Better things to do with our money

I ran across this interesting website the other day: The National Priorities Project. Here's what the site calculated that we in our little county in southwestern PA could have done with our share of what's been spent so far on the Iraq invasion/occupation:   War cost And obviously, that's only the cost in dollars spent…

Australia!

Alex called last night to tell us his application to spend next semester in Australia (Brisbane) was accepted! So exciting! (is it OK to be jealous of your kids?)  We have to find out more details now, but I think it's something like mid-July through mid-November. Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Act boldly.

We picked Alex up at 7:15 to head over to the National Cathedral for 8:00 Easter Sunday service. You want to see impressive and awe-inspiring! Flowers galore, banners, trumpets, choirs, you name it.   Here are some interesting facts about the cathedral… for example, that it was completed in 1990 after a construction period of…

Marrakesh Palace

Since this was to be Nikki's first time to come along with us to DC since Alex started school there, I'd told her a couple of weeks ago that she could choose the ethnicity of our Saturday night dinner [each trip we choose a different type of restaurant, since DC has them all – so…

Afternoon in DC

After we checked in at the hotel, the kids and I headed into the city to go to the International Spy Museum. We walked the couple blocks to the DuPont Circle Metro station, and while Alex easily added some money to his fare card that he uses all the time, I was having technical difficulties…