Tag Archives: PG

Someone’s Got a Screw Loose…

Posted on October 15, 2011 by polloplayer

I promised you a less-than-perfect-day and we certainly had one this week. I’ll return to the travelogue soon, but first, a real-time update on the Saga of The Foot. Faithful readers will recall that just a little over a year … Continue reading →

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A Hui Hou, Happy Birthday, and Bawk Bawk Bawk

Posted on September 10, 2011 by polloplayer

It is not easy to leave Hawaii. I’m not saying I want to live there, because living there would imply going to the grocery store, making the obligatory run to Costco and doing battle with bugs the size of a … Continue reading →

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San Diego Salute

Posted on July 16, 2011 by polloplayer

We road-tripped it to San Diego last weekend with PG in tow to visit nephew Nick, aka The Midshipman, who is stationed there for a few weeks. He’s doing fun things like riding around on aircraft carriers and submarines and getting … Continue reading →

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So much to celebrate!

Posted on June 20, 2011 by polloplayer

Alexandra may be the only person who can claim her birthday was upstaged by chickens. Her birthday was last week and we celebrated with a lovely lunch: Alexandra drove south to celebrate her birthday with a hot-air balloon ride, but … Continue reading →

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Re-wind Pt 3 of 3: They say it’s your birthday!

Posted on June 4, 2011 by polloplayer

Just a run-of-the-mill birthday, or so I thought. As they stack up, they seem less like a collection and more like, well, old age, I guess. I was planning to be happy with the gift of tyrannical tv remote appropriation (anyone up … Continue reading →

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Re-wind Pt. 1: the Merry, Merry Month of May NYC

Posted on May 28, 2011 by polloplayer

Computer glitches and Nyquil fog have conspired to prevent a timely travelogue update. But here, finally, are some pix from our NYC trip: After lunch, we stopped into the American Folk Art Museum http://www.folkartmuseum.org/ which is a small space with … Continue reading →

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Quality time.

Posted on May 21, 2010 by polloplayer

He wasn’t here for very long, but it was oh so nice to have Daniel at home! He headed back to the city today to move into his dorm for summer school, where he will be learning Greek (not the oops-our-country-is-broke … Continue reading →

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“Grandpa, do you live in a zoo?”

Posted on April 10, 2010 by polloplayer

Hurricane Thomas and Hurricane James spun through last week along with their parents and their dog, Tiny. Thomas tallied up all the animals he saw and seemed to compare it favorably with the Central Park Zoo. Thomas was quite the helper … Continue reading →

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May I have the envelope please…

Posted on March 6, 2010 by polloplayer

It is awards season, after all, and I would like to humbly suggest that the statuette for best new comedy act in Las Vegas should go to (drum roll) (sound of tearing envelope) (pan to close-ups of tight-lipped nominees pretending … Continue reading →

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The most wonderful time of the year.

Posted on December 19, 2009 by polloplayer

I know I have no right to reference “winter weather” given the storms apparently going on in other parts of the US this weekend, but we do have our own kind of winter here and I love cozy family dinners when the … Continue reading →

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