Nice-looking Cadillac at the car show on the 10th at the Endicott Estate in Dedham, MA.

Happy Birthday  (yesterday) grandpa. Photo from August 1911.  123rd birthday if he was still around.

Relaxing Sunday Afternoon

My view of the bar . . . from the "lounge area", where I can sit and read, undisturbed.

My Car - "Betsy" ( they're ALL Betsys )

     My beautiful little car at about a week old (Christmas Day, 2015).  Thanks for the awesome gas mileage !

     This blog is resisting my attempts to upload pictures and I can not have that !  I am only interesting if I have pictures !


     Consequently, I have started a new blog at www.nicksagenius.wordpress.com .  I will try here again but I think there's something seriously wrong.

Brooklyn Roots

 

      My dad, 1957 or 1958.  In front of our apartment in Brooklyn, New York.  I went to Google Street View and saw that the street looked pretty much the same.  I became determined to get there.

    
     I am in NYC for my nephew's college graduation.  I snuck over to the old neighborhood in the rain and snapped a half-dozen pictures.  This one is the closest to the original.  I hoped for a trustworthy local to walk by so the picture could include ME, but I was disappointed.  We'll see if I can get back here with reinforcements on Wednesday before I head back home to Boston.

     

Typical Sunday at the 99

     No matter what I do, I cannot keep up with this guy ( Scott ).  My glass in the foreground; his in the background.

     At least I read the paper faster. 

 

Phantom Gourmet Safari

     I went to Suffolk Downs for the former "Hot Dog" Safari, now being run by the Andelman sons of Phantom Gourmet fame.  There were far fewer hot dog vendors and a lot more variety.

     Every time we turned around, we saw Eddie Andelman.  After the fourth time, I said to my friend "I should've had you take a picture of me with Eddie".  Now we couldn't find the guy anywhere.

     As we were leaving after searching high and low for him, we found him at the last spot by the exit.  So I got my picture. 

     On my way to breakfast.  Only one in this car as it left Braintree at 6:25.

 

 

     At My Diner, A Street, South Boston.  Corned beef hash, three eggs over easy, home fires, wheat toast, coffee.  Very good hash.

     After breakfast, a short ride to Harvard Square.  I hit Out-Of-Town News for, well, something from out of town.  The latest copy of Paris Match and last Sunday's Daily Mail.  The T platform was deserted.
     The train showed up after a short wait and I made my way back to Quincy.

Breakfast . . . and Lunch !

          After breakfast at Mul's in Southie, I waited on a deserted platform for the Braintree train.

          Later on, this was the scene at the 99.  Scott is ahead of me, but I'll catch up.