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Aside from our next door neighbor (who grows huge amounts of lettuce and collard greens) we don’t do any growing (although said neighbor and a friend of ours who is without the use of his good hand temporarily) have always implored us to grow stuff. Maybe next year. But perhaps we should have temporarily titled…

This isn’t quite a Yonkers thing, but with our recent influx of vegetables from our coop, I thought I’d share this. Here are some other rationalizations…. Scarsdale is nearly Yonkers… The Greenburgh Nature Center is a place I’ve been meaning to check out. We need posts! Anyway, here you go!====================================== Vegetarian Cooking With Local Organic…

I didn’t mean to do it, honest. My plan was to lay low, wait for the library recording of the masterful Jim Dale reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, rip it to Itunes, and then listen listen listen– 18 hours of a master reader practicing his craft. Somehow though, I was enchanted, bewitched, conf’unded–…

There’s big new fun in our household these days – the laser pointer. I’ve heard for years, and read tons online, about how laser pointers are great cat toys. But I’ve always thought that it wouldn’t work for us, that it would be either boring or just too easy for my smart boy Joey to…

The drought is over! Well, the Diet Barq’s drought, anyway. Here in NY, for whatever reason, Diet Barq’s (or DB, as we keepers of the diet rootbeer faith will refer to it in our Root Beer Cabal’s, held every third Wednesday in the cellar of the High Priest of Rooted Beer) has not been available.…

PHOTOS OF OUR RAFTING TRIPWe had a great time on our rafting trip as you can see from this selection of photographs that I pulled off of Steven’s surprisingly good waterproof throwaway camera. On the photo above It’s Stephanie that is holding the oar and looking like she’s just about to hit one of her…

Yesterday (Saturday), Stephanie and I got up at 6 am, and after groping around like moles to find our clothes, keys, sunblock, and water-proof shoes, stumbled out of the house and drove to White Haven, PA to start a fun day of adventure. Well, first we stopped to pick up 3 of Stephanie’s colleagues. We…

As many of you may remember , we did not like our CSA last year with Groundwork Yonkers (Read this past post to remember) (For those of you unfamiliar with the term, CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. Basically, you back a farmer for a year by giving him money up front, and he sells…

My blog-pal Lesley has a very interesting blog post about her recent foray to the Park Hill Residents Annual Meeting (we don’t officially live in Park Hill, although we live directly beneath it– it’s probably 200 yards as the crow flies, oh but what a difference that 200 yards can make!) For those of you…

Although this was about 7 blocks away! Yonkers Barbecue Gets Violent YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) — A barbecue in a Yonkers neighborhood got out of control resulting in the arrest of four teenagers Saturday. Residents on Saratoga Avenue said it began with a gathering of between 50 and 75 people. They said some of the kids…

We had our memorial day barbecue on Saturday, and it was a lot of fun. Had about 14 people show up throughout the day, and here it is Tuesday and our larder is still full of leftover food. Weirdly, the grill that we bought from Amazon did not arrive on time, so on Friday night…

This month, the Yonkers/Manhattan Ferry starts up. People have been talking about this idea for a long time, and it has finally come to fruition. To celebrate (and to pitch the service) they are offering free rides this month… This is from the article in LoHud(be warned, these articles don’t always stick around!) Amicone, New…

I’m sad to report, despite our best efforts, the Queen of Paint has gone a different way.Otter is out. Our new niece’s name is Phoebe Sofia. I am sure I will be fine with this. As Shakespeare says, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other word would smell as…

So, Stephanie’s sister-in-law had a baby a couple of days ago, and she’s doing just fine. Her name is Phoebe. Her middle name yet to be determined, and we are lobbying for Otter! Why you might ask? Well, I’ll tell you, and it’s the cutest story you’ve ever read on this blog (not that we…

Every once in awhile I google myself to see if I’ve got any publicity about my shows or the flea circus that I don’t know about. So I googled my name and I found a new fan on myspace! This woman from England found my website, and was tickled by it! Not only that, but…