Instead of posting on Friday, I went out to lunch with my darling wife to Brasserie Perrier. I cheated (first time, and last) with lunch by ordering a fish item (who knew they would prepare fish ‘crispy’?) but thankfully, it wasn’t from China. — This is Sheep Meadow in Central Park. The fascination with this [...]
We were on the 38th floor of the first tower. As mentioned before, we were able to open the windows in each room. This is the view from Mare and Michael’s room – it truly gives you a sense of height (half way down our side the tower was extended outward). The obvious problem with [...]
Because Lisa and I can’t take vacation any time this year, we decided we were going to have a nice weekend in New York. And did we ever! Mare and Michael graciously watched Nora for two hours while we went out to dinner – the first time we’ve done that since Nora was born. I [...]
I should clarify that the progress prior to this point was a measurement of ‘days’. A day constitutes between four and five hours. So, even though the car took two weekends and more than five weekdays, my feeling is I only really accomplished 6 or 7 days of work. The base number was my previous [...]
There was an unexpected series of events last night. Nora is teething! As in, not theoretically, but there is a little tooth cap sticking out of her gums! I found out about this when she lost her pacifier in the car, and in my attempt to soothe her with my finger, she bit me (hard). [...]
The progress meter is a bit flawed – it’s basically an estimation of what I accomplished versus what I should’ve accomplished. The number trends lower than what an optimist might say, but this project has taken a bit longer than initially projected. It’s not for lack of trying, but now that I’m working in the [...]
You only wish you could rock the sweatband like me. In all due seriousness, this weekend proved to be very productive car-wise: I took off more than half of that sound barrier on the roof, finished sound deadening the trunk and the rear passenger area, deadened the trunk door, the two cubby areas behind the [...]
Having a baby means… doing projects after she’s asleep. Last night, I removed all four door covers (vapor barriers still intact), passenger handles, rearview mirror, sunvisors, and the roof liner. Above the roofliner was a half hearted attempt at sound deadening – I’ll rip that off, apply the deadener, and glue it back on. I [...]
I don’t think I’ve read anything more depressing than this. Ever.
Giuseppe said not to work yesterday or today.