Tag Archives: Photo

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Sharing the sunrise

September 10, 2018 Monday
6:36 AM Sassy
Sunrise colors

[photo of the view out my window with the sunrise and low clouds in pinks and purples]

6:38 AM Sassy
Good morning kid! Hope the sun is rising over the sand!

7:07 AM Phil
It is!  Good morning!

[photo of the sunrise over the beach]

7:08 AM Sassy
Wow! What a perfect shot!

7:19 AM Phil
Waiting to see how the hurricane will impact us

7:28 AM Sassy
Latest map I saw from the NHC was predicting landfall Thursday in SC. Glad you’re keeping an eye on that but sorry you have to! Usually pre-storm weather is beautiful!

7:51 AM Sassy
I’m staying home today. Nothing crucial at the office and I can get more done here anyway.

9:29 AM Sassy
true?

9:29 AM Phil
It’s a spectacular day

9:30 AM Sassy
Yay! Gray and cold here. I’m doing laundry!

9:30 AM Phil
Oh yeah – that dog article is very true!

9:30 AM Sassy
Hee hee.

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Niece day

September 9, 2018 Sunday

9:00 AM Phil
Good morning! Hope your day is grand!

9:24 AM Sassy
Good morning kid!
How’s the beach? I’m so envious.

11:12 AM Phil
Rain then sun then rain

2:16 PM Sassy
Got to have dumplings at Shanghai Fresh with my niece!  She is such a cool person!

3:30 PM Sassy
Ice cream with my niece!  Treats at JP Licks in Davis Square Somerville – my salted caramel cookies & cream chocolate-dipped cone and an iced chai, and her peanut butter thing!

4:22 PM Sassy
Late summer flowers in Somerville! Hibiscus as big as my head!

7:51 PM Sassy
Crispy noodles and meat and veggies at All Seasons Table!  Yet another birthday celebration for me!

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French brunch and Afghan dinner

September 8, 2018 Saturday
8:37 AM Phil
Happy Birthday

[Spotify – medley of birthday tunes]

Happy Birthday beautiful! Enjoy your day!

8:49 AM Sassy
Awww….thanks kid!
I’m off to a fancy French brunch with my sister, her beau and my niece!

9:08 AM Phil
Enjoy! Shared a croissant with the poochies and 7 eleven coffee

11:14 AM Sassy
Fancy French brunch with family at Gaslight Brasserie du Coin in Boston’s South End

The oh-so-French interior
Patisserie basket with croissants and a blueberry muffin
My Crepes Parisienne – Country ham, comte cheese, sunny up 
egg & mornay sauce (part of the Prix Fixe brunch 
with Orange juice and a piece of Julia Child’s spiced shortbread 
with raspberry jam) for $11.75! This place is so reasonably priced!
Berkshire Pork Hache and Fried Eggs – Confit pork, 
crispy potatoes, and chili sauce verte
A side of bacon
Omelette with Chicken sausage, kale & comte cheese 
and truffled pomp frites
12:04 PM Sassy
We had such tasty food, including croissants and crepes! 
Have a fantastic time at the beach!
And thanks for the music! What a fun mix!!
6:32 PM Sassy
Afghan dinner at Helmand in Cambridge 
The dining room
Fresh flowers and lovely blue glasses
Decorations in the window well
Lovely window sill decorations
Fresh-baked in-house bread and butter, yogurt, Jalapenos or cilantro
Mantwo dumplings – Homemade pastry shells filled 
with onions and beef. served on yogurt and topped with carrots, 
yellow split peas and beef sauce. 
Mashawa lamb soup – Lamb, mung beans, chick peas, 
black-eyed peas and yogurt soup. 
Aush noodle soup – with beef sauce and mint yogurt.
Kaddo – Pan-fried then baked baby pumpkin seasoned
 with sugar and served on yogurt garlic sauce, topped 
with ground beef sauce.
Chapendaz – Tenderloin of Beef with a puree of grilled tomatoes, 
hot peppers, onions and cumin seeds served with lentils, mung beans 
and spinached rice.
Quabalee – lamb, raisins, carrots and rice
6:35 PM Sassy
Fun display of “duck in a row” in an office window 
8:31 PM Sassy

An intense group of men singing beautifully!

Flashmob Sound of Silence Disturbed


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Dolphins racing

September 6, 2018 Thursday
7:08 PM Sassy
Good evening! Hope you’re having fun with your pal. Another wacky day… but just at my desk. Mwah!

10:57 PM Sassy
Dolphins!

“There are few things more magical in this world than hundreds of dolphins racing through the wild Monterey Bay on a foggy fall morning.”

Video [2 minutes]
From the Monterey Bay Aquarium “Critter Corner” Fabcebook page
https://www.facebook.com/montereybayaquarium/videos/2191943247752305/UzpfSTEwMDkyNDA4OTU6MTAyMTU4Mjk5Nzc1OTQ5MTQ/

11:22 PM Phil
Watching football and enjoying the evening. One more day till vacation!

11:22 PM Sassy

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Royal electric Jaguar

September 5, 2018 Wednesday
5:42 PM Sassy
Wacky Wednesday! Hope you had a good one!

I had 5 things to do – breakfast for new employee, meeting with boss, surgery on a bump in my armpit, orienting a new student worker, and now a party with a lot of former colleagues. Whee!

6:18 PM Sassy

Prince Charles takes delivery of the Royal Family’s first electric car

https://www.itv.com/news/2018-09-05/prince-charles-takes-delivery-of-the-royal-familys-first-electric-car/

The I-Pace which Prince Charles will use.


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Bookstier

September 4, 2018 Tuesday

6:47 AM Sassy
Have a super Tuesday Philip!

