ni !

NJ Festival of Ballooning 2013

Friday Morning:
I dropped Aryeh off at the Balloon Festival at 6:30am on Friday before going to work And stayed a while.

6:45 am Team Sproule

Because Sometimes, Virtual is Just Not Good Enough ...

Yoni and Loud Bicycle were written up in the New York Times today!!!

We saw the article online last nite.

But sometimes there is just no substitute for a paper copy.

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In case you don't have a problem with a virtual copy, "read all about it" - New York Times article

Clivia !!!

Milchig and Fleischig Water Pipes

Clivia Update

This is already the best clivia display I have had. And the third flower stalk hasn't even bloomed yet!

Birthday Thought for the Day

"Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself."

Tom Wilson 

Very Friendly Skies

SO COOL!!!

First of all, for Poot and anyone else who doesn't know,  my Pi and I are flying down to Florida today to help out Uncle Solly who is getting out of rehab on Tuesday.

 Our flight was sched to leave at 2:50pm but we agreed to be bumped to a flight leaving at 8:30.

 For this, we are being compensated with

   - Two $300 united travel certificates

   - Two $10 food vouchers (thank you United for paying for our Ben and Jerry ice creams (1st round))

   - On the 8:30 flight, we get to fly FIRST CLASS!


 And to top it off, our original flight has been delayed 2 1/2 hours (so far! They keep advancing the delayed time by ½ hour increments.)

 To kill the time (besides getting the ice cream) we are using my 2 free United Club tkts (came with the United visa card) to hang out in the “Club”.

 Which has work stations (I am hooked up to send this email)

cushy bathrooms, complementary food (good thing the junk food has no hashgacha (uh oh, just found Pepperidge Farm Milano cookies and Walker Shortbread!)) tea coffee,

and cushy armchairs by huge windows with an amazing view of the runway.

Just checked - our original flight is up to 3 hr delay.  We'll see who gets out first!

This Is Going to Be Amazing!!!