Memorial Day 2017

Hi All,

Memorial Day 2017 is right around the corner.  This short but sweet blog entry will give you some help with all your Memorial Day festivities!

These next 3 links talk about the history of Memorial Day.  Read on for what History.com has to say about Memorial Day.  As well as MemorialDay.org and the US Department of Veterans Affairs.


Traditionally, Memorial Day has been the 'unofficial' start of the summer season.  And what better way to start summer than with a barbecue! Read on for more bbq tips, ideas, recipes and more.  Delish has an interesting take on bbq's with an article called 'The Perfect Memorial Day BBQ Menu'.

Allrecipes has a whole section devoted to Memorial Day BBQ and Grilling Recipes - OMG, its  more than you shake a stick at - there is so much information here!  Awesome.

Finally, the New York Times has a link to all things BBQ and Grilling. Yum and yum!

So now that you have figured out what the eats are going to be on Memorial Day, click on these links for what to do on Memorial Day 2017.

MommyPoppins has an article titled 'Memorial Day Weekend Events On Long Island'. Long Island.com has a very comprehensive list of Memorial Day Events at this link. 

For those inclined to visit New York City this weekend check out this link from Curbed New York titled 'Memorial Day 2017: 5 Things To Do in New York This Weekend'.

Finally, click on this link to find out what the all-important weather is going to do this weekend. Wunderground, Weather.com and ABC Channel 7 Weather.

So there you have it - eats, visits, weather and fun stuff to do on the opening weekend of the summer - and Memorial Day 2017!

Enjoy the weekend.

Regards,
Stu

The Meaning of Spring

Hi All,

Well, it looks like - finally - spring has sprung!  But really, what exactly does 'spring' mean?

Indeed, click on this link from the Mother Nature Network to find an article titled 'The Meaning of the Spring Season'. 

Click on this link for more information about spring and its definitions.

And now for the fun part of the blog entry...

Click here to find 50 Fun Spring Activities from RealSimple.com. 
If you have children, you might want to click on this link from PetaKids.com which lists 10 Family Activities That You Must Do This Spring. 

And...click this link to learn how to Enjoy Spring - link is from WikiHow.com.

And finally, click on this link from SparkPeople for an entry titled 'What Do You Love About Spring?

Enjoy the great weather and the sunshine!

Regards,

Stu

Great Weather Sites

Hi All,

If you look out the window right now you'll see beautiful blue skies with nary a cloud to be seen.  Absolutely gorgeous - and with low humidity.

And with that introduction, how could I not do a blog entry about weather.  Its a simple blog entry, but a really helpful one. I'm forecasting that this will be a very popular entry...:)

Here is a list of the top 7 weather websites for users.

1. Wunderground - maps, conditions, forecasts, weather fronts, photos, weather events and more
2. Weather.com - The Weather Channel.  Forecasts, maps, news, breaking events.
3. NOAA.gov  - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration website.  Active weather alerts and much more.
4. Climate.gov - educational site with data and services, a section on Understanding Climate, videos, images and much more.
5. AccuWeather.com - Local and itnernational weather forecasts, radar, current conditionss
6. WeatherBug.com - local and national weather conditions and forecasts
7. Lifehacker - link to the 'Five Best Weather Websites'  - Weatherspark, Weather.gov.NOAA

Enjoy the sites.
Stu

World Record Heat!

Hi All,

Long-time readers of this blog probably realize that I tend to try to write about things that are 'out-of-season'. (Hence my blog entry from 11/12/10 on Birding and my entry from 7/26/10 on Buying Snow Shovels in July...)

Anyway, most folks on Long Island have had just about enough snow for the year...click here for a link discussing how we are in the midst of the snowiest January on record on Long Island.

That being said, I don't want to rehash that which we are tired of - ie snow - I want to talk about the polar (get the pun?) opposite of snow and freezing rain and cold: heat and warmth and sunshine. Hence the blog topic for today!

Click here for a search on Bing (Microsoft's search engine that competes with Google) using the phrase 'world record heat'. The various links are hot stuff - especially the second one entitled, 'Hottest Places on Earth'

Click here to warm yourself - in not necessarily a good way - for an article from USA Today back in July 2010 entitled, 'World Sizzles to Record This Year' Why is this not such a good way you might ask? Because many scientists think that global warming is the cause of such high temperatures we've been having recently. Click here for a quick summary of the debate from a neutral source: National Geographic. Click here for another link about the causes of global warming - this time it is from San Diego State University.

Okay, now that I've mentioned the serious aspects of heat, let's talk about all the fun ways to spend time in warm weather. Specifically let's talk about Spring Date Ideas, goofy answers from Yahoo Answers about 'what to do outside in the warm weather, and finally, from Time Out New York, an entry called, '30 Ways to Warm Up'

See, even though the temperature hit 8 degrees a few days ago, hopefully this entry will warm you right up.

Regards and let's hope for warmer weather in the near future!

Stu

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