The alarm clock went off at 6:00am on Friday July 21, 2017 and my photographer and his wife had a lot of work to do before they headed towards Long Island. Cassie Diehm’s Studio was in the perfect location and…
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67: FAT TOM OF THE OPERA
It was Thursday July 20, 2017 and my photographer’s wife was very excited. No, not because it was the 48th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing; it was the day one of her longtime wishes would come true. Since…
66. WHO’S BURIED IN GRANT’S TOMB?
The heat wave continued as we left Cassie’s apartment at 8:00am on Wednesday July 19, 2017. We made the two-block walk to the subway station and caught the ‘F’ train back into Manhattan. But on that day, however, we had…
65: IMAGINE NO SOUP FOR YOU
It was roughly a two-block walk from Cassie’s brownstone apartment to the Carroll Street subway station where we took the ‘F’ train into Manhattan. My first experience on a NYC subway train was far different than when I rode the…
64: JAMAICA, MAHN – THE BIRTHPLACE OF M.A.G.A.
My photographer and his wife had been in Sandwich, Massachusetts for over a day and not once did they eat a sandwich, unless a hamburger is considered a sandwich. It was Monday July 17, 2017 and we pulled out of…
63: IN THE ‘JAWS’ OF AMITY ISLAND
The first thing I did on Sunday morning July 16, 2017 was laugh to myself when my photographer mentioned to his wife that we had to “leave the motel no later than eight o’clock so we don’t miss the first…
62: A WHALE OF A TIME IN BOSTON
Our alarm went off at 6:00am on Saturday July 15, 2017 and the morning sunlight revealed our spectacular view of Gillette Stadium from our room. We weren’t rushed that morning as the JFK Presidential Library didn’t open until 9:00am and…
61: CREEPY AND KOOKY? NOT THIS ADAMS FAMILY!
Our agenda for Friday July 14, 2017 was ambitious and filled with Presidential sites; which was a relief to me as I had spent the previous day looking at old lighthouses. Because of the full itinerary, our alarm went off…
60: THE MAINE EVENT – FDR’S CAMPO & LIGHTHOUSES
There’s no better way to start off a morning than with a four-hour drive; but that’s exactly what we did on Wednesday July 12, 2017. The alarm went off at 5:00am and we were on the road by 7:00. Since…
59: TAKE ANOTHER LITTLE PIERCE OF MY HEART NOW, BABY!
It was sad for me as we left the historic Coolidge neighborhood in Plymouth Notch, Vermont on the morning of July 11, 2017. I had enjoyed our visit with Calvin Coolidge; I was proud to stand in some of the…