If you have ever read a Dr Seuss story, they are usually very trippy and super strange. I always wondered what the hell he was smoking (and if i could have some) when he wrote them. Green Eggs and Ham for example, who thinks like that? Cat in the hat, do i need to go on? Anyway, here are a collection of Interesting back stories to popular Dr Seuss stories.
what did she say?
A few years ago Lisa and i did a shoot near the Brooklyn Bridge for a band called Kagero. It was the second shoot for these guys. The first one was at Coney Island. Both shoots worked out very well. I’m not sure that i want to get into the band shooting business but it was fun.
We took a long overdue trip to visit Geneva, Layne, Phoenix and Lennox in Bangor Maine last weekend (August 26th to 30th). It so happens that there was a hurricane (Irene) baring down on the east coast at the time. I was actually considering staying in NY to keep an eye on our stuff. I have been through a couple of hurricanes and am aware of the mess it could make. I put the grill and the umbrella in the garage just in case it got really really bad.
In the end, Lisa and i decided that the best thing to do was to get the hell out of town. So we did.The plan was to leave early Friday morning (6am ish) to avoid rush hour and possible evacuating traffic. It kinda worked.
The traffic was light so we got out of the city and were quickly on our way.
We stopped at this hole in the wall place for lunch. I grumbled the entire detour to this place but i have to admit that the food was very good. Checkout Lisas blog for a rundown of how the food was.
We arrived in Bangor around 4:30 5ish. Lisa had been in contact with Geneva via text, updating her on our eta. The whole family were outside! it was good to see them.
Maine is so different from Brooklyn (DUH). In Maine, the kids can play outside unsupervised!! i was floored and a little afraid. My Brooklyn instincts kept kicking in. It took a while for me to be comfortable with just letting Sienna go outside and play. i am envious of Phoenix to be able to do that. It seems so simple. I wish i could let Sienna do that at home. Too many fucked up people in NY for that though. I guess there are fucked up people everywhere but in Maine, i had the sense that the neighbors were keeping an eye on the kids too.
I was glad to see that Sienna and Phoenix got along as if they had just seen each other the other day. They played a lot that weekend along with another little girl from down the street. I didn’t get any pictures of her though..
Lisa and i slept in the game room.
This is what happens if you stay in the game room too long..
Phoenix is really into soups of all kinds. Anything can be part of a soup.
Sienna and her new sword. Here the girls are mesmerized by the TV. Sienna tried to get Phoenix into Shera. I don’t know if it worked.
We visited the river front the next day (Saturday), where there was a folk festival going on with music and food. it kinda reminded me of the big E that we go to every year.
lennox is so cute!! here she’s just chillin in the stroller checking out whats going on.
i love these little doughnuts!! i almost ate the entire thing by myself. Who am i kidding, i did eat the whole thing by myself..
On Sunday It rained like a motherfucker all day because of the hurricane. So we pretty much just hung out inside. Lisa and i tried to go to brunch but the downpour was just too much.
This is what i ate. So much for my cholesterol issue. The buffet was really quite good. I did what you’d normally do with a buffet and ate too much.
That night we took everyone out for dinner at an Irish Pub. The food was good there too. One thing i can say about the trip is that i ate very well.
Downtown Bangor.
Thank you to the Whiteleys for their great hospitality and a wonderful Maine weekend!!
We left the next day (Monday) after breakfast at a bagel place downtown..
We headed out towards Salisbury Mas. It was a little beach town that Star recommended. It was a cool typical beach place.
We had lunch at this place. Outside seating so the flies and mosquitoes can eat too. We were just bombarded with friggin bugs!! The food was good but the bugs kinda ruined the experience. We didn’t stick around too long after that.
The arcade was cool. Sienna kept wanting to play the big sit down games that cost way too much. Here’s Lisa enjoying a game of her youth.
We decided to stay at a Hamptons Inn so we could swim in the pool and just chillax before going home the next day.
The drive back sucked!! for me anyway. Lots of traffic everywhere!! Sienna got to watch Tarzan on Lisa’s iPad TWICE IN A ROW! ugh! at least it kept the whining down for a little bit. I think Sienna missed the freedom of running around and playing all weekend long. I miss that too..
I think this post takes the record for the longest post i have ever made. Its also taken too long to get up. Work is starting to get more and more of my time. The convention is just around the corner. Lots of visual elements to create…
YAY!! another good BBQ!! We have been very lucky this year with the timing for our BBQs. Every one so far has been a beautiful day! The last one was this past Saturday the 20th. Earlier in the week the weather was supposed to be just horrible for that day. We waited, knowing that the weather is not set in stone, and it payed off.
We invited some friends we haven’t seen in a while. It was really really good to see them. The best part of the BBQ was that i think i finally figured out what the correct temperature for doing burgers! i know it doesn’t seem like much but i suck at the grill. I just needed practice. Allen gave me some good tips last time and they worked nicely.
David, Tom and Maureen were there.
so was Peter. I haven’t seen him in a while. Here he is sticking his tung out at me. I didn’t know it till i saw the picture.
Doy was there too. She even showed up on time!!! i was shocked!!
Now on to Stargate Atlantis. 99 episodes on Netflix. So far, the story lines are entertaining but I’m only 26 episodes in.
Last weekend while grandma was visiting, we took a trip back to the Bronx Zoo. We figured that since we have a membership, we might as well use it.
It was a nice day, a bit overcast and not too humid.
Aren’t they cute!! This is in the Children’s zoo area which is an additional cost normally but since we were members, we get in free. I don’t get the additional cost thing, i mean, whats the point of charging an entrance fee at the door to the zoo then you try and charge people extra to see some of the animals!! Whatever, its a shitty practice.
Sienna couldn’t wait to go on the merrygoround. She remembered it from our last visit and wouldn’t stop asking if we were going there now..
i hope grandma had fun. i think she did.
Sienna has zoo ADD. Some animals, she couldn’t give a shit about.
i got the ladybug.
A couple of weeks ago we met up with Jana, Allen and the kids and Heather and her kids and went to Adventurers Amusement Park in Brooklyn. i’ve driven past the place many many times and wondered who the hell goes to that place. Little kids and their parents, thats who!! You can see it from the belt, it looks a little thrown together and gypsyish. The kids love it though.
It was a very hot day that day but the kids didn’t care.
Half the rides worked..
They’re just going around and around in a circle. Actually, all the rides were like that!!
Today we went to Riis park beach. I’m gonna guess its been 2 years since we’ve been there. Sienna was very excited to go. I had memories if the water being really fucking cold. it turned out to be not so bad at all. It was cold but once you get in it, you just get used to it. Sienna and i went for a swim while Lisa sat under the umbrella and read her book.
After the beach we returned home for BBQ. I still suck at the grill but getting better.
