The Upstate Under Your Nose

Don’t bother double checking your calendar or regret throwing away that dried up tree you tossed out a few weeks ago. Just bear with me o...

I swear this is nowhere near as dirty as it sounds. Last week we were enjoying a family game night with a round of Junior Scrabble. Si...

ACT I: Weekends are rarely as relaxing as we would like. Housework, yardwork, baseball and soccer games, birthday parties, etcetera de...

King Of The Mountain A couple of Sundays ago my son Ivan became the youngest person in the history of people to hike to the su...

I am far too tired from Skunk Fest to write about Skunk Fest. So here's some pictures of another amazing weekend at the Skunk ...

Did you ever wish you could be three places at once? This has been a growing problem for me as there just seems like there is too m...

This Looks Like A Great Idea! Anybody that read our opinion of the food truck debate might have picked up some clues that I am a rab...

I am actually not sure if recap is an accurate term.   For those of you that attended The Albino Skunk Music Festival, I doubt I ca...

A week ago I had shoulder surgery. A "minor procedure" turned into an unexpected repair of a torn rotator cuff and a torn bicep.  ...

A few weeks ago we ranted about, I mean, reviewed The Upstate Be’s Best of the Upstate Reader’s Choice Awards. The winners of this surv...

Every couple of months Chris builds up enough overtime during the week to get kicked out of work on Friday.  Sometimes this penny pinching a...

Lego's Ninjago Dragon The last post was written because our friend Debi wanted me to write about our dinner and asked that her nam...

The Lodge A couple weekends ago Chris, Ivan, a kidnapped child, and I went on an adventure.   We hiked at Jones Gap State Park and lis...

Turn off the Amber Alert. The kidnapped child was safely returned home. Ok, so it was not actually a kidnapping… we told Blue’s parents in ...

The Rim Is Aptly Named Early last week Chris suggested that we plan a “big” hike for the coming weekend.  Since we did not have Ivan her ...

The Avett Brothers Saturday night Chris, Ivan and I celebrated the turning of the calendar at The Bi-Lo Center with The Avett Brothers . ...

New Year’s Eve is a time for celebration. Generally we eat and drink in excess so we can make sure we wake up on New Year’s Day feeling suff...

We just wanted to take a quick moment to tell everybody that reads this site that we hope you are having a happy and joyful Christmas, Hanuk...

<NOTE: It would have made sense to post this days ago when it was written and Christmas was not already upon us but I got busy. I think t...

I am a quarter Jewish but my involvement in the religion and its activities is limited, to say the least.  I would like to take a quick mome...