The Grossman Family's Excellent Summer Adventure

Bailey in October 2007

2008-12-06T15:40:00.000-05:00

Oy Vey! Bailey Joins The Family!!

2005-10-30T19:47:00.000-05:00

Today we brought home "Bailey" an 11 1/2 week old Softcoated Wheaton Terrier. After the boys agreed that they would take care of the dog, David gave the "go-ahead". So far (after a few hours) so good!!!

We gave him the name Bailey for two reasons...
1. He's Irish and Bailey is an Irish name.
2. He reminded Margie of Bailey's Irish Creme... one of her favorites!!

He's a very intelligent dog!

Filming of "The Hoax" wraps up with Matty meeting more celebrities

2005-10-01T10:24:00.000-04:00

Here's Matty with Alfred Molina, one of the co-stars. You may recall Alfred as Tevya in the Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof, or more likely as "Doc Ock" in Spiderman 2.

Richard Gere autographed his photo with Matty and wished him good luck on his Bar Mitzvah.

Our claim to fame in the movie... we hosted porta potties for the crew in our driveway

Two Stars Hanging Out - Matty and Richard Gere

2005-09-23T18:40:00.000-04:00

Summer is over, but the excitement continues!

2005-09-16T16:03:00.000-04:00

The movie "The Hoax" is filming across the street from our house. So we're all getting a chance to experience Hollywood. We're meeting the cast: Richard Gere, Marcia Gay Harden and Alfred Molina, watching the filming and renting out our driveway for a generator and porta potties. Matty wants to get his picture taken with the stars. Here he is with Marcia Gay Harden

August 14 - We're all together again!

2005-08-14T19:59:00.000-04:00

Matty returned from Camp today! He's told us that he had a wonderful summer and is already looking forward to returning to CEL next year. We waited for him in at the dropoff point in almost 100 degree heat/100% humidity. Fortunately, the bus was right on time.

August 12 - Matty at Tribal Sing (Click for the video)

2005-08-13T00:03:00.000-04:00

Matty is on the right at Tribal Sing. Even though his team won the event (by 2 points), they still lost Tribal War overall (627 to 613). Maybe next time.

Jeffrey's Home From California

2005-08-09T22:57:00.000-04:00

We picked up Jeffrey from JFK airport this past weekend. Although he had stayed up all night at UCLA before his flight, all he wanted after arriving home was to go to the
Palm restaurant in NYC

for his favorite filet mignon. So we went!
After Jeff gorged himself on filet mignon and chocolate cake, we bought Mom some roses at a Korean grocer.

Aug 10th

2005-08-09T22:45:00.000-04:00

The end of camp is approaching, but Matty's still smiling!

Aug 4

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Aug 2 - Corn on the Cob

2005-08-02T21:48:00.000-04:00

Here are three more photos of Matty taken on August 2nd. It looks like he's enjoying his corn on the cob. Look carefully to see him in the middle of the group photo.

David Makes The Fess Parker "Shooting Gallery"!

2005-07-29T22:00:00.000-04:00

The Fess Parker Winery is looking for old photos of people wearing coonskin caps so that they can post them to the "Shooting Gallery" section of their website.

So naturally I had to send in my coonskin cap portrait that Margie took at the winery.

Click here to see me in the Shooting Gallery

July 28th - Matty in the Pool

2005-07-28T21:52:00.000-04:00

July 21 - 23: Santa Barbara, Wineries & Ostriches!!

2005-07-26T17:00:00.000-04:00

Margie and I had a great time visting Santa Barbara, CA and the surrounding area. We used a tour map from the movie Sideways as our starting point and found some incredible places for winetastings! However, after just a few "sips" you begin to forget where you are. And after 5 wineries I wasn't sure if the ostriches we saw on the drive home were real or not! Notice how I looked at the Fess Parker winery (stop #3) and how Margie "glowed" at the Firestone Vineyard (stop #4). Needless to say, we didn't touch the stuff for the rest of our time in Santa Barbara!

On The Beach

Shoestring Winery

Margie at the Fess Parker Winery
David at the Fess Parker Winery

Margie and a new friend at the Firestone Winery

Grapes!

Margie and David after visiting 5 wineries (actually Ostrich Land in Solvang, CA)

Here are some links to our favorite spots

Shoestring Winery
Fess Parker Winery
Foley Estates Winery
Firestone Vineyard
Ostrich Land

Some Better Editing of Brian

2005-07-26T02:19:00.000-04:00

My dad isn't very good at editing pictures (neither am I, but I am better). Here is my version of Brian in a Yankees shirt:

"Go Yankees" - Brian

2005-07-25T23:07:00.000-04:00

Brian may love California, but he's a New Yorker when it counts!

First Photos of Jeffrey at UCLA!

2005-07-25T22:25:00.000-04:00

Margie and I spent the weekend in Santa Barbara visiting wine country, bicycling on the beach and relaxing. The highlight of the weekend was visiting Jeffrey at UCLA on Sunday, and being joined by Stephanie and Brian. We wandered around the campus and Westwood, then headed over near Malibu for dinner at Gladstones on the beach. It even made the "red-eye" flight back to New York worth it. Here are some photos from UCLA.

Saturday night Jeff went to Universal Studios with friends from UCLA where he met Laura March and other friends from Armonk. Here's a closeup of them on the Jurassic Park ride.

