The Madeiran Feast

The Feast is this weekend. We plan on attending some to see a couple of tribute bands (Aerosmith & the Doors), eat some "carne de espeto" and mallassadas, and maybe a little Madeiran wine.

More about the AC trip

So, we're on the boardwalk and I'm trying out this little Coby camcorder that we got for free from Foxwoods. (It's like a flip video but cheaper). I took a bunch of lousy videos, then, while filming people on the beach I realized that the noise that I could hear above was Donald Trump's helicopter coming in for a landing. Maybe the Donald was on board!!! Exciting moments in a whaling city wanderer's travels!!!
Watch the video here.

We also saw two shows - Rodney Carrington - a country music style comedian who likes to sing a lot about body parts etc, but also does some serious touching stuff.

We also saw the acapella group "Straight - No Chaser". Their show was outstanding. We highly recommend seeing them when they start a national tour in the fall.
Listen here for yourself. Remember - there are NO musical instruments!
Straight No Chaser


More to come.

Another AC trip (with air conditioning)

We're in Atlantic city. On the way down the temp being registered on the car outside was 97*. HOT -- well it is July. While in line for the buffet (a must when we come to AC) a couple told us that the Trump Plaza casino was closed because they lost their air conditioning. The slots might malfunction in the heat & give everyone jackpots!!! It's cool here at Resorts.

Pittsford NY pics

I finally have a few of the pictures from last weeks trip.
I love the benches that have been painted for charity
Karen and Marlene and I sat on a few.

This link briefly describes the project.
http://www.winespectator.com/webfeature/show/id/41727
A few years back they had a similar project with painted horses.

I think these are great community pride activities.

Anyway we had a great relaxed trip. Karen & Mark always make our stays memorable.

Back in Pittsford NY

We came up to visit Karen & Mark. One torrential 15 minute rainstorm outside of Syracuse on the drive up, but the weather has been fine since. A little cool. I took some pictures but the camera's in the car. They probably won't be posted till the weekend. We had a nice meal at a Wegmans restaurant called "Next Door", though it's actually "Across the Street". Think I might talk to them about that. We also shopped at Wegmans and cooked a meal on the grill another night. Can't miss Wegmans when we come up here. It's really a different level of grocery shopping. As one example, they have a tea room in the center of the store with some 65+ types of tea. Enough for now. More to come soon.