We mix well with Chatham

See this one out in Santa Barbara, Melinda? My dear wife Karen and I most certainly kept up the Chatham stroll tradition during this year’s Cape Cod vacation adventures. I had to go to my iPhone camera when I spotted a store that carried the name of our great friend Melinda, the big daily colleague…

Great angle

I’m all for somebody else grabbing that brass ring. So when I spotted this never-saw-it-before while my dear wife Karen and I were strolling the shops in Chatham, Mass., I decided it was worth a shout-out. <em>Fire Fishin’</em> is a safe and easy way to roast your marshmallows. I was not in the market, but…

A warm cup and more

This vacation’s drive to Chatham led us to a first stop at Lily’s Diner, a cozy-looking joint on the main drag with an inviting table on the front veranda. The coffee the amiable waitress that I swore to my dear wife Karen came from downstate New York poured into our green Lily’s cups was quite…

Adding to our good time in Cape Cod

When the four of us were perusing the good in a store in Chatham during our Cape Cod Getaway 2021, my eyes struck a truly fantastic item hanging in their buy-something-for-your-wall section. I stared and pictured it making the trip from Massachusetts to Central New York. I must have been in that one spot a…

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…

We walk our coveted Chatham strip

Even with less than stellar weather for our week in Cape Cod, we grabbed our hours of opportunity to take in the sights and things we have loved for a decade now. The little park in town still host art month in June. We were glad. The fact that we started admiring sharks way back…

Even on vacation, the library grabs me

While walking in Cape Cod, I couldn’t help but notice two striking libraries while walking with my dear wife Karen. The Eldredge Library in the heart of Chatham exuded old charm. The Town of Dennis Public Library filled its square with a more contemporary feel. Karen told me I’d fit in at both. Tomorrow: Wrapping…

One last look at Cape Cod, because I can

Of course not every picture I took while hanging out with my dear wife Karen and Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle the pre-touring explosion week in and out of the Happy Cottage on Cape Cod fit right into my posts-of-the-moment. That’s what these ruminating recaps are built to encompass. And so I give you one…