This past weekend I had a first that might surprise some…it was the first time I have ever barbecued!

Seriously, I never did it before and at age 28 I had begun to think that cooking on a charcoal barbecue was becoming this mythical thing that I thought I would never do or experience for myself.

This first barbecue was a test barbecue for two and my overall experience with it…WAS AMAZING!

I don’t think that I ever felt so powerful or so in charge as I did when I was standing over the grill asking, “Do you think I should flip these?”  and “When should the cheese go on?”

Yes, I was definitely the alpha male!

This was one of the final products…

Perhaps this whole breaking down the barbecue wall might one day get me to finally go to the mythical land that they call, Florida!

These past couple of days of temperatures in the high 80s and low 90s has created a mega growth spurt to the life of some of my plants.

This Iris was but a small bud early last week…

I’m not complaining though, it’s a gorgeous sight for my eyes!

NYC tries to be prepared for just about anything to happen to it whether it be act of nature, terrorism or anything in between.  This is due to the fact that it has consistently been attacked and plotted against in real life as well as been destroyed numerous times by way of Hollywood.

Ladies and Gentlemen, this is what NYC has to keep us safe from invading zombies and vampires…

Large rocks and pointy pieces of wood.

It’s really quite brilliant and economical.

The large rocks protect everyone on land from invading zombies by way of creating too steep a footing for zombies to walk up – zombies are known to walk in a stiff and rigid small stride.

The pointy pieces of wood protect everyone from invading vampires by way of intimidation, this is because the pointy pieces of wood would naturally stab vampires directly through the heart – which is the only way to kill them.

Rest well, New York…you’re safe.

It took me several years…and now I am officially part of the Crocs Nation…

I tried them on because I had heard that they were going out of business soon, so I thought I better feel what everyone had been talking about all these years and I was blown away by how comfortable they were.

Five minutes later I had purchase in hand and walking away from an elderly Asian cashier at Century 21 who sounded as though she was speaking with a Turkish accent (the bird, not the country).

“Gobble, gobble prize.”

Based off of what she has highlighted on the receipt and how she was pointing to a desktop near the cashiers, I think she was trying to get me to take a survey and attempt to win a prize – but I could be wrong.

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