Janek & Bonnie Take a Vacation

Wedding pictures are still being assembled but I thought you might enjoy some pictures from the little side trip Janek and I took to Washington D.C. While I was born there at Walter Reed Hospital and later went to school just outside the beltway, exploring the city was going to be new for both of us.

The pictures are taken with Janek’s camera phone so they are passable, hardly printable; but fun nonetheless. We had a great time.

We got lost plenty inside the city and were late to learn the NE. NW & SW etc. indications on the quartered up city. We spent some time arguing about being on 2nd street and just go that way and we'll find the White House--to just end up in some truly poor, shambly part of D.C. Yes, you can find it in every city in America, even withoug getting lost... I am glad we saw it.

We went to Alexandria, VA, just outside the beltway. I wanted to revisit my boarding school from my high school years: We couldn’t find St. Agnes Episcopal School for Girls after searching up and down Braddock Road, in Alexandria, seeing stone walls I remembered, the Episcopal Church where we walked every Sunday—finally asked a mailman who directed us to the “back” of the property where they have made the new entrance.

There it was. We had fun climbing through the old boarding house (the only original building left) because only a cleaning crew was there but all was open. I showed Janek the big kitchen with the sixteen burner stove and the 6 x 12 butcher block prep table (many a hot cocoa and fudge night with Bobbie Bruce and her “orphans” on weekends) and the infirmary where Nurse Russell would incite us to “flush our kidneys” whenever we tried to get out of going to class. The old Lloyd House is now administrative offices so it was hard to pinpoint my room but the kitchen and front receiving room and bay windows all were there. Truly surreal after 38 years!!

Following this visit down memory lane, we went to Old Towne in Alexandria, a place of cobblestone streets, restored fishermen cottages and plenty of outdoor eating and drinking.

This was our last day. In the morning we drove to Durham, boarded our flight at 5pm, flew and changed in Phoenix, arrived in LA at 10pm, got home at midnight. Traveling is hard work!

Happy Birthday Olaf

(And we all hope you feel a lot better than you did yesterday!!!)

Jef and Sara -- Fait Accompli

Durham was warm but the wedding was sweet and simple and fun. The two families got along well and we all got to know one another just a little bit; certainly for us I feel more and more that Sara is in good hands.

Click here for a few early photos of the event--many more to come!

Also, check in at jefandsara.com as more photos are available.

Happy 4th of July Everyone

Hope there are lovely barbecues going on all over the country. There certainly is one in "Morgan Country" in Fort Collins. I know Sara and Jef are having a neighborhood 4th of July parade down their street. They are picnicking on their lawn to watch. And there are others who are just relaxing and taking advantage of this sweet midweek break.

Janek and I are doing something entirely inappropriate or highly befitting, depending on your point of view. We are attending a Chinese wedding!