This past weekend we spent a tranquil time on Big Fresh Pond in Southampton with "Les Chopra's". The setting was much different than you would imagine in the Hamptons in August - on the pond, not a soul around - snapping turtles, lily pads and salt free pond water directly out your door. The weekend was filled with Friends, BBQ's, polo horses, and crickets (and Papoose) chirping through the night. More photos

Last Weekend we packed up the Mini and headed over the George Washington Bridge, up the Palisades Parkway and into a land of small mountains called Up-State NY. The weather was challenging on Friday night with rain storms and very low visibility but the Mini endured and Miles slept away in the back seat -while Mama and Papa debated over what road to take, as many roads where closed due to the Hudson River flooding. When we arrived at the Kaaterskill in Greene County we were pleasentlay surprised. The family hotel was extermely charming and the view was tremedous. The lights and the sunsets with all of the rain clouds made for a unique sunset! After a great dinner in Hudson at DA|BA we headed back to our barn cabin and hit the hay (pun intended) - The next day we got up early with the crack of the rooster. After some good ole diner food we met up with Barbara our real estate agent and she took us on a 4 hour tour of the area. We looked at a number of houses. Nothing that made us pull out the checkbook.... "Are we countryside people?" - kept floating through our brains - or are we beach people? I think we know the answer to that but you never know?? Really like Woodstock and the mountains where green and vast but at the end of the day we were pooped and so we headed to the The Red Onion for dinner and soon we we sleeping away the mountain air. Rise and shine roosters don't wait for no one and mosquitoes don't care if you are sleeping or not - The largest pancakes in the world in Catskill (Hudson Junior) at Belles got me thinking of aother nap but after five cups of tea we were off to the races. Over the Hudson into Columbia County and down to the Dia Beacon via the backroads was a challenge but the Mini stayed strong and Papa keep the family focused as we spent the day exploring the land the call UpState NY More Photos

What an amazing trip to Il De Re! There are lots of great photos here! Enjoy!

Jerome Lagarrigue at the studio in the Villa Medici photo that I snapped when i went to Rome last year was recently selected for the Schmap Travel Website. If you are travelling to Europe take a look.

What a whirlwind weekend! After flying out to LA for a business trip, I was later joined by by my beautiful wife and from there the road trip began. We started out in Santa Monica at Alexis de Rendinger house overlooking the ocean and the mountains. It was here where I met Yannick and the fun began! We stopped by the pier to see Arrested Development in concert. Arrested Development? Yes, Arrested Development - "Take me to another place!". From there we headed out to a great secret restaurant in a strip mall called Lou and the food was delicious. After we drove to China Town and danced and danced and danced. We woke up and drove up the 10 til the 15 and then right straight through (with a quick stop at the largest IN and OUT Burger in the world) to Las Vegas. Once in Vegas i was non stop complete with Gambling, Helicopter Trip into the Grand Canyon and much much more! You can check out all the photos on Jon Cronin Live blog, or on Fickr!

This past June we headed over to France to visit the family, a little business, a week of solitude on IL De Re and a beautiful wedding celebration of our good friends Emma and Timothy.

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This past week-end Amelie and I headed out to Vail to catch the last of the snow before it all melted away. We were told that it was raining there all week and not to expect much snow. We arrived with Marc Daniels and Pablo Galofre to 40 degree weather and we were practically skiing and snowboarding in t-shirts. We were soon joined by Andres (pictured here) & Antonia Chaparro and the fun began. The next day there was a blizzard and it left over a foot of fresh powder. As soon as that was over the sun came out again and the conditions were perfect!

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