Bailey in October 2007

Oy Vey! Bailey Joins The Family!!

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

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

Summer is over, but the excitement continues!

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!

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.

Jeffrey's Home From California

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

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

Aug 4

Aug 2 - Corn on the Cob

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"!

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

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

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

"Go Yankees" - Brian

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

First Photos of Jeffrey at UCLA!

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.

Matty Wins A Race - See it here!

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

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

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

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