How should a dad say goodbye to his kids?
Yesterday, Lorena and I drove her family members to the Logan Airport, and after they had cleared security, and we were about to return home, but she wanted to use the ladies room. So while she went...
View ArticleEven more fees by American Airlines
I have been a dedicated frequent flier on American Airlines and even have two of their airline credit cards, but looks as if I may need to take my business elsewhere (not that there are many choices...
View ArticleViews on The Street Chestnut Hill
Well, we heard so much about Shake Shack that we finally decided to check it out. That also means that it was an opportunity to review the so-called The Street in the Chestnut Hill area, basically a...
View ArticleDate night at Dedham Legacy Place
Lorena has a girlfriend who works in the Dedham Legacy Place and has been telling her to check it out but it is quite a hike from Milford. It was only today that we finally managed to motivate...
View ArticleFrozen custard at Shake Shack Chestnut Hill
We had checked out The Street Chestnut Hill last month but last night we got to actually plan dessert at the Shake Shack (unfortunately the menu is simply not for vegetarians or for anyone who seeks...
View ArticleDinner at British Beer Company Framingham
To be honest, when I like my fix of English beer, I head to England. What can compare to fish and chips downed with beer in an English pub! But Lorena convinced me that we should give this restaurant...
View ArticleDinner at Margaritas in Concord, NH
While returning from our day trip to Mount Washington by car, we couldn't imagine eating junk food, but we had not done the research for a healthy place to eat. We did recall going to downtown Concord...
View ArticleAnother chance to Chestnut Hill Shake Shack
If you recall, previously I discussed that during our very first time at the Chestnut Hill Shake Shack trying their frozen custard, Lorena was not impressed (I eat anything as long as it is sweet), but...
View ArticleCalphalon Wrentham Outlet Mall excellent service
It is kind of sad that there are no good, affordable coffeemakers out there. Some of the good ones can cost hundreds of dollars and the cheaper ones don't make decent coffee for people like me who...
View ArticleKid free and happy
Apparently, families like ours are so huge in number (one in five American women are child-free and intend to remain so with full support of men like me in their lives) that Time has done a story on...
View ArticleWeather forecast for Boston area Fall 2013
The spring and summer this year were warmer than usual (and we had to turn on the central air-conditioning a lot more frequently than ever before in Massachusetts since 2001) but then August (typically...
View ArticleOvercrowding in Metrowest state parks
Last weekend we were invited to a walk by some friends at the Cochituate State Park in Natick, MA, and to our horror when we arrived there around noon, the park was so overcrowded that the police would...
View ArticleUsing FastLane for rental cars
A few months back during a trip to New York City, while my EZ Pass worked just fine on MassPike but while crossing the tolls on Henry Hudson Parkway heading into Manhattan, the camera flashed....
View ArticleUnauthorized use of FastLane EZPass tags
So I wrote previously what a pain it was to use my FastLane transponder on a rental car. However, since I had nothing wrong and trusted the system, I thought everything will work out. In fact, the...
View ArticleMystery shopping or timeshare sales pitch
The other day a friend forwarded a Craig's List ad to me because she knows that we love outdoors and when the weather is nice we often drive to New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. The ad was seeking...
View ArticleLunch at Thai Place restaurant in Framingham
I often tease my wife that despite never having visited Thailand or Vietnam (we lived together in Japan, though, for years, and have traveled to a few Asian countries), she loves Thai food. Most of...
View ArticleOh look, under Obamacare our health insurance premiums dropped
Since my wife and I are self-employed, we buy our own health insurance. While we love so many things about being entrepreneurs and working from home, it does hurt having to pay 100% of our premiums....
View ArticleLunch buffet at Singh's Cafe in Wellesley, MA is two meals for the price of one
We almost never eat at Indian restaurants because the food is way too calorie-rich. Once in a while, though we do it just for the sake of variety. So when we asked our Indian friends for...
View ArticleMy experience stretching the time to pump septic tank
Since I am an engineer and obsessed with science, when we first bought our home in 2001 (the previous owner pumped the septic tank at the time of sale), I got a call from Wind River Environmental two...
View ArticleCost of a new roof in Massachusetts
So when my roof started to show signs of trouble (water leak during the monster winter of 2014/2015, chipping off of shingles, and mildew/lichen on shingles) I had no choice but to get a new roof after...
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