A sweet taste of New Jersey.

Sure signs that warm weather has arrived:

1) Bug bites
2) Later and later sunsets
3) Roadside sundaes.

13.1 miles of photo-taking.

Up early and in New Jersey for a half marathon today. What was my time, you ask? HA.

HAHAHAHAHAHA.

Consider me the photographic, sometimes accompanied by a vocal shout kind of support. Sure, I could post pictures of sweaty, down-trodden runners - but why would you want to see that?!

Here are a few pictures I took while wandering around the NJ hillsides.

Jersey gives 6BC a run for its money.

While enjoying an afternoon cocktail in Happy Valley yesterday, I received urgent news from my mother. No, my brother was not in trouble. No, the house was not broken into. Dad killed the internet and I need to help. Fast.

In the spirit of meaning well, everything (cable modem, wireless router, and Slingbox) was disconnected when putting in a new window in his at-home office. Wires were labeled, notes were taken, and all pieces were accounted for. The old window came out, the new one in and plum, and the internet trinkets reconnected. Flip the power and - nothing. Mama K knew better and called her 24/7 support line. Mwah. I made a pit stop at home to remedy the situation and after following the half mile of ethernet cables (I think the labels were in Greek) I found the problem.

Today's picture is of one of Mama K's gardens. When in full bloom these things make the hobbyists at my garden jealous.

Jersey for the night, Boston this weekend.

We're heading to Boston this weekend for TK's graduation so I'm home for the night in NJ. I met up with long partner in crime Stevie for a few cold ones. Things have never been the same since Tony & Rosemary's closed, so we gave Falconer's Smokey Joe's NJ Bar & Grill a shot. The newest joint to take over the now defunct Falconer's, NJ Bar & Grill has promise. Hopefully they sell as many entrees as they do Miller Light bottles. But their bread winner might just be their "I love NJ" shirt currently for sale. How many ways are there to say YES?



Today's runner up pictures:

NJ Transit connection in Dover

The 5 pounds of coffee I brought home for the fam.

The obnoxiously large bag I received from the NHL shirt for a lousy t-shirt for no other reason than the fact that it was the coolest bag from a marketing standpoint I've seen in a long time.

Night two of DMB.

Another night of DMB, this time in NJ. This was the best I could do with a camera phone...