Grandma Jo, Jasper, Becky and I drove to Boston for Sarah (my daughter) and Dave's wedding. One afternoon we took a wrong turn and ended at the water where we got this great view of downtown.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Boston Sarah and Dave's wedding
Grandma Jo, Jasper, Becky and I drove to Boston for Sarah (my daughter) and Dave's wedding. One afternoon we took a wrong turn and ended at the water where we got this great view of downtown.
Sarah Brewer
We needed a crier at the wedding. Long time friend Sarah came through even before the ceremony.
New member of the family- dave
The last time I wore a suit was at my own wedding. I rushed into St. Vincent DePaul's on Monmouth st. in Newport five minutes before closing and bought my union-tailored suit for $10. Becky is in a Calvin Klein outfit. sarah had to scramble for her wedding dress.
Friday, August 13, 2010
Two midwestern doofuses with their East Coast sisters
That's me with my Princeton, New Jersey sister, Betsy along with my buddy Hans Multhopp and his Upper East Side Manhattan New York City sister, Ingrid. Hey Ingrid, thanks so much for lugging the Baltimore bricks to the wedding. They already mortared in place out back.
NEBCO brick, Just-married Sarah and Dave, and their minister, Terry Burke
There really is no time off for a brick collector. Right after the ceremony I found this half brick in the churchyard.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Welcome to Kalamazoo
Thank you so much Jerry and Donna Wilinski, not only for organizing such a great brick swap, but also for having us as your guests on such a busy weekend. So many great bricks, so many great people.
Looking for silo tiles on the flooded Kalamazoo River
The water was above the trees, but I still managed to get me a genuine Kalamazoo silo tile.
Kalamazoo city silo
The rounded tiles for this silo were made right here by the Kalamazoo Tile Company.
Brick Water Tower at the Kalamazoo Psychiatrtic Hospital
We went into the mental ward to get a good picture of the tower, but then they we got locked in. At least that is how Becky tells it.
Monday, August 2, 2010
"K Q" brick
Now let us look at some of the bricks I picked up at the swap meet. Note the 'K' in the corner and the 'Q' in the middle. This from super collector Frank Clement of Orchard Park, N.Y. who is sucking up to me because he is after my one of a kind Cin'ti * brick that I have now promised to personally deliver to his brick museum.
Detrick (Chicago, Illinois)
A gift from our host, Jerry Wilinski. The slot is for an I-beam. I think it was used in a brick plant.
Grafton, West Virginia
Becky grabbed this brick. Grafton is one of her favorite places, an semi-abandoned coal/railway town in Northern West Virginia. One of these days she is going to show up there with an army of hipsters.
Fairmont, West Virginia
See the rubber band on the brick. That means two things: that there is card where Jean Bear explains a little of its history, and also that the brick will be great shape.
Oskaloosa (Iowa)
If Becky was looking for her childhood West Virginia bricks, then I was looking Iowa bricks. Here is one brought to the swap by Minnesotan Fred Wolter, also a Wilinski house guest.
Old Virginia (Salem, Va.)
Bricks from Virginia are hard to find. This is my first. A geology professor from southwest Virginia brought this to the swap. Incidentally, I went to the University of Virginia where there are many unmarked bricks.
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