I experienced my first Bar Mitzvah, and what a cultural experience it was! The celebration was in honor of Jordan, a family friend of Nick’s. They were neighbors in Virginia, and Kirsten babysat him when he was young. Wait, he’s still young! Just thirteen. Which is why I was so surprised by the extravagance of [...]
There’s nothing quite like fall in central Pennsylvania. The colors are vibrant, and the air is cool. And then there’s FOOTBALL! Since we graduated, my best friends have gathered in Happy Valley for at least one game each fall. Whether we actually have tickets to go into Beaver Stadium is not important. It’s more about [...]
During the first weekend in October I returned to Dover for High School Homecoming festivities, and I realized that no matter how many years pass, I can still go to a place where time seems to have stood still … Some things never change. During that same weekend I glimpsed the future through a dear [...]
I’m 25 and loving life! No quarter life crisis here. 07/07/07 couldn’t have been more perfect. (Well, I could have won that million dollars …) But, really, it was a very happy birthday. Let me recap. a wine-country wedding The celebratory week kicked off with a wedding. Six Pennsylvanians headed north to New York. Waterloo [...]
bartender: another round Sunday (6/25) What better way to start our final day in the Pacific Northwest than with a hearty breakfast of coffee, asparagus and spring onion omelettes, crab eggs benedict, and corn beef hash? After filling our bellies, we walked to the market. A turquoise ring, several Starbucks souvenirs, and a few pounds [...]
eat drink and be merry saturday (6/23) The fourth and final member of the crew arrived late Friday night. We welcomed her to the Emerald City with scallops and salmon and Pyramid Hefeweizen. We opted out of anymore alcohol and chose, instead, to lounge in our PJs on the king-size bed for slumber party talk. [...]
for people who make websites thursday (6/21) and friday (6/22) If you would have told me three years ago that I’d laugh at jokes about PHP and Java and Ruby on Rails, I would have laughed at you. And yet I traveled across the country to meet and mingle with the world rock stars of [...]
an unlonely traveler wednesday (6/20) After flying over Lake Michigan, the Dakotas, Montana, and Idaho, I caught my first glimpse of the Evergreen State. The landscape seamlessly transformed itself from barren desert to rocky mountains to green valleys. And then there it was … Mount Rainier … The highest peak in the Cascades at 14,410 [...]
Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver and the other is gold.We sang that song in elementary school girl scouts while holding hands in a circle. Then we’d pass around a squeeze to let our neighbors know we cared. Coincidentally, two of the girls from that circle have remained two of my [...]