Last weekend was the annual lobster bake at the mountain house, a tradition started years ago by a group of work friends, which we were not, that grew to include families of those friends, which we are, and for which we are now tremendously grateful to be a part of. The weather was practically perfect, [...]
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Dammit, August. I was trying to simplify. Relax. Enjoy the moment. Stop recording life and try living it. But then you had to go and be awesome, and I have no record of it for The Posterity. There was great cooking (despite the so-called x diet), family vacations, beautiful beer money (what?!) and of course, [...]
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Avi’s birthday was Monday, July 25. He turned 6 years old, which I was fine about until a friend pointed out that my little boy now needs two hands (unless the other party is fluent in ASL) to indicate his age. Whoa. Suddenly that seems so old! In the past year, Avi has learned how [...]
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I’ve been traveling a lot for work lately. Last week was Chicago, next week is Baltimore. All great trips, but it really hits home how much I love my family when I’m away from them for a couple (or more) days. On top of that, we’ve been so busy already this summer with camp and [...]
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First day of kindergarten, August 2010. Last day of kindergarten, June 2011. Also, this: Someone had a great year. Happy last day of kindergarten, Avi. Enjoy the dress down day, the after-school pizza party, the playground celebration at the Farmhouse. Enjoy hugging your teacher goodbye in that unabashed way only little kids have. Enjoy your [...]
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Submitted without commentary. Oh, who am I kidding. Comments below. Avi was pretty obsessed with Spring Carnival this year. It was a total bummer that the weather was lousy on Saturday, preventing him from actually visiting in person. As you can see above, though, he knows exactly where to find it next year. (A clue: [...]
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(No, I don’t have tickets to give away.) You can buy them here, though. Because what better way to celebrate Mother’s Day than to order tickets to a children’s theater festival next weekend? (I’m actually not really joking.) I have very tangible memories of attending the Pittsburgh International Children’s Festival as a child. Since the [...]
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An incomplete list of the things I’ve missed these past six weeks of #cmucarnival domination. 1. Cooking. I can’t actually remember the last time I cooked a complete meal from scratch. Bummer. But since our CSA started last week, I have fewer excuses preventing me from picking up this old habit. 2. Grocery shopping. I [...]
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For the past three days, Avi has been attending a special hockey clinic at Ice Castle Arena (Go ahead, click on that link. I dare you.) with Pittsburgh Penguins Skating Consultant Marianne Watkins and Robert Morris University Men’s Varsity Coach Derek Schooley. I have nothing but amazing things to say about the coaches and assistants, [...]
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Or, what not to do if you want a so-called blogger to write about your show. Or, how not to act as an audience member. Or, how not to act as The Cat in the Hat. Or, my “review” of PMT’s “Seussical The Musical”. So Avi and I saw a show on Friday, as you [...]
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