July 24th - Matty with a Friend

2005-07-25T18:58:00.000-04:00

Matty with a friend. I'm not sure who he's with, but maybe my parents will remember seeing him on Visiting Day.

Also, I had a good time with Mom, Dad, Stephanie, and Brian yesterday.

More Pictures of Matty

2005-07-23T01:26:00.000-04:00

I thought that since Dad doesn't have computer access (he's somewhere in California), I'd post some pictures of Matty from the Camp Echo Lake website.

I've been having an awesome time at UCLA. My Cinematography class is really fun, and the SAT Prep class is helping me (although not that fun). My dorm mates are really nice and we've become good friends.

I'll be back on August 6^th, so I can see everyone when I get back. If you want to e-mail me, you can do so at yankeesfan@gmail.com.

--Jeffrey

Matty Wins A Race - See it here!

2005-07-19T21:56:00.000-04:00

Matty appears at the end of this video (at about 1 minute 40 seconds) in a race. He's dressed all in green except for his blue sneakers, and appears to come in first. Way to Go!! Click Here

Saratoga and Cooperstown

2005-07-18T14:00:00.000-04:00

Since Margie and I were in Lake George to visit Matty at camp, we decided to make a weekend of it and stay over in Saratoga and Cooperstown. Margie did go shopping (no surprise there). Click this link to see a screenshow of all the photos (compliments of Jeffrey) Click this link to see a screenshow of all the photos (compliments of Jeffrey) or view the highlights here.

We also went to Cooperstown to see the Baseball Hall of Fame

And we stayed at a beautiful old Inn - The Inn At Cooperstown

Visiting Day Video and Photos

2005-07-17T18:24:00.000-04:00

Can you spot Margie and Matty playing basketball in this video from Camp Echo Lake's Visiting Day? Hint - Pay close attention around 1:10 into the video. (Click the title above). Also, here are some photos of us

Matty and his "Friend" - July 13

2005-07-13T21:25:00.000-04:00

What's with that smile? (and I don't mean the puppet!) Matty told us that the puppet is supposed to be Teddy Roosevelt.

Jeffrey in UCLA Daily Newspaper

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Check out the cute kid in the top left photo!

July 12 - Happy Days

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Matty definitely looks like he's having a great time this summer!

Little Shop of Horrors - Opening (and closing) Nite - Click here to see the video

2005-07-11T21:44:00.000-04:00

Tubing - July 11

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Fun in NYC

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July 10th - Little Shop of Horrors

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Matty Rehearsing for "Little Shop of Horrors"

2005-07-09T22:19:00.000-04:00

Matty got the lead part ("Seymour") in the camp play Little Shop of Horrors. While his performance is Saturday, July 10th, click this link to see a short clip of him rehearsing. He's about 60 seconds into the video. Photos and any videos of his performance will of course be posted as soon as they're available.

July 4th - Tribal Tug

2005-07-04T23:12:00.000-04:00

The Tribal Tug is the first event of Tribal at Camp Echo Lake and pits the Iroquois against the Mohwak. Matty is on the Iroquois this year. Despite his efforts, as seen in these four photos, the Iroquois were beaten by the Mohawks in Trial Tug 52 - 50. The next event will be Group Games.

Oliver Goldstein is working really hard for the Mohawks. Matty is in the background with a green ball.

July 4th - Margie and David Go To Yankee Stadium

2005-07-04T18:36:00.000-04:00

Jason Giambi had his first multihomer game in two years and Bernie Williams hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in the eighth inning as the New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 13-8 Monday after wasting a six-run lead.

Margie and I had a great time!!!

Matty's July 3rd Photo

2005-07-03T23:00:00.000-04:00

Matty's on the left. The kid in the back with sunglasses is Sam Sheniman.

Soccer

2005-07-01T23:28:00.000-04:00

It's great that Matty's playing soccer. Now if only we could get rid of
those old blue shoes that he's not supposed to be wearing.

Matty Up Close and Personal

2005-06-30T10:30:00.000-04:00

Matty continues to appear on the CEL website!

2005-06-27T22:36:00.000-04:00

It looks like Matty and friends are getting ready to torture counselor (and Washington University junior) Alex Schiff in this photo taken on June 27th.

Jeffrey's on his way to LA

2005-06-26T14:23:00.000-04:00

So we got up very early this morning and brought Jeffrey to JFK since his flight was leaving at 8:55am. After leaving him online at Security, we went to Long Beach, Long Island and spent 3 hours at the beach. Vacation time has begun!

On the way home we stopped at Poultry Time to pick up lunch. Knowing how much Jeffrey and Matty love chicken, I've posted these photos to give them a reminder of home.

First photos from Camp

2005-06-25T20:21:00.000-04:00

We dropped off Matty at the bus pickup location in White Plains that took him to Camp Echo Lake. He arrived safely and is already in two photos!
Then it was off to the mall to get Jeffrey ready for his trip to LA.

Dinner at The Palm on June 23

2005-06-23T15:45:00.000-04:00

We met Aunt Barbara, Uncle Michael and Cousin Melissa at The Palm in NYC before Jeffrey and Matty left for the summer. The filet mignon and lobster were amazing!!!

We also ran into Bob Marks as we were entering the restaurant. Bob's caricature is there.