This page is my attempt to save the various playlists I created at the National Museum of African American Music (museum website) when we visited on March 13, 2022. The playlists are on Spotify which is not my preferred platform; I might try to replicate some of them on iTunes, but we’ll see. These playlists …
In March 2022, Laurie and I embarked on a pilgrimage of sorts to learn more about the roots of American music. Our destinations included Nashville, Memphis, Muscle Shoals, Asheville and Bristol. This was a long-imagined trip for me and I was delighted that Laurie agreed to join me. Barb was happier that I went with …
Our Spring Break trip to France, Allie’s first visit and in honor of our 25th anniversary. We visited Paris, Normandy and the Loire Valley, packing a lot into 7 quick days. Part One covered our days in Paris. This post covers our days in Normandy and the Loire Valley. Wednesday, March 19 After our morning …
Our Spring Break trip to France, Allie’s first visit and in honor of our 25th anniversary. We visited Paris, Normandy and the Loire Valley, packing a lot into 7 quick days. This post covers our days in Paris. Part Two covers the remainder of the trip in Normandy and the Loire Valley. Saturday, March 15 …
With Barb getting a federal holiday, we used this weekend for an early Thanksgiving visit to Boston to see Allie and Perri. November 11 Happy Veteran’s Day! We got a little bit of a late start driving north as we waited for Manny to finish his morning bowl of wet food. For the next three …
Our summer 2007 journey to Italy, with a one-day stopover in London. One month after Allie returned from her People To People trip to Australia, we turned around for a family vacation in Europe. It was time to introduce Allie to Italy. I thought about different itineraries but settled on very basic highlights of Venice, …
We return to Boston to see Allie and spend a few days in Chatham on Cape Cod. Sunday, August 29 – Drive to Boston We drove up to Boston, leaving before 8am to be sure to arrive around 4pm, in plenty of time for the evening’s John Mulaney show that Allie got tickets for the …
Our post-Covid (?) family reunion with the Embreys (and to meet Embrey Ann) in Denver and Breckenridge, plus a side visit to Estes Park to see Frances and Dave. In the depths of the Covid-19 pandemic, just after the elections in November 2020 and around the time the first vaccine developments were announced, I got …
These photos come from an album that Gerry Carleton put together and gave eventually to Barb. Gerry was a teacher at the American International School in Dusseldorf. This post covers two trips, one in February 1972 to Sachrang in Germany and a second February 24 – March 5, 1973 to Ried im Zillertal, Austria. There …
Allie’s 2007 People To People trip to Australia. In the fall of 2006, we learned about the People To People Student Ambassador program, possibly as an outgrowth of Allie’s involvement in the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth summer programs that Allie had done in previous years. Allie was invited to participate in People To …