Patio progress
The contractors returned today to powerwash the patio/sidewalks, but couldn’t seal them yet due to the impending wet weather. Looks great, though!
How I love the Tax Foundation‘s ability to put things into perspective. As oil prices have hit record highs along with oil company profits (and thereby the returns to shareholders), many in Congress are calling for a windfall profits tax on oil companies. They argue that those profits are somehow unjustified. But what about another…
This year, we decided to have our own Christmas cards printed. The idea was to put together some photographic highlights of our year. I also encouraged the recipients to stop by the website and say hi, so if that’s why you’re here – leave a comment! Since the photos were small and the descriptions brief,…
Sorry for the day or two off, here’s three photos to catch up with. Here we are in the very cool Mercado de San Miguel. Inside are a whole bunch of specialty shops, most single purpose – one for meats, one for cheese, one for nuts, and of course wine and beer bars. More photos…
It’s a good thing we have all those braniacs working at the New York State Department of Transportation to tell us things like “the presence of freight traffic would make the Central Terminal ill-suited to be a passenger rail station again.” They must have done a lot of work coming to that conclusion. I mean…
Nice, nice!!! From that picture you posted yesterday, I was glad they weren’t plumbers bent over like that!