Happy birthday to Kim!

She may be getting older but I am stil the boss of her when her parents are not around.

Later in April, Brendan’s cousin came up to visit from Georgia.  Turns out she was attending a weekend workshop right in our hometown of Medford.

Some interesting facts about Medford.

• You can walk down the same street Paul Revere rode down on his horse – shouting the British are coming, the British are coming
• You can visit Tufts University
• Jingle Bells was written here
• [For my NYC peeps] Michael Bloomberg lived here and went to Medford High School
• You can go to Modern Bakery (better than Mike’s Pastries) without having to go to the North End
• Medford Square is Ground Zero for the gypsy moth infestation of North America
• Fannie Farmer was born here

That same weekend, my friend who I affectionately call Koumpara hosted Greek Easter at her apartment and it was FABULOUS!  I wanted to be Greek after that dinner.  But I have to settle for being a philhellene.  Some pictures of Gina (Koumpara) being Gina, Will, and Winson (aka the Seafood Prince of NY).

Cracking eggs

Poor Winson!

Desserts

A redubbed version of Total of the Heart.  Give it a minute.  It gets hilarious.

Happy birthday to Katie!

She may be taller than me but I am stil the boss of her when her parents are not around.

So after talking to a friend, and blog reader, a few weeks back I realized that not everyone will “get” the reference in the blog’s tag line: We’ve got the teamwork to make the dreamwork…

This blog is basically about Liz and I and our adventures as a young a married couple.  The tag line of course refers to our teamwork to make the proverbial dream work.  But there’s more to that quote…

Back in the 1980′s somebody had an idea.  People love athletes.  People love pop music.  And so the Superbowl Shuffle was born.  The New York Mets, who are of course near and dear to my heart, thought this terrible terrible idea…was brilliant!  The Mets have a long and storied musical tradition tracing all the way back to their origins and the fantastic Meet the Mets song.  And while the 1986 Let’s Go Mets video is not their worst musical adventure [see Who Let the Met's Out], it’s still pretty bad.

I’m not entirely sure what’s most ridiculous:  Joe Piscipo?  Gary Carter’s white sports jacket – does he think it’s an episode of the Love Boat?  And don’t forget Kevin Mitchell in the full blue jumpsuit right next to him.  How about all the mustaches?  Were there really that many mustaches in 1986??

In any case, we borrowed the one decent part of the whole disaster for the blog.  It seemed to fit.

“Lets Go Mets Go…We’ve got the team work, to make the dream work.  Let’s Go!”

I hope you enjoyed my first real blog entry.

Cheers.

As a surprise last fall I purchased seats from Shea Stadium for Brendan (no reason, I am just nice like that).  I have been amassing sports memorabilia over the years for him.  One Christmas I bought him a bunch of things, then the brick, and now the seats.  So below I show you what 2 Shea Stadium seats look like in your hallway.

Because we have no place to put them and I need them to store nicely, I won’t let him open them.  And yes, that is laundry in the basket (folded but waiting to get put away, stop judging).