7:30 AM Phil
You too! Still the weekend for me, followed by a three day week and then the beach!

8:00 AM Sassy
Yay!

9:02 AM Sassy
I voted in the primary!  It was easy!
[photo of me with the “I VOTED” sticker on my shirt]

9:33 AM
A new use for old books? A Bookstier?

                                               art by Sylvie Falcon


12:03 PM Sassy
I wanted to be off today, but I have a new senior staffer starting so in I go. And a quick stop to vote too!

12:03 PM Phil
Ahhhh! Have a good day anyway. I have three days left in the office, then a week on the beach and a work trip and then it’s time for my new job!

12:06 PM Sassy
Wow! Sounds wonderful!

Morning was nutty. Computer wouldn’t start again – 3rd time this week! IT solution is unplug my peripherals to boot up. Sigh. I’m rolling now!

12:10 PM Phil
Mine too! Bout threw it out the window

Sure! I have to take my wife for an MRI at 9:30 so it will be you and the poochies for a bit but I’ll be very ready for a beer after that!

12:16 PM Sassy
That last msg for someone else?

12:17 PM Phil
my pal but no worries! Better than him getting the “show me your tits” msg
  

He’s coming Thursday while we’re out but he can let himself in!

12:34 PM Sassy
Yay for a pal visit! 

I was thinking much better to goof in that direction! Ha.

6:35 PM Sassy
Getting my hairs cut at Supercuts!

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Finding a father

September 2, 2018 Sunday

9:03 AM Sassy
Good morning kid. Hope you have a fun Sunday

11: 23 AM Sassy
German breakfast and deli treats from Karl’s Sausage Kitchen in Peabody

Menu and their mission statement
Cafe and deli
The counter
Menu
Weisswurst with a fried egg
My American breakfast with fresh Polish sausage 
and bacon and fried eggs and soft rye
American breakfast with debriciner sausage and bacon
No tipping policy
11:25 AM Phil
Good morning! You too!
11:28 AM Sassy
Just had delicious breakfast and thought of you
11:38 AM Phil
I saw that! Looked delicious!
12:16 PM Sassy

Fascinating story of a football coach finding his birth parents with quite a twist.

http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/24505521/the-jaw-dropping-story-nfl-coach-search-family
                                                                             Photo Credit: RUDDY ROYE FOR ESPN

12:21 PM Sassy
My pal who’s down there ran a half-marathon this morning! Now they’re at the [another bar] “rehydrating.”
 
1:29 PM Phil
Excellent!
1:31 PM Sassy
You watching football?
1:31 PM Phil
No football till next week
1:32 PM Sassy
Baseball?
2:56 PM Phil
Taking online mandatory training for new job
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Sulmona and a shell

September 1, 2018 Saturday

8:20 AM Phil
Good morning! Hope your day is fabulous.

9:55 AM Sassy
Good morning kid! It’s beautiful and cool today! I get to see Sis and my niece for brunch – they’re finally home!

10:51 AM Phil
Awesome!

12:26 PM Sassy
Family brunch at Sulmona in Cambridge

Shirley Temple
Bloody Mary without alcohol
FUNGHI PIZZETTE – WILD MUSHROOMS, 
BÉCHAMEL, FONTINA/ASIAGO
Greek yogurt with fresh berries
MONTE CRISTO BREAKFAST SANDWICH – EGG BATTERED 
SCALI TOAST, ROSEMARY HAM, PROVOLONE + HASH BROWNS
My Sunday sauce with meatball, sausage 
and mini osso bucco (beef)
SWEET CHEEKS PIZZETTE – CRISPY PIG CHEEKS, 
CHARRED SCALLIONS, SPICY HONEY, SUNNY SIDE-UP EGGS
TALIAN COUNTRYMAN – TWO EGGS ANY STYLE, 
COUNTRY BACON, BREAKFAST PINWHEEL SAUSAGE, 
BRAISED ESCAROLE, HASH BROWNS + TOAST
TIRAMISU FRENCH TOAST – MASCARPONE WHIPPED CREAM, 
COCO POWDER, LOCAL MAPLE SYRUP with sausage
Soup du jour – chicken and farro
THE NUTELLA PIZZETTE – NUTELLA, 
WILD STRAWBERRIES, TOASTED HAZELNUTS

1:08 PM Sassy
My sister went to New Zealand and brought me a beautiful shell from Chatham Island

3:10 PM Phil
Visiting my favorite brewery! It’s a good day!

3:13 PM Sassy
Yay! My friends visiting down there ran some race on the sand this morning and are now at the [redacted] brewery! The flight looks tasty.

3:34 PM Phil
Love that brewery. It’s downtown. We had lunch at a winery and now home to hang with the poochies

3:45 PM Sassy
They also went to [redacted] another bar and a [redacted]! They’re with locals. Seem like your kind of places.

4:26 PM Sassy
We put together two storage bin/seats and sat out on the balcony. So gorgeous out!

4:28 PM Phil
I have been to both of those. Both fun places.

4:31 PM Sassy
Are they near your usual haunts or the other end of things?

7:08 PM Phil
They are mixed in. We go down there quite a bit

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Florentine cannoli

August 31, 2018 Friday


5:43 AM Sassy
Happy Friday kid!
No office for me today!!
Off to see The Northerner this afternoon!

6:48 AM Phil
Enjoy your day!
Sounds like a good way to start the weekend!

2:05 PM Sassy
Got some lunch at the Asian buffet while I wait for him.

8:27 PM Sassy
Picked up a lobster roll and fried shrimp from Kelly’s Roast Beef.  So tasty!

8:47 PM Sassy
A Florentine cannoli from Mike’s Pastry. 

Need something tubular with cream in it!