How the weekend went: And: Homewood Reserve, breakfast at Pamela’s, funky old furniture that was too expensive to buy, grill cover at Rollier’s, Spice Island Tea House, nightcap at AA’s Living Room, holy crap it’s snowing again, “How about a weather story?” Hope your weekend was a fun one too.
“Oh my god! Have you guys seen this out here? Trees! And squirrels! And lookit the birds everywhere! HOW COME YOU DIDN’T TELL ME ABOUT THIS?!??!”
Since The Wife and I met in college — and she moved in to my efficiency — we’ve slept on a futon. It’s worked pretty well for us; we even bought a very nice futon mattress at a store in Squirrel Hill a few years ago, a good investment for our aging backs. Still —… Read More relax.
Each Christmas Eve, The Wife and I make a point of taking a quiet night for ourselves. The month to that point has been filled with shopping, decorating and other mandatory fun; the rest of the month promises to be just as insane, driving to various Christmases with our families and friends. We both love… Read More challenge.
It’s about 11:10 p.m. on Dec. 31. This won’t be posted for another hour, but I have some things I wanted to share about the past year, and I thought this would a good time to get started. At the moment, I’m sitting on a bright red-orange couch in the middle of my new living… Read More 2008 > 2009
When I returned home from work the afternoon of Christmas Eve, I found that The Wife had spent much of the day wrapping gifts, many of them for me. Some of them were obviously books; some were in boxes of varying sizes. And then there was this — skinny and nearly as tall as our… Read More presenting.
Uncle Crappy 