Saturday, we had lunch in midtown west, at BRGR. The venue is cool. The food was good. The value was not so great. For $9 I want a burger that is at least a pound. The sweet potato fries were also cut a little thin for my liking. We had fun though. Afterward, we met … Continue reading Weekend Food→
As threatened, the latest version of JKE is now up and running. It can be found here, or at www.jke.jakesnewblog.com. I haven’t been able to get the style sheet to work right in IE 7, but it works fine in IE 8, Mozilla and Chrome. I haven’t tested it in Safari. So if you are … Continue reading JKE, Reincarnated→
When I saw what I was up against today, I decided to work from home. It gave me a chance to go help shovel the sidewalks at our church (first time, for me), which was nice. It was also good to unload the foot and 1/2 of snow from the car, before it turned into … Continue reading And then it was March, and then it snowed→
After a string of sharing hip-hop and techno, I figured it is time to get back to some rock. I have absolutely loved this band since the first moment that I ever heard them. That’s right, the Pixies. Kind of a weird band to absolutely love, I agree. Frank Black (a UMASS alum), affectionately known … Continue reading La Musica Coolica #14 (PXS)→
We woke up this morning to snow flurries. Not what one hopes for on March 1st. Lucky there was no real accumulation to interfere with our Sunday jaunt into Westchester County, to visit our favorite little star. She was in spectacular form today, wearing her red karate pants. Reagan had her sitting up in the … Continue reading Lazy Sunday→
dear all knowing jake,
for the last three years now, i have been on a quest to find the worlds best 99 cent taco. i have been everywhere. from tacobell to taco time to taco grande. but to my misfortune nothing has quite yet hit me as the worlds best. [...]