We are trading family photos this Saturday with some friends, so last weekend I pulled out ye old DSLR to practice shooting in manual. The iphone has done major damage to my already beginner photography skills. The problem with this is now I have over 100 practice pictures from our Continue Reading
Around Town
the monday snapshot: a day at the zoo
Saturday I coerced my sick husband into trekking up to the Bronx with me and Simon, so we could go to the zoo. There is a Dinosaur Safari exhibit that I thought Simon would like since he love all things Dinosaur Train. I was right. Except for the T-Rex – Continue Reading
the monday snapshot – Sunday Adventures
I am teaching on Sunday’s this semester. I doubled my course load in order to be off in the spring – which is great for having a baby and not so great for all of the fun things to do on fall weekends. Rob and Simon have been going on Continue Reading
Arthur Ashe Kids Day
I really love watching live sports. I don’t really follow any teams, but put me in a stadium and I have a blast. Except golf…I’ve never really understood watching golf… But this week is the start of the U.S. Open and Saturday was Arthur Ashe Kids Day. The grounds are Continue Reading
Monday Snapshot: Wonder Wheel
Sunday we took Simon to Coney Island. He’s been before, but now he’s big enough to have some idea of what is going on. First we stopped at Nathan’s for corn dogs and cheese fries – Yum! Then we headed to the aquarium, which reopened recently after Hurricane Sandy. We Continue Reading