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Mastic was the home of William Floyd, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Long Island ‘s first two settlements were Southold and Southampton, in 1640. Deep Hollow Ranch in Montauk is the site of the oldest cattle ranch in America , built in 1658, and birthplace of the American cowboy. The Lighthouse […]
Continue ReadingI spent this week at National Harbor MD.. I’ve never heard of it before, but my timeshare had a resort there, and it was less than 10 minutes to Washington DC where we were looking to visit. While I did spend a little time in Washington, a bigger part of the trip was spent exploring […]
Continue ReadingI’m a huge fan of three day weekends. On Saturday we went to the LI Ducks Game, featuring Gucci fireworks after the show. We kicked the Bridgeport Bluefish’s butts 15 to 5. On Sunday we shot out to Greenport LI for the Greenport Tall Ship Festival. The town closed down a number of streets for […]
Continue ReadingMy wife and I go to the Orlando area somewhat frequently. We find that there is just a lot of things to do. Between Disney, the Orange County Convention Center, and Celebration, there are just lots of bars restaurants, and activities to do. This time we went, we trolled around in Downtown Orlando. We had […]
Continue ReadingRosie and I jumped on a fishing boat on Sunday evening out of Port Jefferson called the Celtic Quest. Rosie caught two porgies: I didn’t catch anything this time out, alas, perhaps next time. At any rate, I took a few photos of the sunset on the Long Island Sound. Check them out here: This […]
Continue ReadingThe 5th Avenue and 53rd Street subway station in NYC has two escalators (one of which are on either side of this staircase), of which one is nearly always down. Not the same one mind you, it could be either of them. According to the MTA, the escalators have been down for THREE months. That’s […]
Continue ReadingJuly 20, 1969: One Small Step … One Giant Leap … http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2009/07/dayintech_0720 biffsocko.com is a huge fan of the crew of Apollo 11 and NASA in general. For related posts: http://www.biffsocko.com/2010/05/14/neil-armstrong-kicking-ass/
Continue ReadingThe Custer Observatory is home of the largest telescope on Long Island. Since it’s open to the public every Saturday night, I had the oportunity to gaze at the stars through it last weekend. It was a beautiful stary night and I look forward to going back again.
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