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Nunu’s famous stuffing made an appearance, as is the custom. I was fortunate enough to be able to bring some back to my new family. The tradition continues. Recipe available upon request!    

Duck egg. Brown rice. Sirloin steak. Veggies.   

Bob, Mom, and I headed out to East Hampton to bring CAVU around to Southampton for winter storage. In years past we lucked out with the weather and even snuck a late fall fishing trip into the weekend. This year we were not so fortunate:

The wind was whipping at 35 knots. As I drove down to the marina sea spray coming off the jetti dusted my windshield. I unloaded the remnants of another fishing season into boxes and bags and headed back to the house. There was no way we were getting out of Hogs Creek. Lucky for us we had a back up plan: Head back to Manhasset and attend the BMW Ultimate Driving Experience going on at Citi Field. We wouldn’t be hooking fish but Sister Laura had hooked us up with some passes to some high octane fun.

Just down the road from the Barrows house is The Dorset Marble Quarry. First mined in 1785, the stone from the country’s oldest commercial marble quarry went to build the main branch of the New York Public Library and Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Now all the remains is a massive marble swimming hole. The water was a refreshing 60 degrees, perfect temperature to calm nerves before i took the plunge into marriage and ideal for curing the next days hang over.

The Covey & Nye Shooting Grounds are located on a spectacular 1,200 acre private upland preserve just 25 minutes from Manchester, Vermont and 40 minutes from Saratoga Springs, New York. The preserve offers beginners and experienced clay and wing-shooters a wide variety of shooting challenges – all in a beautiful country setting, with amazing views of Vermont’s Green Mountains, the Taconic Range, and the Adirondacks.

In celebration of our one week anniversary and Katie’s upcoming birthday, I picked up some Grace Potter tickets.