The second leg of our 2023 England trip, following London. Sunday, May 14 I bought train tickets from London’s Paddington Station to Oxford several months in advance of our trip. A few weeks before our travels, I got a notice of rail strikes in England near our travel dates and a notice that the direct …
This was the vacation we originally planned for May, 2020. We wanted to visit our friend Ada in London one last time before she transferred back to DC. We bought our British Airways tickets and I was researching itineraries in Cornwall when the Covid pandemic squashed all plans. British Airways gave us vouchers for the …
May 2 The saga of the oven installation is finally complete. The installers never came last Monday, and after many, many phone calls with Best Buy’s customer service we determined that I needed an electrician to first install a new breaker. Once that was done last Thursday, we were able to reschedule our installation for …
I made a short solo trip to the Eastern Shore of Maryland to see a concert by Sonny Landreth and Cindy Cashdollar in Easton. I stayed the night and found some nice places to eat. Friday, March 24 My little trip to Easton for the Sonny Landreth and Cindy Cashdollar concert got off to a …
March 8 We spent a happy week with Allie in Punta Cana at the Excellence El Carmen resort. We got a bonus day with Allie at the tail end because her flight to Boston on Friday night was canceled so she stayed over until Sunday morning. That gave us a chance to eat a little …
My Christmas present to the girls was a week of sun in Punta Cana, our first international trip since Covid. We originally planned to go to Aruba and I booked a nice room at the Hilton there more than six months in advance. By the time it came to buy airline tickets, we discovered that …
We had a weekend at the DC Wharf centered around a Tedeschi Trucks Band concert at the Warner Theater on Friday evening. I booked a nice “partial waterfront” room at the Hilton Canopy Hotel and made plans for several meals. Friday, February 17 Barb worked at home on Friday and said she would be done …
I watch a lot of cooking and travel shows. One of my all-time favorites was Made in Spain which introduced me to many of the regions, cuisines and dishes of Spain, and made me a fan of Jose Andres and his expanding empire of restaurants. During Covid, when Andres was not juggling the survival of …
A running tab of movies and series 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: 2022 Movies | 2021 Movies | 2020 Movies | 2019 Movies | 2018 Movies | 2017 Movies Catherine the Great on HBO. I recently slogged my …
January 8 Continuing our recap of Allie’s holiday visit with us… Sunday, 1/1/23: Once we all woke up, none too early, we had whitefish and bagels procured from Mikey and Mel’s the day before. Barb and Allie spent a quiet day puzzling and reading. Our New Year’s resolution was to finish off some of the …