Goold Road
on Nov 20, 2009 in living walking Columbia County Goold Road Photography Upstate New York The gentleman was smoking a cigar as he walked. It smelled wonderful and, though yes, it is bad for your health, Goold Road is a great cigar-smoking walking road.

33rd Street, 7am
on Nov 19, 2009 in living walking 33rd Street Herald Square Manhattan New York City Photography Sunshine I've been having a lot of very early mornings lately. And while I find them trying, they're really good for taking pictures.

Root Down
on Nov 10, 2009 in cooking food gardening herbal poultry recipes veggies Autumnal Cooking cookbooks Duck Fall French cooking roasted vegetables Root Vegetables Veselka When I'm stressed out, I buy books. And so, on the day before my surgery, I found myself in the cookbook section of the Strand.

Macro
on Nov 5, 2009 in gardening living the basics Dew Fall Leaves Macro Photography Water Drops Well, I'm feeling a little stressed right now. So, I decided to go out into the backyard to see if taking macro shots could calm me down.

White Bridge Road
on Oct 30, 2009 in drinking eating (out) food snacking walking Columbia County Country Roads Fall Foliage Kinderhook Creek Old Chatham Photography Upstate New York The map of Columbia County is littered with little roads that are public, and yet, ostensibly private, like Spangler Road. And they're perfect for walking.

What The Emperor Ate
on Oct 27, 2009 in eating (out) food living Albany Capital District Chinese Food Chinese Restaurants Colonie Emperor's Restaurant Noodle Soup Upstate New York Wolf Road On our first trip to Emperor's restaurant on Wolf Road in Colonie, we were skeptical. There is a lot of bad Chinese food in upstate New York. But, as Isaac reasoned, if they had taken the time to put a neon sign advertising Hong Kong-style noodle s...

Cooking With Wood
on Oct 22, 2009 in bovine cooking food gardening heirloom·modern learning legumes piscine recipes veggies American Cooking Bivalves Chowder Cooking With Fire French cooking Ovens Roasted Oysters seafood soup Wood-Burning Stoves It was obvious that we wouldn't be using that stove to make dinner. I looked around at all the perishable seafood: Oysters, clams, scallops and a brick of frozen flounder. We still had to cook.

Chatham, New York 6pm
on Oct 21, 2009 in living traveling Chatham New York Columbia County Photography Sunsets Upstate New York Who knew stopping for gas could be so beautiful?

Spangler Road
on Oct 14, 2009 in living walking Beagling Chatham Center Columbia County Country Roads Fall Foliage Kinderhook Creek Photography Spangler Road Upstate New York Little did we know that Spangler Road is the prettiest road in the whole world. It passes past a very well-manicured horse farm populated with lots of curious horses and a few silly dogs. And then you go around a curve and you come to this:...

Around The Backyard
on Oct 7, 2009 in food gardening living Columbia County Fall Foliage Outdoors Photography Fall is definitely upon us.