The Fatness comes to Brooklyn

In all her glory, here are a few pix of our (tiring) weekend in Brooklyn with Natalie (aka The Fatness).

Welcome to the world, Edahn - Team Baby Shapir has been waiting for some time

Aunt Brian & Uncle Stef finally get to hold Edahn.















Don't tell Stef but I think he's smiling at me.






It is with great pleasure that we welcome to the world Edahn Shapir! Gal and Elite have been blessed with a beautiful baby boy. The family is happy, momma is getting some sleep, and poppa G$ can't stop smiling (and crying)! He came into this world at 3;15 on Sunday, August 9th weighing in at almost 8lbs (7 lbs, 15.8 oz to be exact!). See below for more pix and vid. Facebook me for additional pix.

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The North Fork

On the way to Connecticut to see Aunt Kathy and El Jeffe, decided to cross the LI Sound at Orient Pt. Our first visit to/through the North Fork of Long Island amounted to some good eats, good wine and good sites.

North Fork

We highly recommend the Macari vineyards. Their cab franc and rose were delish. The grounds at Bedel were breathtaking and rumor has it their sister vineryard, Corey Creek, is even more reminiscent of Napa. On the way, be sure to stop off at the Cheese Shop in Mattituck for fixins. Nothing makes a picnic like some good cheese, bread, and meat. Oh - and wine.

Bastille Day - Brooklyn Style

Brooklyn has a wonderful Bastille Day fete on Smith Street in Cobble Hill. The pictures, however, don't do a sufficient job showing you how many people were there. C-r-o-w-d-e-d. They definitely need to expand this to include additional streets.

The Second Honeymoon - Ireland

I've made a promise to myself to refer to every trip that we take since the honeymoon as "our Nth honeymoon" - keeping the dream alive, per se. With that, there are some pictures from our 2nd.

I hope others get to see the green wonders of Ireland that we saw...


We started in Dublin...

Ireland - Dublin

...rented a car and drove South to Kilkenny...

Ireland - Kilkenny

...continued West to Kinsale...

Ireland - Kinsale

...and farther West through Cork to Kenmare...

Ireland - Kenmare

...then North to the home of me ancestors - Country Clare

Ireland - Co. Clare

Easter - Ava Style

Whoa. It's been a while. Check out the great times we had down in VA (two up, two down!) with the McNamara clan over the Easter holiday.

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