what about the plastic animals?

Grand Central Terminal

Too much going on this evening so, here, take a look at Grand Central Terminal.

Tonight's Dinner

I'm not in a writing mood tonight so here's dinner.  Pasta with broccoli raab, sausage (from Harlem Shambles) and garlic.  Not pictured:  Otter Creek Stovepipe Porter.

Tom Sawyer Days

There was plenty of frog jumping and fence painting activities going on in downtown Hannibal during Tom Sawyer Days.

Actual Snow

I climbed these stairs today on my way to get the Sunday paper.  The temperature was 20 degrees when I left my apartment.

While paying for the paper I heard someone say "I don't want to walk anymore.  I'm cold and I don't want to walk anymore."  I looked up to see a well-dressed couple, presumably Columbia students on their way to church.  "Well-dressed" is probably the wrong descriptor.  The woman was wearing dressy heels to get around in the snow and slush.  She was also wearing a short dress.  No jacket, no sweater, no gloves, not even a scarf.  I did not know what to make of that.

Life On The Mississippi

What would a trip to Hannibal, Missouri be without a riverboat cruise?

Landlocked! 

Oh, wait, that was a rhetorical question not a dumb joke.  We took an hour-long cruise on the riverboat Mark Twain.  First up to the Mark Twain Bridge, then down along the middle of the river to approximately where the Mark Twain cave (yes, everything in Hannibal is named after Twain) is located, finally returning up along the eastern shore.

There was entertainment and informative tour-guiding along the way but mostly I remember it being oppressively humid and 98 degrees outside.