Category Friends
Labor Day weekend on the shore
As you know from my last couple of posts, I spent Labor Day weekend on the East Coast, catching up with DC friends and enjoying a few more days of summer at the beach. I arrived on Saturday afternoon and met up with a few friends from the firm for dinner and dessert. On Sunday […]
Another food tour! (It just doesn’t stop…)
Because Amanda and I apparently can’t go more than 24 hours without eating delicious food, and to avoid going into withdrawal after two weeks of such good food in Japan and Korea, we spent the bulk of this afternoon on a gourmet food tour through downtown Seattle. Run by Savor Seattle, this “walking culinary tour” […]
Staving off jet lag on the first night in Seoul
As we emerged stiffly out of the plane in Seoul, we were welcomed by the tepid humidity I remembered so well from last year’s layovers on the way to and from Vietnam. I remain baffled why such a beautiful and otherwise fully modern airport would not have air conditioning! The building itself still was just […]
Getting to Seoul (and what we ate)
It’s one thing to stay up till 2am packing for a trip — what with the caffeine, the excitement, and the indecision over whether to pack all four pairs of shorts and two pairs of jeans, you declare that sleep is overrated and you’ll have plenty of time for that on the plane. It’s another […]
Hiking Serene Lake and Bridal Veil Falls
My plan to make my friends’ friends my friends, and then mine them for more friends, seems to be working! Vanessa (think Chicago, Vietnam and Rennes) introduced me to Ruth, a friend of hers who recently moved to Seattle from Germany to start a new job at the Jungle, and then Ruth invited me to […]
Rapid City to Missoula
This third leg of the journey — from Rapid City, South Dakota, to Missoula, Montana — was the longest yet. That was largely my own fault. After a 16-hour slog the day before, the predicted 10-hour drive seemed like nothing. Hey, I thought, why not relax a bit and soak up some of the local […]
Last day
This move is getting real, folks! Yesterday was my last day of work at the firm. I finished transitioning all of my projects to other lawyers and spoke with the last of my clients who needed to know. At 5:00pm I turned on my “out of office” notice and headed down to a special farewell […]
Perfect weekend
There will be a special place in hell reserved for people who schedule moves away from DC during the springtime. [Er . . . hold on . . . I’m the one who scheduled this move. Let’s start again.] Whoever invented DC in the springtime deserves an award. Like, an Oscar for “best pairing of city and […]
Monuments!
It’s official — we’ve finally (FINALLY) had our first bona fide spring weekend in DC. After yesterday’s warmish, blustery day, today dawned fresh and bright, full of sunshine and flowering trees trying oh-so-hard to break out of their wintry slumber. We took our time getting up and then made our leisurely way over to meet […]
Vanessa in DC
Vanessa flew in from Chicago last night and is staying with me for a weekend in DC. I think she had planned the trip in hopes of seeing the famous cherry blossoms but, alas, the weather has been cold enough that almost none of the trees are in bloom. At least the sun finally came […]
A More Gentlemanlike Manner 