August was once again time for us to head up to the Lake George area for a week with Sophie. As before we stayed with Rhona and Howie at their place in Warrensburg. On Saturday evening we headed over to Robbie and Janie’s place in Pilot Knob on the other Read more…
I recently found some old photos buried on my phone from a trip to NYC we took three years ago. We took in a Saturday afternoon matinee of Kinky Boots, but the highlight was the most amazing omakase experience that evening at Sushi Yasuda on E 43rd St. We sat Read more…
Maxine and I spent a beautiful Fall weekend in Lake George, NY to attend the wedding of our niece Sarah Strasser and her fiancé (of six years!) Steve Shapiro. Yeah, it was definitely about time! We decamped to The Sagamore, a classic estate with expansive property overlooking the lake. Friday Read more…
This ridiculously cold winter weather reminded me of our anniversary weekend trip into NYC last March with Max’s best friend Maureen Beurskens and Marke Baker. I had the photos lying around, but never got around to publishing them. Marke and Maureen live in Charlotte and flew up for the main Read more…
Maxine and I drove up to Lake George with Florence Klein for our usual early-August getaway for a couple of days. Unbeknownst to Florence, her granddaughter, Jessie, had arranged for the family to converge at Robbie and Janie Strasser’s lakeside house for a Friday night surprise. Flo was under the Read more…
It was another one of those ridiculously warm and beautiful March weekends when Max and I went into NYC for a celebration of my mother in-law, Florence Klein’s, 79th birthday. We had a great Friday night anniversary dinner at La Grenouille, then a Saturday matinee to see “How to Succeed Read more…
In August, we took our usual trip up to the Lake George area to stay with Flo for a week at her cabin in Warrensburg, NY. One of the evenings we took her and Joe to the Sagamore for a wine tasting dinner that was absolutely wonderful. Labor Day weekend Read more…