• simplicity

    [Image description] My son loves to fish. Be it off the jetty or on the ocean he’ll spend his summer days fishing whenever he can. Last week he was fortunate to have a friend invite him on their boat....

  • Heirloom Kitchen

    [Image description] For my birthday and Mother's Day my son and his wife gave me dinner at my choice of restaurants. As I was to be laid up for a while following hip surgery, I asked them if we could...

  • the start of summer

    [Image description] ​We survived our first official weekend of summer. Despite the heavy rains at the Jersey shore on Sunday, Thursday through Saturday were beautiful weather days. If you live at the...

  • perfect BBQ side

    [Image description] ​It’s Memorial Day weekend and you’ve been invited to a barbecue. Being the congenial friend, you offer to bring a side dish. No hostess wants to be checking the oven for a side dish...

  • belated birthday dinner

    [Image description] Although my daughter celebrated her 30th birthday last June, she and I finally got to share her birthday dinner. Last fall I gave her tickets to see the Broadway play, "Hamilton."...

  • fresh

    [Image description] ​With the arrival of warmer weather, soft shell crabs are coming to market. While shopping at Wegmans today, they had in their fish case cleaned soft shell crabs for $6 ea. However,...