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I'm a 33-year-old father and husband born and bred in Massachusetts. I have a beautiful son named Will, a gorgeous wife named MJ who is far too hot to have married me, a dog I love and two cats I put up with. I'm a smart-ass former newspaper reporter with a penchant for turning a phrase, who decided to go corporate and is now enjoying life as a content manager for a website.

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Happy Summer

Memorial Day is (among other things) the unofficial start of summer. It means my favorite restaurants are finally open. It means the tourists are coming in full force. It means traffic rotaries are now a matter of life and death as morons from New Jersey and countless other states slam on their brakes in confusion. It means crowded beaches, fried clams, ice cream and shorts.

And it means Will has to dress “Cape Cod Preppy” to fit in.

Happy Summer!

8 comments to Happy Summer

  • No. God, no, not Will, too!

  • Moo

    That’s one cute kid you’ve got there!

  • Aww! CC Prep is so cute on the wee ones. Just don’t let me see you in that outfit when I cross the bridge in a few weeks ;)

  • Lola,

    You best let me know when you’re hauling your ass down here. There will be beers and salty meats to be had. Let me know. Maybe we can drag Cape Cod Gal along too.

  • Nyla

    Oh my. Too cute.

  • For the record, rotaries in MA are just as dumb as not being able to make a left turn in NJ. But damn, that’s a cute preppy kid.

  • Chelseadawg

    Where I live my favorite resturants are now open but you can’t get in to them because the Shoobies (our word for tourists…don’t ask) are in line. You don’t want to go to the overcrowded beaches because these same idiots think it is great fun to throw bread up in the air to the seagulls. AND New Jersey has plenty of traffic circles so your brake-slamming idiots must be from other states. They can’t seem to drive here either and they are always lost. FYI-You don’t want me coming up there because I would have to steal that adorable child. :-) (Just kidding but he is beautiful.)

  • JEE

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTU2He2BIc0

    You may want to rethink going that route, lmao.