OGC Picnic, August 1990
Barb’s office picnic, August 1990, at Lake Elkorn park in Columbia, MD. We open with the cooks…the most important part! Family time. Friends and colleagues. A successful picnic…now time to clean up before the thunderstorm.
Antigua, June 1990
Continuing our quest for an island destination in the Caribbean that could hold a candle to Hawaii, we visited Antigua and the Pineapple Beach Club for a week. Monday, June 18 – Saturday, June 23, 1990 Fresh off celebrating Mom and Dad’s 50th Anniversary at Captiva Island, Florida, Laurie took us to Miami International Airport. …
Davidge, 1990-1991
In June of 1990, the whole Duncan clan, such as it was, gathered at the South Seas Plantation on Captiva Island, Florida, for Mom and Dad’s 50th Anniversary. Sue had done a lot of the planning, I chipped in on choice of South Seas Plantation, Len and Laurie were living in the area in Fort Myers and …
Hekimian Laboratories, Inc.
My workplace from 1989 – 2001, until the buyout by Spirent in 2001. In the summer of 1989, I was recruited by a headhunter to leave Atlantic Research Corporation, just as it was being acquired by Telenex, and join Hekimian Laboratories to become product manager of its new T::DAX digital cross-connect switch. That’s a mouthful …
Movies I Saw in 2017
A running tab of movies I’ve seen in theaters or at home, and a quick comment about them. I’ve succumbed to the idea of assigning a personal score for each film. My scale: 4 Stars – One of the best, well recommended 3 Stars – Recommended, but some issues here and there 2 Stars – Problematic, hard to recommend 1 Star …
Movies I Saw in 2018
A running tab of movies I’ve seen in theaters or at home, and a quick comment about them. I’ve succumbed to the idea of assigning a personal score for each film. My scale: 4 Stars – One of the best, well recommended 3 Stars – Recommended, but some issues here and there 2 Stars – Problematic, hard to recommend 1 Star …
China, November 1988, Part 8
Barb and Bill take their first tour of China together, along with Kate Garrett and her Mom, Mary. This post covers our third day in Beijing and travel to Xian. Sunday, November 13, 1988 We elected to forego the tour group’s visit to the Temple of Heaven in favor of spending the morning with Mary …
China, November 1988, Part 7
Barb and Bill take their first tour of China together, along with Kate Garrett and her Mom, Mary. This post covers our second day in Beijing, seeing the Ming Tombs and Great Wall. Saturday, November 12, 1988 Bright and early, we boarded the bus and headed northwest to our first stop, the Ming Tombs. The …
Boston-Cape Cod-Nantucket, June 2019
We see Allie in Boston then all head to Cape Cod and Nantucket for the week. Saturday, June 15, 2019 We had a 2:05pm Southwest flight from BWI to Boston, which proved to be a very civilized time. Barb had aerobics in the morning and we still had plenty of time to get to the …
China, November 1988, Part 6
Barb and Bill take their first tour of China together, along with Kate Garrett and her Mom, Mary. This post covers our first day in Beijing, seeing Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, Summer Palace and Beijing Zoo. Friday, November 11, 1988 Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! Big Day ahead! This day, along with tomorrow’s …