Sunday, September 21, 2008

Patches needed

I wanted to get the word out that I list on my site, patches that are needed by myself or my friends. This is a great way to make some extra money, look on the site and let me know what you have and for how much and I will try to make that deal happen.

Thanks,

Owen

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Quarterly Fellowship Gathering

Make plans now to attend the next gathering:

This is the quarterly gathering of collectors from around Central Florida.

Date: October 4th Time: 8am – 1pm

Where: Altamonte Chapel: 825 East Altamonte Drive, Altamonte Springs, FL 32701

What to bring/Theme: Section Seminars/Conferences and Florida Camps

Send me your needs list and I will send it out to the group so people will know what to bring.

Email if you have any questions: howardgr@cfl.rr.com

Owen

Monday, September 15, 2008

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Return from New York

New York City! - I know this post is late but better late than never.

Dawn and I went with Rick Obermeyer, a long time friend. Rick goes to New York several times a year and last year he agreed to help show us the places he has been to in New York.

The trip was awesome, we saw many sites in the city and ate very well.

I will have to do another post to put up pictures; that will take a bit for me to get added.

What did we do?

Arrived 8/28/08 - Walked 5th Ave, Waldorf Astoria, Caswell Massey, Tiffany's, Bergdorf Goodman, Takashimaya (Japanese Dept Store), Pomaire for Dinner (Chilean), St. Patrick's Cathedral and The Strand Bookstore.

8/29/08 - Breakfast at Athena's, Forbes Museum, Museum of the Native American, Ground Zero, Trinity Church near GZ, Chinatown and Little Italy, Wall Street, Lunch @ Grand Central Station, NYC Transit Museum, Battery Park, Castle Clinton NH Monument, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dinner @ 2nd Ave Deli.

8/30/08 - Bagel breakfast near Madison Square Garden, Macy's Herald Square, Flat Iron Bldg., Strolled through East Village, picked up picnic lunch @ Dean & Deluca and ate in Washington Square, Museum of Natural History, "Wicked" at the Gershwin Theatre, Dinner at Halal Cart (gyro), Times Square.

8/31/08 - Bagel breakfast near Madison Square Garden, Post Office zip code 10001, Staten Island Ferry, Central Park, Dinner @ Carmine's, Brooklyn Museum

9/1/08 - Flew home.

It was a truely awesome trip and everyone had a great time.

Owen