We had a very nice Thanksgiving celebration this week at the home of some friends in the neighborhood. I bought food to bring this year. I kept thinking about cooking and baking and even brought ingredients, but in the end I decided I had a stressful enough week without worrying about that, too. So IContinue reading “More Thanksgiving Recap”
Category Archives: Neighborhood
Art on the Avenue, at Last
Today was the day! Thousands of people gathered in my neighborhood for our yearly arts festival, Art on the Avenue. This outdoor street festival usually takes place in early October, but had to be postponed this year due to bad weather that day. I was volunteering as a Block Captain, walking up and down myContinue reading “Art on the Avenue, at Last”
Art on the Avenue 2022
The best day of the year to be in Del Ray is the first Saturday in October. Usually. That’s the scheduled date for our neighborhood art festival, Art on the Avenue. This year, a hurricane forced a postponement. The new date is tomorrow, November 12. Coincidentally, the remnants of another hurricane came through today, butContinue reading “Art on the Avenue 2022”
A Halloween Abduction
Seeing all the Halloween decorations this week reminded me of a Halloween seven years ago. It was 2015, and we were still in our old house, where there was enough space beside the Little Free Library for a bench. For the holiday, I had a scarecrow sitting on the bench with a box of books,Continue reading “A Halloween Abduction”
Wordless Wednesday: Haunted Wedding
Trick or Treat
Tick-or-Treating surged early this evening, but it has tapered off, probably due to the rain, which now seems to be settling in for the evening. We did had someone in a giant chicken suit walk by, but he didn’t think his costume would fit up our front stairs, so he stayed in the street. ButContinue reading “Trick or Treat”
Mister Softee
Last month, I was walking in my neighborhood one evening and heard that familiar jingly music from my childhood, the music that means an ice-cream truck is near. I walked toward the sound, and sure enough, the Mister Softee truck. Of course, I had to order a chocolate sundae. I remembered reading a post onContinue reading “Mister Softee”
Two Toads
Bob and I took a walk through the neighborhood last evening, and we were surprised to see a toad on a walkway in front of a house. I remember frequently seeing toads (and frogs, turtles, skunks, and salamanders) in residential areas when I was a kid, but I seldom see them anymore. It was theContinue reading “Two Toads”
Wordless Wednesday: Street Piano
The Kindness of Strangers
Yesterday I walked into a favorite café. A frazzled mom in line in front of me was trying to rein in a high-energy toddler and wrestle a large diaper bag when she realized she did not have her wallet. She apologized profusely and tried to cancel her order, but it was already done. I wasContinue reading “The Kindness of Strangers”
The Petrini Page 