Frank Lloyd Wright was my father’s favorite architectural designer

When I was growing up, my father would take us kids out and drive around to look at open houses in different new neighborhoods. He made his living as an architectural designer and he was always looking for what the “other guys” were doing and what was the newest and trendiest thing in architecture.

He had designed the house we lived in, and although at the time I thought that it was not an attractive building from the outside, I have to admit that the interior layout was really very nicely designed. It wasn’t until I was a young adult that I learned that the inspiration behind the house was from the designs of Frank Lloyd Wright. I had never even heard of the name of Frank Lloyd Wright until the album “Bridge over Troubled Waters” was released by Simon and Garfunkel. I can remember asking my father who Frank Lloyd Wright was, and he told me that he was a famous architect. I always thought it was weird for Simon and Garfunkel to be singing a farewell song to Frank Lloyd Wright…. but it did pique my interest to learn who he was. And to be honest, he really was a very good designer!

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Brio trains

Posted on 6th May 2012 in Entertainment/Fun, Friends/Family, Life

My grand-niece is visiting with us today, and we have been trying to keep her entertained with the Brio trains that my sons played with when they were younger. These trains bring back a lot of memories – all the way back to when our oldest son (now 30) was only 5 years old and we took him to a model train and dollhouse show down at the armory. My wife was eight months pregnant at the time, and I hoisted our son up onto my shoulders as we walked around the train show. His eyes gleamed with excitement as we walked around looking at all of the model trains. There was one very large display set up that had the electric trains actually running around and we spent at least an hour looking at the display.

When we decided to buy the starter Brio train set, we had hoped that the set would stay in the family for generations to come, and so far it looks like it will, in fact, do just that. And that feels really good.

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You Think You’re Cooler Than Me

Posted on 1st May 2012 in Entertainment/Fun, Internet

This is one of my all time favorite songs that I haven’t heard on the radio for quite some time. While on my laptop today I decided to look it up on YouTube and give it a listen. It’s got a good beat, easy to dance to, so I give it a 10. Thanks Mike Posner and YouTube.com.

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Renewing my vows

Posted on 18th April 2012 in Entertainment/Fun, Friends/Family, Life, Shopping

Contribution by Saul Martin

One of my very best friends is getting married this October. I am really excited for her! Before she went to buy her dress, I started watching some “Say Yes to the Dress” on Bronx Dish Network to get myself in the wedding mood! I love that show and it reminded me of when I went wedding dress shopping. There are so many emotions that come with looking for the perfect gown for your wedding day! Some are happy moments and some are angry moments. I was terrified when I went to look for a wedding gown. I just feel like every time that I go to a store to try and find some thing to wear that I usually end up leaving the store with my hands empty, and feeling depressed because I didn’t find what I was looking for! Wedding dress shopping was actually a lot less stressful than I thought that it was going to be. Wedding dresses actually fit much better than I thought that they would. Maybe one of these days, if my husband and I renew our vows that I will get to go back to Klienfeld’s and find a beautiful gown!

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Sometimes…

Posted on 13th April 2012 in Entertainment/Fun, Life, Opinion

I haven’t been on Facebook much these past couple of months, but today I signed in and I saw this and felt compelled to copy and paste it on here. These words just seemed to hit the spot today for some reason. I hope I’m not coming down with anything….

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