Or: Planes, Trains and Automobiles We spent a long weekend in Boston and New York, visiting with friends and family and going to baseball games. Sue and I flew to Boston last Thursday and quickly settled into our hotel in Cambridge. Thursday night we had dinner with Sue’s college roommate, Terryl and Terryl’s husband, Rob. …
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Can I Spit on Fenway Park?
I took Friday off (so I only worked in the morning) and we set off for a wander around Beantown. My brother was kind enough to lend us his car, which at the time he did not realize he was doing. Short version of the story: I asked for the keys—he thought I wanted the …
Imposing on Family
Our last night in New York, I surprised Steven with tickets to Stephen Colbert. We weren't sure we would get in because we got general admission tickets, not the priority ones, but after luckily standing outside under the overhang for "West Side Story," since it was raining, we got the coveted wristband. So did a …
Midwinter Break All Set
If you are a loyal reader (and thank you if you are), you will know that we were struggling to decide where to go the first week in March. Well, we decided, but it's nowhere warm. Maybe a little warmer than Chicago (but that's not hard), but not a bask-in-the-sunshine trip. That's OK. Costa Rica …
Road Trip!
The summer is soon upon us and we are thinking about getting in the car and driving. The Saab is still in good shape (for a 13 year old car) and so we are getting into planning mode. As Sue told you in her last post, I have started a new job where, horrors of …
Doing It On The Road 