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At our recent party, one of our friends commented on one of our high-end innovations– the non-slam toilet seat. He said “This might be the greatest invention ever.” For those of you not in the know, the toilet seat is designed with some kind of special do-hickey thing that prohibits the toilet seat from slamming…

Well, the play is over. It was a ragtag last minute dash to the finish to create the play (the first performance was also the first run-through without stopping!) Nevertheless, we got lots of great comments, a lot of people really seemed to dig my work, and I really enjoyed working with everybody in the…

Tres Leches Cake, decorated and made by local bakery Cristina’s. It was very good. The party was a lot of fun, as Stephanie said. Amazingly, neither of us took any pictures, as we were too busy having fun, tending to guests, and just reveling in the fact that we can have a fair amount of…

No one fell off the crooked front porch or got sick from the food (not that I know of, anyway) – so I’d deem our first official (big) party a huge success! Our friend S did cut his finger using my amazing ceramic knives – but a bandaid was all it took and the salad…

We saw the Drowsy Chaperone on Tuesday night. Great fun. Just a brilliant concept incredibly well done. (Thanks to Stephanie’s parents, who were in town for a tradeshow. Thank you for an amazing night at the theatre!) (For those that don’t know, the story is of a guy (The Man in the Chair) who is…

As the title says, I’ve been spending my days in Yonkers, trying to get everything done, but my nights are at the Circus. Well, at night, I’ve been at Nights At the Circus. It’s a play I’m doing at the NY Fringe– the first show I’ve done since moving here. I got it quite by…

We had our first dinner party in the house! And it went very well! Not sure if it actually qualifies as a dinner party– Stephanie’s parents (dad and step-mom) were in town for a trade show, and they came out to the house so we’d have dinner. Is a dinner for 4 a dinner party?…

Not having the best of days today. 1) It’s +90 degrees (inside the house!) I’m cursing that stupid insulation,that is apparently keeping all of the hot air in the house. I’m camped outin the bedroom, where the air conditioner is struggling to get it down to76. At least it’s relatively cool in here. I bought…

I’m not talking about the book by EE Cummings. I’m talking about the king size bed that we bought the other day at Sleepy’s. It replaces the queen size bed that Stephanie has had for ever, the futon that I have had forever, and the floor, which is what we might have had to sleep…

Part of living in any city is being part of the community. Which is one of the reasons that Stephanie and I joined a CSA… For those of you out of the loop- a CSA is a program by a small (or not so small) local farm, in which they sell shares of their crop…

I spent most of yesterday, and in fact a lot of the past week, in the small closet which is really a sauna that is our pantry. Adam already explained that we don’t yet have a/c, so the kitchen, and especially the tiny pantry, is sweltering. I’m quite sure I’ve sweated away pounds while lining…

It’s been kind of a biblical couple of days– the rain and the heat has been completely intense– and naturally we are wishing that we had allocated that air conditioning money to the central air we are capable of, but can’t really afford. I know I need to call HVAC guys to get this all…

I spoke too soon yesterday. There it is, another Roomba Sage, at Woot for only $149. Let me tell you – it’s a deal! Go get one. You won’t regret it! But hurry – Woot only offers items for one day and then only until they run out.

I have a new pet. It’s green and about 18″ in diameter, and it’s sorta noisy. It doesn’t eat much (a couple of batteries and some electricity now and then) and it sleeps a lot. And it picks up lots of cat hair. Just before we left for Florida I ordered a Roomba from Woot…

Are you all tired of Disney yet? I can hear you all grumbling– “This isn’t the Disney blog- This is the house blog! Make with the house already!” I am always interested in serving the imagined wishes of my imaginary readers, so I will. Well, at least the outside of the house. While we were…