Uncle Joe's 80th

A very successful party for Joe, was held on Saturday last, to celebrate his 80th birthday. Liam and David as well as Anne and my Dad, made up his sibs. Childers, grandun's and relatives galore trekked up to Cold Spring for the party, organized by his kids.
Some pics are shown below

Nikki + Tara (Kevin behind them)

Nikki and Steve, with Liam and Sean behind

Niall and Joe (opening birthday card "Facebook my Arse")

Trevor and Don

Kyle, Liam, Shannon, Annie, Denis, Joanne

Sean and Kevin monkeying around

Sean and Pauline

Liam and Danny with Trevor, Pete, MK and Caitlin in the background

Pauline, mise agus Nikki

Kyle, Shannon, Danny and MK

Nikki and Liz

Last but not least, for those absent in far off lands ... the speeches (beware - 20 minutes long)

a little tour of nyc

Went touring around nyc with my parents. We had fun. Went to Soho, with b'fast at b'thzar, and then up to F'iron for lunch at Eat'illy
Started off @ Wash Sq Pk early early ...

Then some hardware stores on Spring street for Dad

Then breakfast @ B'th'Zar

Then a look at britain's best selling butter :-)

Rear of Dean and DeLuca building, while flowers were being delivered, and prepped for resale at outrageous prices inside Dn'DL

Then typical Soho interaction, without the air kissing

Then a look for some greeting cards @ Kate's Paperie

Eataly ended up as being our last stop

Drinking some nice Tuscan stuff

The address is one block away from here and well worth a visit

Reza's Chapulin Grun

My friend Reza, recently completed a build of his SWB hotrod in Chapulin Grun or Cricket Green. Very tastefully done. He put it through its paces in Monterrey at Rennsport 4, with the help of buddies Lewis and Gytis. Enjoy Reza, and bring her out East so we can all drool.