Beijing Museum of Natural History
We finally made it to the Beijing Museum of Natural History yesterday. We had been told it was pretty good and it was.Before I get to the museum, let me address the parking. If that seems odd, The museum is situated in South Beijing, just on…
Pictures
Fresh from my camera to the blog, on an early saturday morning. We're having Jacob's birthday party this afternoon, pushed back from last week because of his illness -- which turned out to be salmonella. Ironic that he would get it, by far the…
Debut gig next week
So I have a new band, Woodie Alan. The name is explained below. We have our first gig next Saturday, March 24 at the Orchard, near our house, same place we had our 40th bday party. I was getting nervous because I invited almost everyone I know…
Murray Ave. Parts Two And Three
PART 2PART 3
If Murray Avenue means anything to you…
Then you have to watch this. It is actually just part one of three. Together, they are pure gold, a documentary of lower Murray Ave circa 1980. Featured business are Silberberg Bakery, Eddie's Newsstand and Fogels' Kosher Butcher. Anyone who…
Eli’s toothlessness
I finally got some toothless grins but not the money shot yet. The look that he gives me where I can't not laugh, no matter what is going on.
Great Music site
I strongly urge everyone to check out www.pandora.com.I read about in a WSJ story a while ago and finally checked it out recently. It is really quite brilliant. They have something called the Music Genome Project, which has broken music down…
Jacob gets his silver
They have a merit system.. you get 15 and you get a bronze certificate , 30 you get a silver and so on... jacob recently got his silver, very proudly.
Classic picture
A friend sent this along. She took it on her way home. Good to see that despite efforts to replace the insanely translated English, some things will never change.We were sad to see the signs for the "Children Pleasure Garden" taken down in Ritan…