As always, we try to find someplace warm to spend the time after Christmas until around New Year’s Day. This … More
Category: memories
28 hours in NYC
Saturday I started the trip not from home, but from a peer coaching group meeting downtown. As a result, I … More
Prague (part 3: luxuries)
Friday We were both feeling a little better in the morning, so we ate breakfast and took a long walk … More
Prague (part 2: a cold in the cold)
Wednesday I had thought I would feel better after the previous night’s food tour. Wrong. I woke up feeling awful, … More
Prague (part 1: arrivals)
For at least the past ten years, Virginia and I had been saying, “we need to visit Prague.” It seems … More
I (kinda sorta) love LA.
Virginia and I normally celebrate her birthday quietly — a nice dinner on our own somewhere in Chicago. But this … More
Return to Asia (part 4: Tokyo)
Friday After the sheer hedonism of the previous night’s dinner, we kept our breakfast light, getting coffee from the Pierre … More
Return to Asia (part 2: ancestors)
Sunday Virginia and I awoke early. We decided to let her father sleep in, so we quietly got ourselves together … More
Return to Asia (part 1: travel days)
Virginia and I recently took our second trip to Asia. As before, our driving motivation was visiting her father, who lives … More
A weekend in Vienna
Virginia and I recently celebrated our wedding anniversary by doing what we often do: spend a lot of time on … More