Maui, August 2008

Our 25th anniversary extravaganzas continued with a sojourn in Maui and Kauai. Monday, August 18 After a nice week in Colorado with the Embreys, the three of us headed to Hawaii. Barb and I had honeymooned at Hana in Maui but hardly left the isolated Hana Ranch resort so Barb hadn’t seen most of the …

Hawaii, June 2004

The three of us packed off on a trip to Hawaii: a full week on the Big Island in a condo at the Mauna Lani resort where Barb and I stayed in 1993. This was Allie’s first trip to Hawaii. We were eager to show her the best of our favorite island in the world…other …

2004 First Half

We looked after Gerard and Chris’ dog, Dawson, for a day or two in early January. She was a beast of a puppy and tore up Gerard and Chris’s house when she was young, but she’d mellowed a bit and was a pretty good house guest…for a short while. Harry Potter and I were a …

Honeymoon

We went straight from the reception to the Four Seasons Hotel in Georgetown for a one-night honeymoon stay. The hotel had just opened the year before and it was our first time at a Four Seasons. We had considered other places, particularly the Red Fox Inn in Middleburg (we’ve still never been to the Red …