goodbye, July!

westport ct 

the little things

in riverside park...

on the Cape

Happy Father's Day, Dad!

My favorite family memories have always been of summer vacations on Cape Cod.

Sandcastles in the sun on Harding Beach, or at Nauset or Marconi; library cards for rainy days; hotdogs from The Beachcomber; fried clams; lobsters; berry pies from Marion's; bumper cars; soft ice cream; penny candy; fudge; and the magical Ben Franklin store on Main Street in Chatham, where Grandma would give us each spending money to select a toy as souvenir....  dressing up for brunch at Chatham Bars Inn or dinner at Thompsons or The Wequassett... evening concerts at the Bandstand; and those long beach walks to the lighthouse, sometimes while flying kites or hunting for horseshoe crabs, everyone in cozy sweatshirts or windbreakers, smelling of salt and suntan lotion, with all the time in the world to reach our destination and just as much time to make our way back to beach blanket base camp with our trove of seashells, seaweed, and smoothly polished stones.

Are we there yet?  

Lots of love always! xoxo 

hugh and dad, chatham, 1972

dad and deb

boy meets girl

Dear Dad,

I am so glad things did not work out with that Smith or Holyoke girl you dated before meeting our Mary through Christy and John Rinehart in the spring of '57!

Happy Father's Day! Thank you for your grace, elegance, intelligence, humor, style and hard work!

Sunday allowance was always something I loved about you, too....

xx

Bob meets Mary, Georgetown, 1957

gone fishing

happy father's day, dad! 

cape cod, april 2016

prayers for Paris

photos, The Red Balloon
1956, Albert Lamorisse 

moving day

 off to the big event...

water source

wade in the water...

http://www.stormking.org/exhibitions/

let's talk Lego!

Christopher Columbus would probably approve!

Check out the new Lego Flatiron store this weekend for hands on building activities and lots to discover!

Miss Lego Liberty!

Lego window 'mural' in new Flatiron store...

If you need a break from blocks, remember that Mario Batali's Eataly is just next door!!
Espresso, espresso, espresso!  Gelato, gelato, gelato!!!!

Happy Columbus Day!