Lights Out

Our weekend trip to NYC was called due to storms --a big one that took out more than 2,000 big trees in our neighborhood. We were spared, save for our electricity, which was out for about 14 hours. Still we remain grateful. Many of our friends and neighbors got socked much, much harder (power out for days and enormous trees thrown onto their homes and cars). It goes without saying, but I will anyway: thank God no one was hurt.

So instead of Manhattan, we sweated it out at the pool, grandma and grandpa in tow. We were very happy to have them with us for the weekend. They, on the other hand, might have preferred some A/C and lights. Maybe next time.