Annie Bailey's

This past Saturday night Heather and I went out in Lancaster city. We dropped Brenna off at grandma's so we could have a date night. We started off and went to a movie, Invincible. We liked the movie. We hadn't been to movie in probably 3 years or so. It's also rare that we even rent a movie. Anyhow, I was a little apprehensive because I find Mark Wahlberg to be annoying in movies. Surprisingly though, he did not fake a South Philly accent. It was a good story, though quite embellished. We don't know if non-Philly viewers will enjoy it as much as we did. Here is a review of the movie if you're interested.

After the movie, I wanted to go get a beer at Annie Bailey's Irish Pub. We got there after a very difficult parallel parking job by myself. I got a pint of Guinness and Heather got a Kaliber (it's a nonalcoholic beer), she's 5 months pregnant. We sat as close as we could to the band playing Irish music. We hit about 10 bars in Chicago back in April in search of Irish music without success. Here we move to Lancaster and stumble upon it the first night we go out. We (mostly me) really enjoy listening to Irish music in the bar setting. I can not bear to listen to it otherwise. We had gone to Ireland in 2001 and it was there that we were first exposed to Irish music. Then again in Las Vegas for my buddy Jamie's wedding at the Nine Fine Irishmen.



Back to Annie Bailey's. I've included a picture from their website so you can see what it looks like inside. I didn't have my camera. After the band finished up at about 10pm, we moved over to the bar to watch the second half of the Notre Dame-Michigan State game. It was ugly. Brady Quinn was not on. By the end of the third quarter, ND was down at least 3 TD's. We decided to leave and call it a night. When we got home, I thought I would check out the final score just for shits 'n' giggles. To my surprise, ND had just gone ahead in the game with under 2 minutes left to play. I kind of wished we had stayed at the bar, but hindsight is always 20/20.

Our Apartment.

When we first moved to Lancaster we were looking for temporary housing. So we came across this month-to-month lease on this apartment. We thought we could tough it out until our house in NJ sells. Here we are almost 7 months after our house went on the market and we are still stuck in this apartment. So here are some pictures of the place:

This is the kitchen, it's miserable:


This is the family room with my girls on the couch reading:


This is the master bedroom, notice we have no furniture:


Here is Brenna's room. She doesn't sleep much in her bed because she tends to wander out of it. Thus, most nights we stick her in the crib.


All this luxury is coming to an end on October 8th. We will be moving into a 1 year commitment of a three bedroom townhouse. All of our furniture will follow. Looking forward to the new place.

Welcome to our Blog!

Hello.

We are starting this blog to keep in touch with everybody who we do not see on a daily basis any more. As many of you know, Heather, Brenna and I picked up from New Jersey and moved to Lititz, PA which is in Lancaster county, PA. The reason for the move was that I took a job at Lancaster General Hospital in the Emergency Room. (I am trained in and can only practice Emergency Medicine.) We had realized that we were not Jersey people. We didn't really like living in NJ. There were many irritating things about NJ. You can't pump your own gas. You can't make left turns. These little daily annoyances add up over two years. Anyhow, we are now back in PA and adjusting quite nicely to PA Dutch Country.

So, the purpose of this blog will be to keep you updated on our lives. There will be pictures to see and passages to read. I think you'll find it entertaining, as I'll try to keep it funny also. It will also serve as a medium for you to see Brenna grow up on a day to day basis. (I hope this will help avoid those "You're getting so big!" comments relatives always have in store for children they haven't seen in a while.)

Lastly, I invite you to make comments, ask questions and most of all check it once a week or so. To make a comment you'll have to click on the link under each post the looks like comments. (I don't know how to underline, but use your imagination.) You can make the comment available to just us or to all readers of the blog.

Enjoy.