Tag: family
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Istanbul Spring 2013
We spent spring break in Istanbul. The city was not at all what we had expected. Sitting at the juncture of Europe and Asia, we expected a city that was a mix of the two, but it was much more a city of Europe. You also hear the call to prayer blasted through the loudspeakers…
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Hawaii (and the US-Japan Leadership Program)
I highly recommend the concept of being in Hawaii in February. (Yes, that absolutely was an exercise in gloating.) I was there for an executive committee meeting of the US-Japan Leadership Program, and Jim and I stayed a few extra days afterwards to enjoy paradise (aka Hawaii). We stayed in Honolulu, as we think the…
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Storytelling via Facebook
I posted the above photo on Facebook a couple of weeks ago, and a story emerged in the comments. I am copying the story here for amusement and to illustrate the power of social media (and the creativity of people who have too much time on their hands). The posters shall remain anonymous, to protect…
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William, Victor (sort of), Charles and Peter
This past holiday break has allowed us to do some things that we don’t normally have time to do (like seeing 3-hour movies, but I digress). There were several productions that we saw that we very much liked. The first is the Shakespeare Theatre’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The Harman Hall stage resulted in a…
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May’s Rules for Ragamuffins in Restaurants
Tom Sietsema, the food critic for the Washington Post, has a weekly online chat about various restaurant and food-related issues. Every so often, there are chatters who complain about parents who bring children into restaurants. So I have decided to write May’s Rules for Ragamuffins in Restaurants in response. (This is mostly a venting session…
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
We hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas and is having a wonderful holiday season!! In the spirit of the season, we are posting a photo of our 2012 gingerbread house (please note the snowball fight taking place in the front yard, complete with a snowball manufacturing facility) and our Christmas lights on our newly renovated…
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Protected: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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Movie Trifecta
We don’t usually manage to get to movies much, as they require we be at a specific place at a specific time for two plus hours, and that is usually too much for our schedule to accommodate. Even when we get to the movie theatre, we rarely see anything that is not PG-13 or below. …
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Best Buddies Miami
We took the kids with us and spent this past weekend in Miami where we attended the Best Buddies Miami gala. Best Buddies (www.bestbuddies.org) is an organization that helps people with intellectual and developmental disabilities by providing them opportunities for friendship, employment assistance, and leadership training. We’ve been involved with the organization since 1994, and…
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Disney Half-Marathon & 5K
Jim and I have been training to run a half-marathon since June. (I haven’t wanted to mention it because I didn’t want to jinx us.) We chose the Disney Wine and Dine Half-Marathon which was held at Disneyworld this past weekend on the theory that if we were really going to run a half-marathon, what…