Norfolk, VA
To see as much of the world as we can,
Using the smallest carbon footprint we can,
Spending the least amount of money we can,
Making as many friends we can.
Not a great picture, but, just over her head you can see the stack of a Cruise Ship. It's the Carnival Triumph, departing Norfolk for the Bahamas.
So, folks pay top dollar to go to cool sea ports in a cruise ship. I live in a cruise ship destination? How …
Went to the Aquarium. Looked at the local wildlife. Especially those famous blue crabs out of which they make those delicious cakes.
Here's dinner "on the hoof."
The Episcopalian Church (next door) is celebrating their 100th year. A Bishop who served here back in the 60's reminisced about what …
In Walkability Index, I looked at the walkability score, and the "does your building have a name?" test.
I found another good test today. It's the "do the homeless guys like your park?" test. If the homeless like your park, it must be good. After all, they have time to …
Our new neighborhood depends -- in a fairly serious way -- on the moon. Being close to the water puts us closer to the moon, also.
At the end of our block, it floods. It's not a rare "heavy rain" thing. It's not a mistake in civil engineering or roadway maintenance. It's …
What's around the next corner? In the next bay? Up the next river?
Some people are happy where they are, and don't need to know what's down the coast around the point.
Some people are curious, but don't want to actually go in, there might be rocks, or shoals or …
The question arrived on today's Facebook: "How's the unpacking going?"
Let me say this about that.
Look at the Walk Score web site. See the Walk Score for Boissevain Ave.
The Walk Score site includes 13 criteria: grocery stores, bars, book stores, libraries, etc.
What's simpler is this basic rule:
If your building has a name, the neighborhood is walkable.
Ghent is full of buildings with …
On the way from Niskayuna to Norfolk, we stopped to visit a friend since high school, Robert, and his wife, Diane. Diane said that when she left Texas to move to NJ, her brother was angry with her for leaving.
We talked about reasons for leaving, and we could see …
So far (and we don't have a lot of data yet) a walkable neighborhood is like a beach vacation destination. So many places to see: bars and restaurants, quaint little movie theaters, jewelry stores, unfamiliar grocery stores: all that "new and fun" stuff.
At some point, it has to stop …
Of course, mistakes were made. We'll look at them as we go.
Here's number one, however.
Before selling your house, take some pictures. You'll want them.
We emptied the house, painted the rooms, redid the basement floor. But never really captured the "the way it was" photos. I was copying …
"Let's do something stupid, while we're still young and good-looking," I said.
It remains to be seen precisely how stupid this "thing" turns out to be.
Stupidity aside, it's certainly big and complicated. Two things lead to complexity. The first is the volume of connections and entanglements to be unwound …
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