Barb and I took a weekend trip to New York City so I could see the reunion concert of Our Native Daughters at Carnegie Hall. We had some other small adventures as well. I learned over the summer of a reunion concert for Our Native Daughters, the group formed by Rhiannon Giddens, Allison Russell, Amythyst …
Summer started with a new (and final) season of T-ball for Allie, this time as an Astro. If she could have kept playing T-ball, Allie might have stayed with it as she rather enjoyed the languid pace of the game. Unfortunately, one could only play for two seasons before matriculating to coach-pitch softball. Allie didn’t …
We once again spent July 4 in Ocean City with the Harders. I think we tried out a different condo, but otherwise we were getting into a groove. Traditions included a carryout dinner of ribs the first night (usually from J/R’s, now closed), dinner at a small Italian place we liked (Antipasti, I think), one …
We had another beach weekend at Ocean City with the Harders. I’m pretty sure this was the July 4th weekend. We stayed at The Plaza again and watched the fireworks at Ocean City’s Northside Park. Allie and I were getting much better at building sandcastles. This one was one of our best. I also loved …