I finally got to watch a couple games of an Ultimate tournament today, since I'm in Reston VA on business, and Alex's team happened to be in a tournament here. It took me a little time to figure out the rules, but after a while I could tell when a point was scored and when…
Den before Last August after Nikki moved out, we decided to use her bedroom as a temporary TV room so that we could remodel the den downstairs. It hadn't been changed in the 20 years we've been here, and likely not in the 40 years of the house's existence. The carpet was a deep pile…
Brew at the Zoo Muglet This year, instead of buying tickets for the Big Pour, we decided to go to the Brew at the Zoo (held at the Pittsburgh Zoo), a benefit for the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation. The event was sold out; I'm not sure how many tickets that meant, but I would…
Pedestrian area in Salem After a truly delicious breakfast at our B&B (savory herb/gorgonzola/cranberry scones, ham/cheese/broccoli mini-quiches, apple-rhubarb crisp, fresh fruit, coffee & OJ), we walked in to Essex Street, much of which is a pedestrian-only area full of interesting shops and restaurants. My niece was mainly in charge of choosing where we went, so…
So, Google said it would take a little over 10 hours to drive from my house to Salem, Mass. But then after I picked up my niece "I" (this being her 15th-birthday trip) at her dad's house, Lori (my TomTom) said it would be more like 11 hours from there – I forgot that's almost an…
Flight of the Conchords Wow. Just wow. Those guys are SO good, and SO much fun! When I found out that FoTC were touring the US this spring, and that they were doing a show in DC the day after Easter, when we were going to be there visiting anyway, I was pretty excited!…
We decided on Saturday evening to not try to get everyone up and going in time for 8:00 church Sunday, but rather to wait till the 4:00 Evensong service, which sounded kind of like something different anyway. So we planned instead to have a little earlier brunch with one of Alex's former roommates and his…
We got a good start Saturday morning, got out the door by 6:30, stopped for our coffees at 7:00 in Cranberry, and headed out the turnpike with our new friend Lori (the TomTom One) guiding us. Of course, we already knew where we were going, but she's new, and we just wanted to put her…
Went to pull a carrot out of the bag… And found it WAS the bag! 0406091828a.jpg Read and post comments | Send to a friend
Earth Hour 2009 I hadn't realized Earth Hour began in Sydney… I participated last year, and although I consider myself an environmentalist, unplugging everything really made me think about the energy we still use. Some of those appliances have not been plugged back in all year long, and I haven't missed them! Read and post…
Where have the days gone? 