I have been failing as a father this summer. My patience, never a strong suit of mine, has been worn paper thin. My 3 1/2 year old is pushing her boundaries, testing her parents, not sleeping well, being lazy when it comes to using the bathroom (meaning she pees a […]
A house favorite. This one, like most crabcake recipes, is extremely simple, easy and quick. Very kid friendly. Here is what you are going to need: Makes 6 nice size cakes, serving 3 adults (or two adults and two kids). 1/2 lb of backfin/lump/jumbo lump crabmeat1 heaping tbspn of stone […]
We have been very fortunate in that no one in our family has passed away in quite some time. There has been no need, and it seems this discussion is only conducted as needed, to go over what death is, what it means to die, and what the word dead […]
So landis mom, of the super duper blog Bumblee Sweet Potato, recently returned from my favorite place in the world – Provence, France. Upon her return she launched a neat little contest asking fellow bloggers to write about “a kid-type thing that you enjoy more than your kids–or enjoy more […]
Today is the official release of my favorite band’s new record. Okkervil River releases their 4th full length on this day. Thanks to a label pre-order deal, I received a digital version of the 9 tracks a couple weeks ago and have been listening non-stop ever since – yet I […]
It took a few days for me to recant this day. After the 8am traffic nightmare on Saturday morning we headed home only to turn right around go back to Philly. Insane? Quite. Not my idea. And guess what, we got stuck in more traffic on I-476 South (The Blue […]
We would be in Vienna, VA right now getting ready for the Joe McDermott show. Since we have a grounded Subaru, we are home this morning. What a crap-fest our attempted drive from Bucks County, PA (where our girl was, spending the evening at Grandmom’s) to Virginia turned out to […]
Playing out like an audio-only E! Hollywood Story for the preschool set, this fictitious tale of a wayward musical genius, who also happens to be a monkey, is as original as children’s entertainment gets. Phineas is a banana lovin’ guitar wizard who has attained an insane and unwanted level of […]
