Posted in Uncategorized on May 31st, 2010
Happy Memorial Day everyone! To all our military brothers and sisters that have served, are currently serving or have lost their lives for us, I say to you THANK YOU!
Turned out to be a great weekend! We decided to spend Saturday out ‘n about on one of our famous “day-trips” in New Jersey (my honey’s [...]
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Posted in Senic Spots, Uncategorized on Apr 21st, 2010
Cherry Blossoms2-DC 2010
Some of you may know how much I love gardening, flowers, and the fragrance of some flowers and the bounty of colors provided by a beautiful garden. So we decided to head down to Washington DC to the 98th National Cherry Blossom Festival®. In a word, wow! It was beautiful and truthfully some [...]
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Posted in General, Senic Spots, Uncategorized on Apr 5th, 2010
The weather was absolutely spectacular this past weekend! On Saturday afternoon we couldn’t wait to jump in the car and head out on one of our famous “day-trips”! This time we headed south (shh, we ventured outside of the Hudson Valley, LOL) and went to the beautiful Brooklyn Botanic Gardens.
On one hand, we were amazed [...]
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Posted in General, Uncategorized on Dec 22nd, 2009
I can’t believe it is Christmas and 2009 will be coming to an end. As my “honey” says, we had an “action packed-fun filled” summer filled with absolutely “wonderful” day-trips, long weekends and fabulous waterfront dining excersions!
Our house is decorated for Christmas, the gifts are purchased and wrapped, the cards are written and mailed, the [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 25th, 2009
Lakeview House Restaurant
We found another great restaurant offering beautiful water views that we love so very much and warm and inviting service at the Lakeview House Restaurant overlooking Orange Lake in Newburgh, NY. Located at 343 Lakeside Road the Lakeview House is close to home for us yet the setting and environment swept us away [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 15th, 2009
Okay so for some time now I have been “wondering”what it is that I am supposed to do with my life. I guess you could say I’ve asked myself what it is I want to be when I grow up (now nearly 50 and still searching), what is that “thing” that will both inspire me [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 30th, 2009
We are nearing the end of July with another rainy/stormy day…in fact, scattered storms for the next 5 days bringing us into August. So with June being one of the wetest June’s, July being a mixture of rain and actual “summer” I am already starting to look forward to August with hope!
I am hopeful that [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 27th, 2009
We took one of our famous “day-trips” and had an amazing afternoon at the 27th Annual Quick Check Festival of Ballooning in Readington, NJ. This year’s festival took place July 24-25-26.
We went on Sunday afternoon thinking we would be safe from storms (according to online weather site). Then, after driving nearly 2hrs and only about 15 [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 25th, 2009
The Hudson House River Inn located at 2 Main Street on the serene waterfront approximately 100 feet from the beautiful Hudson River in the quaint village of Cold Spring, NY in Putnam County. Cold Spring is well know for being a quaint antique shopping village.
Dinner was absolutely amazing and delicious. I enjoyed fillet [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on May 26th, 2009
Happy Memorial Day to everyone! Yes, Memorial Day serves as the unofficial start to Summer for most of us and it is so much too. I hope we all took some time this weekend to remember and be grateful to the men and women who have served and for those serving now – to those men [...]
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