Dennis Port proud
Sitting at a window counter enjoying a Bucky’s breakfast, my dear wife Karen and I spotted a neat mural adorning the adjacent courtyard walls. It stretches two frames wide and emcompasses much history. Great art.
Give Ellie B her toys, floor space … and the beach
So the week following Memorial Day didn’t turn out to be great beach weather for our cherished rescue mutt Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle. No worries. She was happy to make the trip, to be with us, the kids, her toys … Wait. Toward the end our our 10 days, the weather turned very warm…
Back to the Beach Bar
We returned to the Beach Bar to sit inside the outside structure and enjoy the spot we have come to savor. It was closed for COVID-19 when we came in September 2020, so we sat on the patio instead. A Painkiller and pint of Jack’s Abbey were just right. Did I mention the view of…
When in Cape Cod, put together Cape Cod puzzles
My dear wife Karen and terrific daughter Elisabeth spent their inside time in the lovely little Dennis Port cottage working in tandem on the big puzzle we brought back with us this year. It’s the one bought during the September 2020 vacation that Karen couldn’t quite finish, so she dismantled it to put back into…
Taking in P-town during Pride Month
The kids couldn’t join our vacation trip to Cape Cod for the first time and not experience the vibe that it Provincetown, we figured. I told Elisabeth and George Three how so much is jammed into so little space as we drove the hour-plus to the east end of the Cape. The start of June,…
New discoveries around Chatham
The four adventurers drove along the shore roads of Chatham and pulled up between the lighthouse and a cool-looking beach. First walk for Elisabeth, George Three, my dear wife Karen and I was the alluring beach, big shark warning be damned. The sand felt good on our feet. The wind felt good in our hair.…
The seals of Chatham finally came out to say hello
We told the kids that it would be fun to sea the seals of Chatham, but we’d have to get there early enough for the feeding off the fish pier. We made our schedule, witnessing the early fog. Alas, we forgot that the fishermen would take Memorial Day off. That meant there was not an…
Amid the flowers, a toy exhibit
A big barn on the Heritage Museum grounds in Sandwich, Mass., held a well-appointed History of Toys exhibit. The early tricycle looked to George Three and I as if it would fit perhaps a 2-year-old of today’s size. Maybe. I cheered the big mind who gave us Monopoly. Spying on the big wall collage the…
The festival windmill and more slayed me
Smack dab in the middle of the flowers that made the Rhododendron Festival so memorable sat a windmill. A plaque explained it. I did not make it to the plaque as my fellow visitors were ahead of my lingering self at this point. Also extremely cool were the Lego creatures dotted throughout the grounds, including…
The Rhododendron Festival makes me curious
As we walked the grounds of the Rhododendron Festival in Sandwich, Mass., I thought and thought. Why do some plants indigenous to this are have flowers so big? While others right beside it are far less bulky? What are these hanging pods that might or might not be fruit? Why don’t we in the land…
Mark Bialczak 