Late Summer Fun

Two brothers having fun in Manhatta, Grand Rapids, and Brooklyn

Max Turns 5!

As usual, we celebrated Max's birthday in style . . . not once, but twice!

On his birthday, we had the Bobelians, the Shahs, the Tyndales, the Saint-Sauveurs, and Liana over for Daddy's famous mac&cheese and cake.

The next day, a few of the families from Max's school took in a Staten Island Yankees game. Thanks to the Morrisons, the Scharffs, the Fernando-Englishs, the Punzalans, Team Brecken, and the Garces' for joining us!

Fun with Brothers, Buddies, and Broccoli

Summer, in the City

June is a great time to be in NYC . . .

You Can't Beat a Fresh Picked Strawberry

. . . especially of you pick strawberries with people you love.

Another reason we love living in NYC: Urban Camping

There are people (I won't name in any names), who think that you can't have a normal childhood in NYC. Of course, we love living here, and on top of the usual stuff that everyone knows about, we also have some secret NYC experiences that really make life here great. For example, Daddy and I went camping in Central Park last weekend. We showed up with sleeping bags and some bug spray, and the NYC Urban Park Rangers brought the rest. We pitched our own tent, we took long hikes through the wilderness (during the day and at night), and we studied the flora and fauna. We even survived a very rainy night.

Goin' Back to Cali

We just finished our annual cross-country excursion to California to visit friends. We stayed in the Bay Area this time visiting the Nash-Chen and Tye-Chang families in Noe Valley, the Lager family in Alameda, the Wu-Ma Clan in Emeryville, and the Alfano family in San Jose. Rachel dropped in on us at almost every stop. We also made a stop in Palo Alto to see Laurie for a tour of Mommy's old stomping grounds at Stanford and to see Amit and his new pad.

May . . . We were outside

More Spring Fun!

Its Never to Early for Lincoln Center

Max got to attend a series of concerts this year featuring members of the Lincoln Center Chamber Orchestra playing Vivaldi's Four Seasons . . . lots of opportunities to play instruments as well!

Caribbean Blue

We took our first triple family vacation with the Saint-Sauveurs and Kendalls. Hopefully, the beginning of a tradition for many years to come!

Spring is a comin'

Spring is a 'comin, oh yeah!

Brooklyn Children's Museum

A day off from school usually means an adventure with Daddy!

FFFF - February Fun with Friends & family

A new take on an old fave

Post Blizzard trip to DC

Just a quick trip to DC to see friends and a record setting storm

Baby, its Really Cold Outside

It has been really cold in NYC this Winter, but we are doing the best we can!

NYECE 2009

We continued our New Year's Eve Culinary Extravaganza again this year. We were joined by Brian and Christine, A3 (Alice, Arnaud, and Alexandre), and Aparna (and her friend whose name I will think of later). Here's the menu . . .

Cozy Pomegranate Cider

Crostini with Roasted Garlic, Goat Cheese & Apple Chutney
Zucchini Rounds with Parmesan
White Bean Bruschetta

Chestnut-Apple Soup with Calvados Cream
Comtesse Bernard de Cherisey 2005 Meursault-Blagny
"La Genelotte"

Mushroom Crostata with St. Agur
Spinach Salad with Strawberries
Simon Bize 1988 Savigny-Les-Beaune "Aux Vergelesses"

A Carefully Curated Selection of Cheese

Flourless Chocolate Cake and Almond Orange Cookies



We would love for you to join us next year!

Cacky's 60th Birthday!

We surprised Cacky with a birthday brunch at Le Central in Denver. I don't think she suspected a thing!

Christmas Eve 2009 with Family in Denver