Messing Around with Blogger

I'm a technology guy, but sometimes I just don't want to be bogged down with the details. I've had the suspicion for a while that Blogspot.com had some pretty advanced tools but I just wanted to post some pictures. I didn't even like creating the captions for them. Now, I'm kinda sick of looking at the same old template, so I'm changing things up a little bit.

Katzwinkel.com

I've finally tracked him down. The site's not completely unbroken, but at least there's some new words out there now: Katzwinkel.com

Amtrak from Boston

Hungover as hell, I boarded a train from Boston to NYC. Dena and I had a great time at her cousin's graduation from BU over the weekend but I paid dearly this morning. Nearly the only thing that cheered me up (other than a life saving milkshake) was this strange restaurant right off the tracks in Connecticut.



You can't read the signs real well; Bank Street Roadhouse: "Warm Beer, Lousy Food, & The Blues". This photo was taken from the train in Mystic, Connecticut.

Boston (Tea) Party!

Dena and I went up to Boston for the weekend to attend her cousin Lauren's graduation from Boston University. Neither one of us had been there before so we jumped at the chance to go. We ended up doing a lot of visiting with her family, sight-seeing, and drinkin' (in no particular order). Unfourtunately, I didn't take too many good photos, but I posted some anyway.

Some guy windsurfing on the Chuck River - Boston, MA.

Boston, Flag, Dena

Faneuil Hall, Boston - complete with tourists. That's Sammy Adams standing on that pedestal.

Background: Downtown Boston, foreground: The Big Dig.

Easter Lillies came late this year. We had about a dozen pop up in the back yard. We just really have no idea what will sprout out of the ground next. Every day I get home from work, look around and say, "boy, I didn't know what had one of those."

Lunchtime shopping at Nordstrom's with Al, Karen, and Marissa.

My buddy Al from work came down to stay with us for a few days before a conference we were attending. When I picked him up from the airport, limping down the concourse, he was in very bad shape after being on a week long bender that ended in Vegas. So, Dena and I threw him into the hot tub, gave him some hair of the dog, and let him stew for a few hours. He kinda perked up after that (except for his visibly corpse-like hands.)

More kitchen table flowers.

More kitchen table flowers.

I think Ron's a little wiped out in this pic. We only walked down to the park at the end of block so I don't know why he looks so crappy. The park looks nice though.

Tarpon Springs - sponge boat.

Tarpon Springs

Dena and I at the Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks. (That's a very big, very fake shark.)

Dena, making faces for the camera again.

My parents and I getting a drink at Frenchy's at the beach.