Tag: New Jersey

• The Pink Flamingos of the Pacific Northwest

  I asked my daughter, Erin, about her opinion of pink flamingos. “They have their place,” she answered, without taking more than five seconds to think it over. That place was in a front yard, several blocks from her home in Orting, WA. My wife and I were walking back from a brief shopping trip to…

  patrickjegan

  February 11, 2015

  Blogging, Creativity, Everyday Events, Family, humor, Memories, Mountains and Memories, Nature, non-fiction, Real Personal History, satire, Travels, Uncategorized

  1957, appendix operation, Clint Eastwood, coconut tree, Don Featherstone, grandpa, Grandson, IMAX, Keith Richards, lawn ornaments, Liberty Science Center, Master’s golf, Miami, Miami Vice TV show, Myrtle Beach, New Jersey, Orting WA, Pacific Northwest, pineapple, pink flamingos, Pink Flamingos movie, Safeway, sixth grade science, Union Products, viglante

• Not Just Another Skyscraper

  The Empire State Building has been linked to me, in one way or another, since before I was born. That may sound a bit confusing…but stay with me. I am an American male, raised to hide emotional reactions.  But, I can say that the building has made me cry on more than one occasion.  When…

  patrickjegan

  November 19, 2014

  Blogging, Creativity, Family, Films and filmmaking, History, Memories, non-fiction, Real Personal History

  An Affair to Remember, Bell Labs, Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Empire State Building, father, King Kong, Meg Ryan, memories of childhood, New Jersey, New York City, Sleepless in Seattle, Tom Hanks