Author: tompayne

Every once in a while, you just have to get out and wonder through the city. This time, Tom took his camera…...

At Jim Keesler’s annual birthday BBQ yet another Delinquent passed the big 4-0 milestone…...

It is not often that you are walking around NYC and see a “Blue Screen of Death” displayed above a subway entrance. But with the recent proliferation of animated ads, it was going to happen eventually…...

The club where Tom and Jennifer had their reception is no more. Well, at least the building is still standing. But the restaurant Metronome has closed its doors and is apparenty reopening (or, as the website notes, “evolved”) as “Strata”...

As everyone know, Tom went to school at RPI (Rensselaer) in upstate New York. Imagine how surprised we all where when we saw the name of Tom’s home for four years up on a movie marquis… (that’s the movie “Troy” and “New York Minute”…just a coincidence)...

Tom and Jennifer’s friends Bosco and Susan were in town for a couple of hours so we all got together at McSorley’s. Bosco had told Susan many stories of his am Tom’s adventures during high school at the famous New York landmark pub. Skull even came in from Rockland...

Tom was flying back from a quick trip to Kentucky and found himself flying over Manhattan. Didn’t think they let you do that anymore…...

We were excited to be asked to celebrate the First Holy Communion of our friend Jennifer. A number of family and friends got together at Carucci’s Restaurant in Saddle Brook. click on picture for more photos Winning the long distance guest award was Greg Ameres, visiting from Germany....

Well, OK, they are tulips…but Jennifer did literally stop to smell them during a Sunday stroll....

Jennifer is a huge fan of opera. Over the years, Jen had dragged Tom to the Met to see a variety of classic works…The Marriage of Figaro, Faust, Carmen, etc. Jennifer gets a kick out of it when she catches Tom accidentally humming the themes from Tosca. This week...