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Amazingly a Tornado has struck Westchester county. Fortunately our house was not hurt (other than being completely rained on.) The lightning was incredible and the thunder was loud and long, but we didn’t have any damage at all (as far as I can tell) Others were not so lucky. The Tornado hit harder about 20…

So one of the days at Epcot it was a little rainy, and we said, Hey we are here– let’s prove it. Let’s get some pictures taken with characters! We were right by the Character Connection (which is an indoor place where you can get photos with the characters) we walked in, and there was…

We are all Disney’d out. Well– okay, not really. I’m sure that we would love to spend another two weeks and umpteen thousand dollars that we don’t have) exploring every nook and cranny and aspect of The Most Magical Place on Earth. ™ But we sure had a lot of fun, after spending nearly 12…

Don’t get alarmed people, we were not inebriated, intoxicated, defusticated, or otherwise incapacitated in our ability to function. Nor did we drive an automobile while in said state. (WE would NEVER do that!) And we didn’t inhale. (well, okay, we inhaled a little, but only when there wasn’t much choice. I can say truthfully that…

I have moved. I hope to never move again. (And by the way I am currently feeling, I may never be able to physically move again. ) I am tired in ways I didn’t know it was possible to be tired. And very very very hot. And my stuff is mostly in the garage and…

May I rant for a moment? I have just spent the day getting ready for the big move tomorrow (in which all of my stuff follows my example and makes the trek from Providence to Yonkers.) Would that it were that easy– If I could train my stuff to do my bidding like fleas, it…

And no, “Being corked” is not some allusion to a lascivious state of drunken or debauched excess. (Although Corked.com is some kind of an affiliate/web traffic site, which is about as lascivious as we get over here at yonked.) What I am trying to say is that we are now the proud owners of an…

Well, things are not working out quite according to plan. Or rather, they are working out exactly to plan. Just not OUR Plan. First of all, when you are doing this type of renovation, everybody and your mother tells you “Oh, it’s going to cost twice as much, and take twice as long as you…

I know, I know, we haven’t put nearly enough pictures online. Everyone keeps harping on us about it and I’m sure that from afar it’s not as much fun to hear about the chaos without the proof, but let me tell you, part of the chaos is not knowing where the camera is, whether or…

Sorry that we haven’t been updating the website so much. (Our gracious readers have been clamoring for more, no doubt, so we will do our best to make like Mr. Chesterfield and Satisfy.) We were in Chicago for five days, and life has been intervening in between all that (Pesky life!) And while this post…

I can’t believe that we can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. The kitchen is nearly complete! Aaron and FX (handyman friend-of-Adam’s-brother that’s been helping) have done an awesome job getting it all together, including putting up the tin ceiling (which looks like it’s always been there), the light fixtures, and…

This is something that Stephanie and I have been meaning to go to– to see the houses that are not ours in spectacular states of repair, and lust after all those things in a historic home that we can’t possibly afford, in a neighborhood that is less than a half mile from ours in geography,…

In between all of the witty and pithy comments on the renovation travails, let’s not forget that part of this blog is to help us discover the beauty that is Yonkers. I found a very good website by Yonkers artist Chris Semergieff (website at www.semergieff.com) that does just that. Chris (and truthfully, I’m not sure…

As has been usual so far this year, I’ve been flying around the country like a madwoman, with barely enough time to reload my suitcase let alone get anything done in the house. Last week I did a 28-hour trip to Austin (left at 5:00 am on Thursday from NYC, left at 5:00 am on…

Stephanie was out of town visiting her folks in Chicago and doing some work at a conference, so I had the house to myself this week (well, if you include the parade of workers that come by here on a semi-regular basis, including the mysteriously named FX, who is a good egg and has proved…