Fantasia-esqe Flowers

This spot - the fantastic contrast of the flowers and blue tiles in a fountain, also taken in old San Juan, was one of those things that could so easily have been missed, if I hadn't wandered into the right garden alley, on the tail of the right pigeon, or whatever it was that led me to the spot. I got the feeling that think Josh didn't even see what I was staring at, despite standing no more than 3 feet from me when I took the photo, based on his, "hey, what's that?" when it showed up as the desktop image at home last week.



(The Fantasia reference is to the Disney movie, not the American Idol)

Shirt Shopping with Vikram

Yes, there was another very similar red shirt in the store. No, it wasn't exactly identical.

Wanting to be helpful, he offers to change out the mannequin in the display window himself.

The process took...a bit longer than you'd think.

(10 minutes later) Oh, look, the mannequin's top comes off. Hmm.

Pigeons of Old San Juan

Can you find them all? (yeah ok, the first one is easy)

La Bombanero

We're just back from tagging along on the Kumar family vacation to San Juan, Puerto Rico. The 85 degree weather + trade wind combo was a nice break from March in Boston, though returning to a snowstorm was a bit of a shock.

The average weight gain for the group in this week was 4 lbs/person. Aside from all the tasty lard-fried snacks, here's another clue as to how this happened: La Bombanero, a breakfast spot in old San Juan, a window full of pastries -


- and a favorite menu item: the mallorca sandwich - a sweet roll with cheese and ham or bacon, grilled in a press with butter and covered in a cloud of powdered sugar:

Yum!

Snow Squall

What a strange phenomenon. This mini-blizzard could almost have gone unnoticed if it weren't for the noise of the broken screen door flapping around last night. Silly artic blast.

Josh turns 30

Josh has finally caught up to me (once you turn 30, it's just the decade that counts, not the year, right?) . I'm not good with gifts or surprises, so it was nothing short of a miracle that I was able to get this gift, a large chair into the house unnoticed and intact (with help, that is) - as long as you don't count the screen door broken down on it's way in. Anyhow, for those who asked to see pictures, here one is, on it's inaugural use.

Hydrant #2

West Cambridge fire hydrant. Do you think just they ran out of red paint, or decided it no longer fit with the neighborhood? And has anyone heard of primer??

Tongue

Tongue and other assorted meats. Kinda scary. Kinda intriguing.

I waffle.

A touch of spring

Tulips (and those daffodil bunches flown in from Ireland for $1.49/bunch at Market Basket): harbingers of spring fever.

Jordan's Furniture

I know it must be the dead of winter because...

A recreational trip to Jordan's furniture seemed like a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon as "3rd wheel" with the Wades. This was my first trip the the Reading store, and it was quite the experience. Trapeze lessons (not for me, this time...), and a giant display including the statehouse, all covered in what look like real jelly beans. What will these guys think of next?? Seriously.


Oh yeah - they have furniture too. Fortunately, most of it was not this disturbingly ugly or covered in mirrors.