Southern Connecticut Beach Review

Despite everything happening with the coronavirus pandemic, 2020 has been a great year for beach relaxation — the weather has been perfect, and our town of Fairfield has done a great job in making sure the local beaches are well-maintained and litter-free. I’ve compiled a list of beaches and gear that I’ve liked this year,

Lake Placid Itinerary with Kids

Last week, our family had the chance to spend six days in Lake Placid, NY! We had a wonderful time — abbreviated itinerary below, followed by photos: Itinerary Day 1 Arrive at Hampton Inn Lake Placid, explore boardwalk around Mirror Lake Day 2 Explore High Falls Gorge, go paddleboarding Day 3 Explore the Wild Walk

Danice & Alok Wedding

Last week, my family and I celebrated the wedding of Deena’s sister Danice and Alok! We had a wonderful time at initial ceremony in Tampa . . . followed by a fun Mehindi celebration . . . followed by a beautiful wedding celebration . . . and an awesome reception! Lots of love to the

Building a Flower Wall

One thing that I’ve seen at a couple of recent weddings is something called a ‘flower wall’, which is a beautiful wall made of lace/silk flowers to serve as a backdrop for wedding photos. I had a chance to assemble one a couple days ago for my wonderful sister/brother-in-law, so just wanted to walk through

Glofish Aquarium

Over the past month or so, I’ve been working on stocking a new 60 gallon aquarium. I’ve always loved aquariums in the past, and actually had a 10-gallon aquarium with a betta fish (Reza), followed by five glofish tetras back in the day. Unfortunately, the five tetras passed away a few months ago, and the

3 Easy Hikes in Sedona

This week, my wife and I were in Scottsdale for a conference, and decided to head up to Sedona for a day trip of trail walking / hiking. Although we used to do a fair amount of hiking back in Boston, we decided to do a fairly relaxed trail day, and found a few gems

Regicide Completionist Chronicles 2 Review

This is a brief review of Dakota Krout’s “Regicide”. This is the second book in the “Completionist Chronicles” series, and is categorized as a fantasy LitRPG novel. PLOT A simplified graph of the major plot points in this title can be seen above. I absolutely loved the the last book in the series (Ritualist), and

Amy’s Wedding

My sister got married! Quick note, but just wanted to extend a big congratulations to Matt and Amy who got married on July 14th. The ceremony was absolutely wonderful, and just like the engagement a few months ago, there was lots of love and joy in the air. On the day prior to the engagement,

littleBits Electronics Synth Kit Review

Our public library has a bunch of kid electronic projects that they loan out, so recently I got my hands on the littleBits Electronics Synth Kit. As a kit, it was very well built and surprisingly easy to figure out — I actually worked through all the exercises in the book during Alexander’s nap time,