Oct 21, 2011

With nothing to do really we went to Carousel Park to play a round of disc golf. It took me a while to get into it, but I had fun on the later holes. It's a long course though and I wasn't feeling the walk through the big open fields while it was windy.

The scenery was beautiful as colorful leaves dropped into the stream. I spent some time taking photos here and then carried on until I decided to call the game after hole 12. I did alright on most of them. When we got back we stopped at Wildflower and grabbed some food.

I was planning to get to bed early but I never can. I met Chuck, Sarah, Kate, and her friend Crystal at the Oar House for a couple of drinks for Crystal's birthday. We had a good time but they decided to move to another bar so I headed back home.

I did manage to get to bed somewhat early, but I knew I'd only be getting a few hours of sleep.

Mar 17, 2010

Ryan picked up Chuck and me in the morning and we headed to Delaware for a day of disc golf. We went to Carousel Park first for a good beating.

The weather was perfect and we got a workout on all the hills of the course. Chuck wasn't a big fan of those but we all had a good time.

We were ready for a break after 18 holes at that course so we went to Quizno's for lunch. Once we were refueled we headed out to course two.

Even though the first course was really nice and barely showed any signs of rain damage, Lum's Pond was flooded and almost unplayable. We had to walk carefully around the first few holes to get to our discs, so after the second one we decided to go to a different one.

We went to Iron Hill, which is another brutal course with long fairways. It wasn't muddy though, so that was a plus. We played about nine holes probably, which add up to a full course somewhere else, before calling it a day and going home.

I came home and had time to relax and have something to eat before band practice. We sounded really good with all of us there. We worked a few things out and ended the night excited about playing our show.

I hung out watching Californication for a while and then went for another night run because I couldn't sleep.

Jan 24, 2010

I went to the Looking Glass in the morning with my mom for breakfast. I haven't seen her in a while so we had a chance to talk while I had a breakfast burrito and she had these delicious looking crepes. I wish I got those..

I picked up Joanna and we headed to Carousel Park in Delaware to play disc golf. It was nicer than the last time we were there even though it rained a little bit when we first got there.

The course was still difficult but fun. Joanna couldn't keep her discs out of the water but we both steered clear of the the big pond. There were at least three discs out on the ice that we couldn't reach as well. Too bad.

I had an awesome drive on hole 16 where I put it about ten feet from the basket. I missed the putt though. No luck today.

We found our way to Iron Hill to play as much as we could. It was raining a bit when we got there but it stopped shortly after. The course is always muddy as it is but it was even more so this time.

Joanna made an amazing putt from about thirty feet through the trees. It was awesome. We played to hole nine and then headed out so we had time to get dinner.

We went down the road to Home Grown. This time we got a lot less food. I got a veggie burger that was really good.. not the best ever though.

We went to Harmony Grange for the acoustic show and got there just before Vinnie Caruana went on. He played a handful of Movielife songs, I Am the Avalanche and solo things. He was really good and funny between songs while he tuned his guitar. He seemed a little disappointed in the crowd not singing along with him but he looked like he was having fun.

JT from Hawthorne Heights played in after Vinnie but he was pretty annoying; bad songs and he talked too much. Anthony Raneri (of Bayside) came out right after him and got right into the songs. He knew what we were there for. He played a lot of great songs. Only a few of his own solo stuff, mostly Bayside songs and a few great covers.

The set was pretty long and everyone was singing along. Anthony seemed really grateful to everyone for coming. It was cool to hear some explanations behind a few of my favorite songs as well.

The show was over pretty early so we came back and watched some tv before sleep time.

Nov 22, 2009

It was another early start to a Sunday, leaving around 7:30 for Delaware. We got some breakfast bagels on the way and ended up at Carousel Park a little after 9. It took us a little more time to find the tee for the first hole, but once we got there we met some guys that were happy to help us navigate. The course was really nice but the holes were long. The first two holes played near and over this pond. It was a little wet, making the discs slippery and we weren't doing great on the first few.

As the grass dried out and it got a little warmer, we started doing much better. The course played through the woods and back out into the open, where several holes were on huge, open greens. It looked like a regular golf course at points. Joanna and I each had some good and bad shots but it was a lot of fun overall.

Next, we found our way to White Clay Creek State Park and needed some help finding the disc golf course in general. Once we found it, it was a nice, short hole course, especially compared to the other one. It was pretty easy to find each hole, even though we played the same hole twice by accident because of how the trail loops. This one made up for some of our high scores at Carousel Park.

We put our discs away and headed out on one of the hiking trails. It took us on a large loop around the park. It wasn't that strenuous but it was a good walk. There were some very nice picturesque areas (which I'll post if/when I get my images from my laptop..) Joanna photographed some animal parts that had recently been removed and we came upon a very old car that was in the middle of the woods somehow. The hike lasted until sunset and we got back just in time for the park to close. We sat on the swings to rest for a bit and then I changed in the port-o-changing room.

We went downtown in Newark to Home Grown Cafe for dinner. It was a really nice little place with local art on the wall and a good vibe. We decided to split the pumpkin soup and veggie chili for appetizers since we couldn't decide. Both were really good and complete opposites of one another. Sweet and spicy. I got Forest Mushroom Mac and Cheese with delicious crunchy baked cheese on top. Joanna got the BBQ Seitan sandwich. All of the food was so good.

Since we've been getting dessert all the time, we couldn't resist their offer of "the best carrot cake you'll ever try!" I can't really argue with them on it either. It was pretty amazing. I guess I'll be trying carrot cake forever now thinking that it's just not the same. We went back to her place after dinner and hung out watching things, playing Scrabble and trying to do work.