Visiting Kerouac's Grave

I was visiting a friend near Lowell, Mass and i wanted to visit Kerouac's grave. I'd seen it in this movie with Dylan and Ginsberg.
Anyway, we went there. It took a while to find, even though we had a map. The place is HUGE. When we got there, it was like a shrine. There was a grass-worn-off area around it...That's a real honor. And there were all these little "offerings"...flowers, pens, shoes, and there was a little metal box (like an Altoids tin) with a note that read "The contents of this belong to whoever finds it" or something like that. I shook it and it sounded like something inside. i figured it was some weed or something. I opened it up and there was a poem and a brand new $100 bill! I knew that it wasnt intended for me, so i didn't take it though. It was meant for some kid desparate for busfare. So i added what i had in my pocket, about $20, and left it there. I hope whoever found it was as happy as i was when i found it.

Hi Speed train September 19, 2007, 02:22 PM

Here's a train that passed by the platform while i was filming with my phone. It was really moving pretty fast.

Gan at 7 months pregnant in the apartment

Gan climbing the stairs and sitting on the couch at 7 months pregnant.

Gan in the garden

Here's a view of Gan at 7 months pregnant in the garden outside our apartments, with me playing the role of the stupid interviewer.

Mike's Melbourne Metro Map

My friend Mike in Melbourne must have ridden every train and tram in the city, and carefully put together this map of the system. Every city he visits, he checks out the public transit system, and compares all the details (ticket machines, maps, and of course trains, trams...). This map seems to be the best of all the maps he's seen, and maybe some tricks of his own, applied to his home town. It looks pretty official, too.

isaac with soccer ball

Our friend's 2 year old is pretty agile with a soccer ball.

isaac imitating animals (in spanish)

Isaac is asked by Maria how the different animals sound, and he's doing his best to answer.

camping trip

We went camping in the Delaware Water Gap on the NJ, PA border. This was a quick tour of the campground, with Syd, Maria and Isaac there. Isaac is very cute following me around with the camera.

More bootleg folding howtos

Who'd have thought? There's a web page showing many cd envelope folding youTube videos. Mine was called "Diaper bag" method. I think mine's the best, because it holds 2 CD's, and i show the tracklist on the outside, but hey, i could be biased.

Improved bootleg CD envelope folding howto video

A new and improved bootleg folding howto, with all sorts of fancy effects.

Eddie playing piano

This is a video of our nephew, Edward, playing the piano. He's actually really great, but this isn't his best performance. Just the one i happenned to capture on tape.

YAAT

Yet another tour of the apartment, just to bore our subscriber(s).

This time, the place is more lived-in, plus i've seen a bunch of other apartment tours on youTube, so i'm getting the hang of it. I recommend the apartment tour of the 2 young mormon missionaries.

Tour of the apartment

Take a tour of our new apartment. We had just recently moved in, so there's a lot of boxes around. The place looks much better now.

Visitors in New Providence

Enjoy the music by Crocketts Kentucky Mountaineers.

Envelope folding video

Atlantic City, by the sea

Fancy Hotel
we went to Atlantic city to see Dylan on friday, 6/21. It was the first show of the American summer tour. The show turned out to be great. Better than i was expecting.
The hotel also turned out better than we thought. The elevators were terrible in this place, but we had a nice view and a leather couch and a balcony. But the best thing was that it was close to the less-popular portion of the boardwalk. This part seemed mostly used by the local people, and it was really a pleasure to walk along.
We also swam in the ocean near the hotel at a very laid-back beach. Super convenient.

Profile View

Here she is reposing in mamma's belly

Gan thinks that she looks like me. I'm not sure that's a compliment. Isn't the ultrasound a miracle?

It's a Girl!!!!

10 fingers and toes.

She's giving us the "thumb's up". Or she's going to be a hitchhiker when she grows up.

New Providence

We moved to New Providence this weekend. I don't know if it's the smallest town i've lived in (pop 12000), but it has that smalltown feel. I call it Stars Hollow after the fictional Connecticut setting in the Gilmore Girls.

After living a year within 100 feet of the Garden State Parkway in Matawan, one of the great attractions of the new place is that it's quiet. Then thismorning, i hear all sorts of traffic going by. It turns out they had closed off the main street for a Memorial Day parade, and diverted traffic through our street.

The parade was a lot of fun...High school marching band, antique and modern firetrucks, a car with 2 front-ends that can be driven separately, etc. It seems like everyone there was either old or has young kids.

What to post?

Here we are thinking about what to post in our new blog.