The New Monster

This dazzling creation is our new spoon rest. My Better Half and I found it at the Manayunk Arts & Crafts Festival and couldn't resist buying it. (If you like this, you should have seen their cookie jars!)

We also saw several marvelous photographs -- but with our walls already overflowing, we only admired their beauty.

A Night Game

Saturday night, we watched a night game where the Phillies played Baltimore. The weather was perfect, and the food at the ballpark was good. Although the Phillies lost, we had a great time.

2009 Manayunk Street Party

Actually, it's the "TD Bank Philadelphia International Cycling Race" -- the name doesn't exactly roll off the tongue -- which brings cyclists from all over the world to race through Philadelphia, including the Manayunk neighborhood. The estimate for this year was that 300,000 spectators lined the streets. The cyclists complete ten passes of the course for a total of 156 miles.

Here in Manayunk, everyone cheers the cyclists while drinking beer and ringing noisemakers ( cowbells were a popular free handout this year, from both Saturn and TD Bank). The most popular spot is along the half-mile long "the wall," where the course climbs steeply. Here is a picture of the pack of cyclists starting to climb the wall during one of their first passes:

It was a beautiful day, with sunshine and a high in the low eighties, perfect for a party!

HDTV

We bought two televisions recently, both HDTVs. They are great. The picture is excellent, and being LCDs they are so thin they fit anywhere. With new antennas, they receive multiple choices for each local channel. The NBC channel (for example) has three choices, including weather and sports. The choices were so good that we canceled our cable subscription.

The HDTV sets have a connection for our PC, so we can display pictures, YouTube clips, or Hulu.com shows. :-)

Philly Open Windows

The cat, Abby, has been enjoying spring. She lounges on the window sills in front of the open windows, enjoying the breeze, the scents from outside, and the view (especially of birds and squirrels).

We are also enjoying having the windows open; when we lived in Atlanta, we couldn't have open windows without yellowish pollen covering everything.