Good things come in threes

This past weekend is tough to top. They say that good things come in threes and this weekend was no exception.

Golf: On a beautiful sunny fall day Christopher and I played in a end-of-season golf tournament for the golf league at my work. It was just best-ball so it was just for fun. We had a great time and both of us made some contributions to our team's shots so that was good. I sunk a 15 foot put for eagle on one hole and Christopher drove the green on a short par 4.

Home Improvement: As new homeowners our latest hobby is fixing all the deficiencies in our old house. And there are plenty to keep us busy! Christopher's parents were down for the weekend; his mom is a decorating fanatic and his dad is a keen handyman - a killer combination! While we were golfing they busied themselves with some chores around our home: hanging paintings, putting up the Roman shades that had just been delivered, fixing wonky light switches, weatherstripping our front door, assembling our new tool chest. The place is really starting to take shape and we can't thank them enough for all their hard work!I don't exactly know which mechanism local businesses use to get information on new home sales, but since moving in we have received several coupons and offers at our new house welcoming us into our new home. One of the coupons was 10% off at Lowe's so on Sunday the four of us headed off to make good use of it and filled two shopping carts with goodies for the house. And what was invaluable was having Chris's dad help us select what we needed - without him we would have had to do hours of research to find out which products suited our application.

Paolo Nutini: Last night we headed off to Tarrytown, NY for the Paolo Nutini concert. The Tarrytown Music Hall is a fabulous venue. It reminds me of the Music Hall on the Danforth in Toronto, but better! It seats only 843 people so it is a very intimate setting and the architecture on the old building has that shabby-chic sort of thing going for it. In between acts you can just head outside for a breath of fresh air and grab a soda or snack from the volunteer-run snack bar.
Tarrytown is a quaint little town - population of less than 12,000 I believe. But it's convenient for us to get to, which is nice and parking is easy to find. Within 2 blocks of the Music Hall here are several charming restaurants that look very tasty as well as the requisite homemade ice cream shop.The concert was great. I really enjoyed both of the opening acts: Jon McLaughlin & Serena Ryder and bought both of their CDs for $15.

It was fun to see Paolo perform live - and we had great seats too! His Scottish accent is much stronger in person - probably due to a combination of some pre-show drinking along with not being in a formal recording studio. When he spoke between songs (which was not often) the audience probably caught about 10% of what he said because he speaks very quietly and his speaking accent is extremely thick (as a sidenote it always amazes me how people don't have an accent when singing - bizarre).I'll definitely look for more shows in Tarrytown to check out. While Boston and NYC are fun for a weekend trip - Tarrytown is perfect for a dinner & show type evening.