We saw that the West Indian American Labor Day Parade (that’s a mouthful) started at 11 a.m., and we thought, “Perfect.” We’re so gullible. We got there at 11 and found a place right up against the fence. “Perfect.” The parade kicked off at eleven. “Perfect.” And then, for the … Read More
Coney Island
Coney Island on a late summer day. What could be better if you’re an Italian kid from Brooklyn? Or, if you’re not in a movie, then what could be a better day than this, just before the rain and winds from yet another hurricane/tropical storm/whatever show up from somewhere in … Read More
Central Park & Chinatown
The thing about New York is that the entire city is iconic. Every inch of it—it sometimes feels—is identifiable through some memory of a song, tv show, movie, photo, something. So walking around you quickly feel like you know the place. A couple of weeks in we’re already giving directions … Read More
Manhattan & Brooklyn
The last few days we’ve just sort of been wandering around Manhattan and Brooklyn. The Transit Museum, the High Line, Pier One Park, Bryant Park, and random neighborhood parks. The weather has been beautiful, the pizza cheap and delicious, the beer usually too warm, and the mood generally way more … Read More
Statue of Liberty
A couple of months back we asked Lowe where he would like to go for his birthday. He said, “The Statue of Liberty.” And we had intended to make that happen. Things happen, though, and we missed it by two weeks. Today we finally got to go, and it was pretty … Read More
NYC Tourists
It’s funny how in a huff New Yorkers get about their city if you’re off exploring one of the hundreds of landmarks that have identified New York City to the world for a couple hundred years. As if those sites aren’t a part of New York, or as if that’s … Read More
Scranton and Then Some
Scranton! We finally made it to Scranton. Who hasn’t dreamed of visiting Scranton, even if for only a few hours? Well, dream no more. Steamtown Train Museum. Check. Lowe had to have a second order of tacos from this truck. We spotted this old beauty while driving down the road. … Read More
Lake Michigan
Because I was able to update our last blog post right away, from Chicago, a longtime Bum friend was able to get in touch and let us know that she had a beach cabin a hundred miles away, in Michigan, just sitting there empty during the week. We quickly changed plans and … Read More
For the Love of Pizza
Whenever we leave Minnesota we are bound for a coast. We never leave MN saying, “Let’s head to Kentucky for a spell.” It’s generally the West Coast, and once was the Gulf Coast, but this time it’s the East Coast. We’ve got a timetable for hitting New York, so for … Read More
Back At It
A new truck, a new adventure. It started today. We didn’t actually pack the truck until the night before, and were not too surprised when everything didn’t fit in there just the way we had hoped. It’s easy to overpack a truck when you’re bringing pretty much everything you own … Read More
