Leaving Home

My parents are in the process of getting ready to sell the house I grew up in, in Brookline Ma. Considering I'm living in New York, and my parents spend part of the week traveling for work and most weekends in Newport, the Brookline house is left out. They definitely don't need that big of a house just so our blind Bichon can swan around like a queen. The time has come to bid it adieu. And, for the sake of putting it on the market, a professional photographer came in and took some 'glamour' shots:

Front Hall

Living Room

Dining Room

Kitchen

Family Room

They definitely make the house look much bigger than it really is, and much more sunny for some reason, but nonetheless I think they came out looking pretty great.

Winter Is Coming

So as many of you know (or are experiencing right now) we were hit with a post Christmas blizzard up in the Northeast, and while we were shoveling ourselves out I took a moment to document the wintry wonderland that we woke up to:











PS. For you non-fantasy fans out there who are reading that title and saying, "but winter is here!", that's a reference to George RR Martin's 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series, the first book of which "A Game of Thrones" is being made into an HBO miniseries right now.

Thirty-Six

Thirty-Six Jefferson Road, Chestnut Hill Massachusetts


This is the home of Jordy, one of my dearest friends, her mother Susan and her brother Callen. I've known her most of my life, and this is where she's always lived, so returning here always feels like journeying into my childhood. In fact this drawing became the t-shirt we all wore on Jordy's ninth birthday:


This is the driveway that we used to sled down, and race down in toy trucks.


Here are the tree branches we used to climb:


It dates from the early to mid 1920's, around the same time as the house that I grew up in, and they are both in a Tudor style. It must have been the trend of the 1920's.

Jordy, Charry, & Luna

Jordy is one of my oldest friends, we met in pre-school, so I always make a point of stopping by her house when I'm in Brookline.


She hates having her picture taken but I prevailed in the name of our years of friendship, and I got some really great shots. (Thank god for the Sports setting I swear it was designed to get off lots of shots of camera-shy friends.


I think her strong bone structure looks unbelievable in this light!


When we were little there were cats all over her house, but the brood has since thinned down to three, and while Basil was too camera-shy, I did get the chance to snap a few shots of Charry and Luna. This is Charry investigating the camera:


Luna lounging: