Hello, Atlantic Ocean

My dear wife Karen and I hoped for a little Serenity Now on the stools of the Tiki Bar, high over the beach of Cape Cod, steps from the Ocean House restaurant and the resort motel it serves. That’s on our Traditions List for this annual pre-tourist-rush week in the Happy Cottage. Alas, on the…

Straight from P-Town

I’ve been mulling this idea about a great T-shirt around in my head since my dear wife Karen and I started visiting Provincetown as part of our annual pre-tourist-invasion June week in Cape Cod. The saying is Straight from P-Town. We love this city on the top of the Cape because it is so inclusive…

If You Are a Quote Lover, Day Two

It’s time for the meat in the sandwich for my participation in the latest BloggyVille tag game, If You Are a Quote Lover. I was nominated by the quite polite Soumichatterjeenath of anunwrappedsoul so I accepted while on vacation in Cape Cod. Why not, right? I’ve been posting two entries a morning anyway while making…

Art for art’s sake

My dear wife Karen and I finally walked the cute little block of Dennisport without Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle and stuck our head into a few shops. I didn’t expect my whole body to be pulled inside Porter & Mags: Home Furnishings and Design Studio behind Karen the way it was, but … ……

A new bar, friendly folks

My dear wife Karen noticed it right away on our first walk around the cozy town with Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle. A new bar and grill had opened between our annual visits to the Happy Cottage in Cape Cod. The Red Nun sure looks nice on the outside, she said, noting how we’d remarked…

If You Are a Quote Lover

So I interrupt this vacation in Cape Cod to take part in the latest BloggyVille tag game, If You Are a Quote Lover. Soumichatterjeenath of anunwrappedsoul nominated me yesterday. She and I are new followers of each other, and she’s always very polite in her comments. I wouldn’t dare not accept her challenge. Thank you,…

Let us eat pie

Once upon a time, my dear wife Karen came to Cape Cod without me. She brought her collection of friends for their Girls Getaway to the Happy Cottage, leaving me and Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle to fend for ourselves back in the Little Bitty, as per another of our summer rituals. They ate freshly…

I won’t flip flop on Flip Flop

We walked into the liquor store knowing we wanted the next label in our wine-expanding experiment. I was pushing for 19 Crimes, suggested by my smart blogging friend Hollie. My dear wife Karen was in for this interestingly named variety, so we closely looked over the Merlot shelves. That’s the grape we’ve been drinking together…

The street of Chatham

My dear wife Karen and I have been to Cape Cod in the Happy Cottage four years in a row now. Long enough to know what we must do to make the near-summer vacation complete. Drive that 15 or so miles down the road to visit Chatham makes the list. This year, though, we crossed…