Month: October 2017

  Wendy’s memories of 1967 were much more vivid (at age 7) than my mom’s were (she was 17). They arrived late at night during a lightning storm.  They were planning on staying in the camper trailer they had brought

The sign to Vermont on the side of the highway came so unexpectedly that I wasn’t able to get a picture.  Luckily, they had one at the Welcome Center rest stop.  48 States down, 2 to go! My mom and

In the summer of 2001 my mom took my sister and I on a 64 day road trip across the country.  We wove our way around hitting the places we wanted to see and by the time we got home,

On Saturday we visited Harvard Square– the lady in the souvenir shop and our Lyft driver suggested it! It was a little dreary. Here we are with JFK. Wendy wasn’t that impressed with the courtyard, but we were impressed with

Early Thursday morning, my aunt Wendy flew from Sacramento to Seattle where she met up with mom.  They flew together to Boston Logan Airport.  Meanwhile, I hopped on a Peter Pan bus and met them at the airport.  My mom

My first weekend in New York my mom and my sister were in London.  They saw The Book of Mormon, Matilda and The Lion King.  I started to get jealous.  Then I realized I had seen all of those shows.

WARNING:  Seeing this show was a really big deal for me, and I had lots of thoughts.  I’m going to go into as much detail as I would like to have heard from anyone else who had seen the show.

It’s been a week of true stories! M Butterfly, The Band’s Visit, this one, and then Hamilton tomorrow! My mom has a thing for true stories, and I think it’s impressive when one can make a true story as fascinating

Happy Birthday!  We met at Friedman’s, Amanda’s favorite restaurant because the food is just so good.  Ever since I had that burrata at Il Buco I’ve been all over it, and tonight was no different!  The silky cheesy creamy burrata

Amanda’s birthday is October 9th.  What is Amanda’s favorite thing to do?  You guessed it!  Go to dinner and an show! On Sunday night, Amanda’s birthday eve, she had tickets for us to see M Butterfly.  I suggested we go