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…

Now the Cape Cinema knows how to do art

When I looked up the movie time for Love and Mercy sitting in the living room of the Happy Cottage in Cape Cod Saturday morning, I became a bit concerned when it was not listed in the familiar cineplex down the road where my dear wife Karen and I had watched films my weekly movie…

It’s a wonder the world even sees Love and Mercy

Brian Wilson led one messed up life. Love and Mercy made me cringe at the thought of what the genius behind the music of the Beach Boys had to go through to get what was inside his head inside of mine. Written by Oren Moverman and Michael A. Lerner and directed by Bill Pohlad, this…

Things I see only on the Cape

All it took was one walk with my dear wife Karen and Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle to realize that there are things in Cape Cod I don’t get to see in Syracuse. Karen says there’s an azalea and rhododendron among these, and that we have them right in the front garden of the Little…