Author: Thomas DelMundo

Beer was flowing aplenty this Saturday at the Von Steuben Day celebrations at Central Park to celebrate the start of Oktoberfest. Von Steuben, I was reminded, was a German soldier hired by Congress during the Revolutionary War to train Washington’s volunteer soldiers and turn it into a disciplined professional army. Remnants of hurricane Ivan made…

Giselle and I have just gotten back from a trip to Cozumel with our friends Kerry and Graham. Me and Graham spent much of the time scuba diving, while G and Kerry were on the beach. On Labor day we drove into the Yucatan to the ancient Mayan city of Chichen-Itza. I’ve posted pix and…

What a lovely week ahead [said with great sarcasm]. NY is filled with left-wing protesters angry at everything Republican and New Yorkers angry at the protesters for getting in their way. A lot people I know have gone on vacation this week, just because they don’t want to deal with the traffic jams and transportation…

The leftovers of hurricane Charley made it unbearably warm and muggy here. You could cut the air with a spatula. But surprise, it was a gorgeous almost Fall like Sunday. I ended up riding my bike in both Prospect Park and Central Park on Sunday so my legs were a bit wobbly today. Things are…

Truth, is stranger than fiction. Even though my dad and a lot of my family live in Jersey, I usually pay little attention to New Jersey politics or news, but it’s impossible not to when the news broke last Friday and through the weekend. One thing Gov. McGreevey has to be thankful for: Saturday Night…

Giselle and I returned from our brief trip to SF and a wedding Sacramento. She calls it her High-School reunion as the bride and a number of the guests and bridal party were her High School friends. She has no plans on attending her 10 year reunion (for the record, I didn’t either.) Call it…

ADWorks the ad agency I worked at in Hawaii is no more. They closed their doors last Friday. I heard rumors, but the official word came this Saturday when the news was posted on a Honolulu newspaper’s website. Doesn’t come as too much of a surprise to me, since they lost their two largest accounts…