Another Day, Another Museum
On the advice of a friend, today we opted to visit the US Botanic Garden. Rob and I had visited there years ago when we lived in Maryland, and I loved it. I can’t pass by a flower without taking its picture. With film and developing costs, that was quite prohibitive, but these days with
If It’s Thursday, It must be DC
Well, not quite, but that’s how it feels! The girls and I drove up yesterday, after going to the post office and library. For a telecommuter, I think I have an awfully long commute. Today we headed down to The Mall to go to The National Museum of the American Indian. As one of the
Fall Family Fun
Rob came home from DC for the weekend. While we didn’t have the weekend we had originally planned, we did have some fall fun! I was worried that we would end up spending the whole weekend “taking care of stuff,” and I really didn’t want that to happen. After taking care of a bunch of
Perhaps I missed my calling
I took this photo less than two months ago. Tomorrow that dial will read 106,000. That’s 6K miles in a month and half! Yikes! I should have been a long haul truck driver. I can drive and drive. It runs in the family. The only problem is that I can’t even parallel park my Subaru.
Home Again
Yesterday morning, I worked for a while, looked at the photos from Tuesday that I had been too sick and tired to deal with, then packed. I got the girls up and we went to pay the car’s hotel bill. By the time the car was all loaded and we hit the road, it was
Going Postal
For our final full day in DC on this trip, Camille really wanted to go to the National Postal Museum. Located off The Mall across the street from Union Station, this a museum we have been to a number of times when in DC for an XMKids Rumpus room show. I could tell there was
Over the Hedge (Rockin’ the Suburbs)
We had a slow start to the day — I spent the morning working and the girls did a little bit of homeschooling (once they woke up). Then we headed out to the “suburbs” to go to the National Zoo. Note that this is tongue-in-cheek, even more ridiculous than someone in midtown Atlanta saying that
Out Of Town
Living in the city is NOISY! Firetrucks, helicopters, beeping horns, and even a marching band in the alley between our apartment and the Ritz next door (we went out to see and it looked like an Indian wedding or some celebration that involved lots of drums…). Last night I chose to sleep with the windows
City Life
We arrived in DC on Friday morning. Thankfully, there is a driveway at the apartment building, since there is no parking on the street during the week. We unloaded the car from there, then moved it. To the Ritz next door. Yes, the car has five star accommodations while we live in grad student quality.
These Are The Days
The day started out well enough. Camille went to Latin with books and pencils; Chloe got to swimming with goggles, swimsuit (top AND bottom) and a towel. I sat down to work with iPhone and computer and review documentation. Good enough. After classes were done, we headed home, packed the car, picked up Moe’s, went
DC Weekend
The girls and I are home again from DC. We are unpacked and just about caught up on most things, though I do have a large to-do list for work waiting for me to tackle it. Helping Rob move to DC was a bit surreal. It felt like helping a kid go off to college.
Rob’s New Pad
If you are intrigued, visit Rob’s Blog… The apartment is in Foggy Bottom, 9ish blocks from the White House and next door to the Ritz-Carlton. Our accommodations are not quite up to Ritz standards. More like grad student standards. But the apartment is clean, is amazingly located and has an incredible rooftop patio/pool. It is
At the apartment
The apartment doesn’t have Internet yet and is terrace level (no patio), but it does have this awesome rooftop pool! We are next door to the Ritz…
The Big Little Move
Today starts our DC adventure! Rob packed the car last night, not leaving room for me and the girls to bring clothes. Hmmph. He rearranged, taking out some Legos(!) so that we could fit in our bag of clothes. We’ll be back to Georgia in a couple of days after helping him move in and
Georgia Mountain Fair
As I had worked so much earlier in the week, it was time to get away from the computer and do something else. After much fuss, as it is always a challenge to get five people out of the house, we hit the road to head to the Georgia Mountain Fair. The girls spotted the
A Day At the Museum
The girls have been complaining that we don’t go to the museum enough (eh, I took them to the Field Museum AND Morton Arboretum (2x) last weekend, doesn’t that count?), so they begged to go to the Atlanta History Center today. Once there, I realized they didn’t really want to go to a museum, they
Rainy Day Field Day
We are here in Chicago for our annual pilgrimage. The past two summers we have come to Chicago at least once to hear Ralph’s World in concert. Each summer we have spent at least one night in the hotel we are in right now (Typing poolside). I almost feel at home here. We know where
Japan Trip, Day 18
A morning spent packing, organizing and washing dishes. Not too rushed, not too exciting. At the Shinjuku station, we got some pastries and coffee drinks for the train. The Narita Express made it super easy to get to the airport! At the airport, we had to go through inspection to get in from the train
Japan Trip, Day 17
Today we took it quite slow. We hung out in the apartment late, then took the train over to the Toy park in Ginza where Camille bought a dress designer toy. In the afternoon, we went to the “Foreign Language” floor of a large bookstore and bought some manga books. Rob had us go through
Japan Trip, Day 16
After a long trip of being immersed in a foreign culture, we decided we needed a huge blast of American-ness. What to do? Head to your nearest Disneyland. Yes, we spent the day at Tokyo Disneyland. Not much to say, except it was Disney. In a surreal sort of way. The rides were identical to
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