Snow Day | January 31, 2010

We had a pretty good snow storm yesterday. Snowed most of the day. We got somewhere between 6-8 inches, or so I'm guessing at the moment. The roads don't look too bad, but I'm looking at a state highway. I'm sure the side roads are still pretty covered.

It's still wicked cold out, about 11° it would appear. I started a fire, but I'm going to have to get dressed and go get more wood. I also need to shovel the walk and dig the cars out. The good news is, because it was so cold, the snow is light as a feather. Usually, this close to the coast, we get wet, heavy snow. This is powder.

Also, it's supposed to be a beautiful, sunny day. Very cold, but sunny. I should get out and take some pictures, but did I mention it was cold?

Back To PV

We're headed back to Puerto Vallarta for some fun in the sun, surf and partying. The place is called The Palladium. While I vowed never to do an all-inclusive again, I'm giving it another shot. We'll see.

Jane and I are traveling with a group of local surfers from home. Older guys who are traveling with wives, girlfriends and in one case, kids. The girls will most likely sit on the beach and enjoy the open bar, while the guys are going to try to spend some time surfing in warm water.

When, did you say? February 20-27. Just five short weeks away.

While I have decided not to get crazy with camera equipment (I'd like to surf and relax too), I will be bringing the camera and a few lenses to document the experience.

Hopping Frog Studios | January 7, 2010

First thing, I need to say that Bob Farrington actually came up with this name. He was going to use it for his painting business, then for various reasons, didn't. I liked it so much, I asked if I could steal it.

This is my new website for Hopping Frog Studios.

That's Bob walking down the beach, by the way. We stopped at 10th Street to see what the waves were like during the November Nor'Easter. It was all blown out, but when we got down to Cape May and Poverty Beach, it was ripping and clean.

Shave and a Haircut | December 23, 2009

Ricky hasn't had a professional haircut since he was...I don't know, maybe 10 years old. He's eighteen now. He's always grown it long, or cut it himself. I finally convinced him to get a haircut and we began talking about finding a place that also gave old-fashioned straight-razor shaves. I went online and found a place in Philadelphia called Groom.

Groom is owned by Joe The Barber and is located in the basement of a building at 13th and Locust.

A few days before Christmas, we drove up to Philly and got haircuts and shaves, ate lunch at the bar at Capital Grill, did a little clothes shopping, then drove home. It was good day. It was incredible the transformation.

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