MeSoFun Blog

Note: This blog fell apart over the last two weeks. Why? Partly, it's Blogger's fault, since it was down for a solid 24 hours before we left on our trip. Partly, it's our hotel's ridiculous $25 PER DAY fee for Internet usage. And, partly, I needed a break. But now we're back. Here's what you missed: Free, on-street parking in Manhattan. It can be done. I love New York. Never thought I'd say that. Growing up in the Midwest, it sort of scared me. Plus you heard people say things like, "Too many people" and "Not enough space" and it kind of gets in your head that you wouldn't possibly like New York. I love New York. TW and I headed down about 10 days ago. We were going to the Dominican (meh) and flying out of JFK offered a nonstop option. So we spent a leisurely Saturday in New York. No, really. It's possible. We left our hotel around 11:30 a.m. and headed for China Town. We procured some free on-street parking. And we walked three-q...

I hang around too many photographers. Before starting with the normal jocularity,  I'd be remiss if I didn't say hello to our new Russian readers. There were 73 page views yesterday of this blog from Russia. That's about 73 higher than normal. Normally, this would be a source only of amusement. But since my personal information was among the 70 million stolen from the PlayStation network, it's entirely possible somebody is trying to gleen information about me. Sorry about placing that fraud alert on my credit! As a Russian minor, I can translate that: Davaytya ceegrayum futbol! OK, that means "Let's go play soccer!" Also, I don't have a cyrillic keyboard. But anyway. Thanks for joining in the fun. Now let's hear about flowers. I drive by a little park with giant flower beds every day on my way to work. They rotate the flowers in there based on the season, so there's frequently something blooming throughout the summer and early fall. Riveting, n...