Category Archives: Friends

2/20/19 – HAL, DOG, UTMH, tennis

Wednesday 2/20/2019

Finished up the DOG website forms for Karen. They are now set up as a database so she can export things  En mass.

Good call with Miranda Barry about David Murphy and a foundation for the library. She had followed up on my conversation with David while we were in FL last week. Looks like a good opportunity to get a significant start on an endowment for the library. Also we talked about possible co-president arrangement.

Spent most of the afternoon with Seth. Discussed customer service requirements and lit of user manuals that Ryder Cooley needs to write. Reviewed bad service situation with Troy Web. Need to have a meeting with Anthony DeBonis to try to improve things. Also talked with David about his Slack account. 

Spoke with Anita Harris for 30 minutes. More about her Mom’s house and all of the travails with her siblings.

Evening tennis was just so so. 

2/7/2019 – Breakfast in Brickell, Abort Trip to Miami Beach, ICA Design District, Mark and Sue Haven

Thursday 2/7/2019

Breakfast at Granier Bakery on Brickell Ave. Walked back via grocery store where we picked up salads for dinner. Then jumped in car to drive to Miami Beach to look in at Bass Museum. Drove around looking for a parking spot for 30 minutes with no success. Left and drove to Museum Design District and the Institute of Contemporary Art  where we were to meet up with Mark and Sue Haven a bit later.

Walked around this district of expensive stores. Stopped at Bel Air Fine Art. Mostly just flashy stuff. Jeff Coons. Lenticular photographs. Two large photos of Morgan Library and Prado created from hundreds of individual shots. Only thing of lasting interest are a series of painting in revers perspective on the second floor by Patrick Hughes.

 

2/2/2019 – Cambridge, Griffin Museum, friends

Saturday 2/2/2019

Breakfast with Linda Larson. Helped her with voicemail.

Lunch with Ruth and Paul Richards at Paddy’s Pub in West Netwon. He looks gaunt and slowed down. She is recovering from difficult diverticulitis with infection. Nevertheless they are in good spirits.

Then off to Museum of Fine Arts. Got there too find a line out onto Huntington Ave of people waiting to get in. Turns out the first weekend in each month the Bank of America buys everyone with a bank card free admission. So, off to the Griffin Museum with Esther. Not very interesting.

Stopped by Legal Seafoods in Tech Square for a cameo drop in where Jimmy and Dorothy Nelson’s extended family were celebrating Matt’s birthday. Her brother the lawyer looked quite depressed. 

Dinner at a trendy, over-priced Italian joint on Main St., Sulmona. I was very grumpy.

Tuesday – 2/14/2017 – Florida Trip

Started with breakfast looking over Flo’s water feature pond with roaring pump across the way where a sink hole had opened.

Drove to Wakodahatchee Wetlands Preserve – we’ve been here before. Lots of birds, reptiles, etc. One mile walkway over swamp. Continue reading →

Sunday – 2/5/2107

at Ryles.

Brunch with the regular crew at Ryles in Inman Square. Got confused about where I was headed, kept trying to drive to Davis Sq. The pull of the long history of brunches at now defunct Johnny D’s probably. Arranged not to sit near Ruth Goodman. Talked mostly with Michael Beach and Edie Bresler, new love interest for Cindy Weisbart.

Lunch with Paul and Ruth Richards at Paddy’s in West Newton

Super Bowl

Very exciting game during the last quarter. Improbable outcome.


Vertigo continues especially getting up in the middle of the night.

Friday – 2/3/2017

Follow up appntmnt with Jeanne Pierce. Blood work good. Gave me a referral to Fish and Game for the benign positional vertigo. 

Updated UTM overview flyer for RPM. Talked with Matt Almeida. Opened mail, paid bills, finally found cataract instructions bundled in with the ones for the hydrocelectomy. 

Left for Cambridge for Super Bowl weekend at 12:30. Arrived at Esther’s house then to movie. 

Paterson

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Wednesday – 2/1/2107

Went to CMH for UTM meeting about Remote Patient Monitoring project.

Very succcessful meeting to kick off the patient pilot. Lots of good ideas from the staff.

Linda departs

Drove to Albany. Lunch at Iron Gate restaurant just across the street from the Albany Institute of Art and History. Wandered around Rte 43 going east before connecting with 9 to go back to Hudson.

Outside Albany Institute


1924 Auto Show Albany Armory – one of many local photographs in a large survey on display at the Institute.

Amtrak Station, Renssalear NY

 

 

Tuesday – 1/31/2017

Local Produce

Went to corner store for some cereal for Linda. The prominence of sugar is amazing. Who would have thought of Reese’s Puffs?

Up and out to dentist appointment for root canal. Another $1,000 procedure!

The three of us went to the library. Karen to talk with Brenda Shufelt about the replace Peppler print.

Took Linda to see the library for the first time. Lunch at Cascades. Chatted with Linda about her doings. She is working on a research project at Mass Mental on how mentally ill relate to  their clinicians. Structured interviews.

Met with Seth Lachterman in mid afternoon. Prep for tomorrow’s CMH meeting. 

Geodesic dome house along Rte 25 in Stockport.

Linda and I went on a little ride in the country. Stockport Creek, then along Hudson River to Rte 25 to 9H to Stottville.

Stop at Price Chopper for bread for garlic bread.

Flat Tire

Dave Drake called at 6 to say that he had a flat tire. So we agreed to declare victory and we would get together another time. This left us short spaghetti sauce. Opened freezer, hot sausage into the nuker and 30 minutes later sauce. Karen made garlic bread a la Joy of Cooking. Very good.