New Jersey

Earlier this week, we saw somebody wearing a baseball cap advertising Hot Dog Johnny in the charmingly-named town of Buttzville, New Jersey.

We’re mostly hanging out around our hotel and visiting family. Today I will share a few candid photos that we took around our neighborhood.

Lisa and I arrived in New Jersey yesterday morning for a weeklong family visit.

Now that our work weeks are over, I came back to Washington to reconnect with Lisa and spend some time near DC before heading back home.

Today I took the Acela train from Washington to New York City.

It’s 9:45 on a Monday evening as I write this.

I’m in a pub on Patrick Street, just 15 minutes by foot from where I’m staying this week. There is live music. The pub is alive with conversation. The music is good.

I am beginning a new journey.

As I mentioned in a recent photoblog post, this has been a rough few months for me. (More to come hopefully in the next month or so about that.) For the next two weeks, I’ll be indulging in some self-care-via-travel in Ireland, Germany, and some new points in between.