Becky's bat mitzvah

Last weekend was my niece's bat mitzvah and we all had such a great time.
At the brunch Sunday morning, my dad brought the album from my brothers' bar mitzvah (Sept 1978) and we had a blast looking at all those late seventies styles. Just had to share...

10 Years

On June 11, Jeff and I celebrated our 10th anniversary.

We celebrated by first taking the people responsible for our meeting (Debbie and Damon set us up on a blind date a little over 12 years ago) to join us in our annual tradition of going to see the Sox play at Fenway Park. Yes, for 10 years, we have been going to the home game closest to June 11. In the past few years, like kismet, it has featured the Red Sox playing the Philadelphia Phillies (Jeff is from Philly) and this year continued that inter-league trend.

Jeff and I wore the outfits we met in: on our blind date, we both showed up wearing a white T shirt, jeans and doc martens. Okay, it wasn't the same T shirt or jeans, but the docs are the very ones we met in ;)

The Red Sox won 12-2. Actually, we had scored 12 in the first three innings, so we really got to enjoy the company more than the game...

On the 12th, Jeff and I took off for our fabulous vacation (thanks to Gaby, who generously offered to watch the kids for 8 days!). Virgin America to SFO. Had dinner at the Great Eastern in SF Chinatown. Had after dinner drinks with Kristen Hull (one of Jeff's Tufts friends). Met up with Lisa Stifelman for breakfast at Sears Fine Foods. Took off in our rented Mustang convertible for Yosemite.

Look at us! Riding out in our convertible looking so cool... It was unseasonably hot and about 30 minutes into the ride we had to put the top up.

Ah, Yosemite. I'd never been there, and wow, is it breath-taking. Cooler, so we put the top back down for the ride into the park, to Yosemite valley. Checked into the Ahwahnee Lodge and walked down to Mirror Lake. Got back and had a nice meal in the fancy Ahwahnee restaurant.




After breakfast (Monday), we went out for our big hike. Went to Curry Village and caught a shuttle to Happy Isles (trail head) and took the John Muir trail up to Nevada falls. Took the Vernal falls trail down and returned via the Mist trail. The granite and waterfalls were truly spectacular. I bemoaned not having a 'real' camera a bunch of times, but managed to get some serviceable shots.

Next, we headed down to Wawona. We checked into the Wawona hotel and the next morning, headed out to Mariposa Grove, where we got to see the Sequoias and hike to Wawona point. Aching legs starting to ease up, just...

More later... got to head off to Brussels.

Winter Classic cont'd

Here are some pictures from my big day. Includes Patti holding her Flames flag, Sue holding her Flames flag, the back of Kelly holding her Sabres flag and me holding my Thrashers flag. I traded that in after the opening ceremonies for a Flyers jersey and watched the game with Jeff. Great start to the year!

Winter Classic

Happy New Year and what a fantastic day I spent ringing it in!
Today I participated in the opening ceremonies for the NHL Winter Classic featuring the Boston Bruins playing the Philadelphia Flyers at Fenway Park. To top it off, I won a pair of seats to the event from Progress, so I got to stay and watch the game :)

Pictures will be coming...