Roughing it

When we went to Green Mountain to look for dispersed camping locations, some of the roads were pretty bad, and I wondered if we could get the RV up there.  After seeing this video, I have no fear:

RIP, people-mover

Ah, September of 2003.  We had just purchased a new ‘03 Odyssey.  We were so excited:

 

 

In early March, our van met its end on route 21 in Passaic:

 

The van was a total loss, so we had to find a new vehicle.  The van was great, but its 3500-pound towing limit was [...]

Oh wait, you want the actual price?

Looking at vehicle prices online. I see a few I like, and when I click on the any of their listings, I see down in the fine print "PRICES BASED ON $1995 CASH/TRADE DOWN PAYAMENT".

So basically, they list price "X" on autotrader.com or kbb.com, but the actual asking price is X + $2000.

If [...]

The crimson Tide(tm)

We unwittingly switched laundry detergents after Passover to Tide X2 Clean Breeze detergent. The first day I wore clothes washed in it, I developed a skin rash so severe that a steroid shot only held it at bay for 12 hours or so. The itching was so bad, it was just awful. [...]

All caught up!

OK, I’ve backfilled all of our adventures from April through July, so feel free to take a look.

Introducing Brownie!

This is Brownie our erstwhile hamster:

Brownie escaped his cage a few days after this was taken. Mechel found him in the basement storage room , very dead. He probably starved to death. Quite sad, really.

We only had him for a week or so.

Oh Brownie, we never knew ye.

Making up for lost time

I’m trying to add a blog entry a day to catch up from when I last posted (summer of 2007).  Blog entries will be back dated to the original date of the activity, but may not be posted in order, so check back frequently.  All two of you.

Date Night @ Esme Bistro

Trish and I went to Esme Bistro in Teaneck last night.  Esme is what I would consider a “fancy restaurant”, or as I would have called it in my youth, an “André Bujere”.  There are two metrics that I use to determine whether a restaurant is fancy, namely:

1) The restaurant must have table coverings of [...]

Youth Redux

No Idea how we got on the topic, but I was speaking with someone about games we used to play, and this handheld game I used to play popped into my mind. It was a real life-saver on car trips.

Anyway, a quick google search helped me find it:

It was released in 1978. I [...]

Fun drive

This morning I was driving South on Route 303 when four police cars passed me going North. They were driving very fast. A few seconds later, a Black Crysler 300C passed me at over 100 miles per hour. He disappeared over the rise just North of Oak Tree Road. I knew that if anything was [...]