I have very good intentions to write a blog about our trip: where we went, what we did, what we ate, etc. But, I am thinking it might take me a while to get that done. So, in the meantime, here are some of our travel pictures.
They are broken out by place, so please browse at your leisure!
London
Edinburgh
Inverness
Select Artistic Photos (taken by Doug)
We had a wonderful time and are ready to start planning the next trip!!
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Blogging Break!
Not that I am that diligent at the blogging - but you will not be hearing from me for the next 2 weeks. Very early tomorrow morning, we are off for our big UK vacation! We will be in London for a few days, then off to Edinburgh, and then to Inverness.
So, when we return I will post some (hopefully) wonderful photos and trip highlights!
You all behave yourselves till I get back!!
Cheerio!
So, when we return I will post some (hopefully) wonderful photos and trip highlights!
You all behave yourselves till I get back!!
Cheerio!
Friday, October 10, 2008
Doug's Birthday Weekend!
I don't know when birthdays turned into "birthday weekends" in our house.. but it sure makes them more fun! Doug just celebrated his birthday this past weekend and we had some fun birthday adventures.
We went to Roc for dinner on Friday night. It was very tasty food, but I must admit we had some spotty service and also got a pretty crappy table. Given the amount of restaurants in the city to go to, I doubt we will be back there.
Then on Saturday, we went to the Skycraper Museum. There was cool stuff in there, including an arial comparison between NYC and Hong Kong. It was interesting to see how similar they were (from space, I guess). Then we walked all over downtown, from the west side almost all the way over to the east side. It was a beautiful fall day, perfect for strolling. We actually walked by "ground zero" to see the state (or non-state) of building going on. We stopped by St. Paul's Chapel which is right next to the WTC site. They have a really awesome old graveyard if you are into such things. Shockingly, I am into such things. We took some pictures!
This is a tree stump of a really old tree that was damaged on 9/11. The church sustained no damage on that day - not even one broken window. They say all the big, old trees protected the chapel. Looks like this tree really took one for the team!
You can see in the background of this photo is the WTC site, so it was really close.
Then we had to go home and get ready to go back to see Phantom of the Opera. I have to be honest, I didn't think I would really like it that much. But, as it turns out, I thought it was a fabulous production. Much better than Cats (haha)!! The music was awesome and the costumes and sets were great. I have to say I found the phantom to be kinda a cry-baby wuss. But, maybe I am being too hard on a horribly disfigured guy who lives underground beneath a theater. Oh well!
Then when we left that theater, I made poor Doug hang out outside the theater next door which had Equus playing. So, we (and hundreds of other fools) waited for like 45 min to see Daniel Radcliffe leave. For you people who don't know who he is, its Harry Potter! So, we finally did get to see him with much difficulty, but it was exciting nonetheless!
Then on Sunday we just hung out in Brooklyn and relaxed. We had grand plans for bagels in Central Park, but the weather was crappy, so we just stayed around home.
I think that concludes another birthday weekend report. We shouldn't have any more for quite a while, I guess.
Talk to you all soon!
We went to Roc for dinner on Friday night. It was very tasty food, but I must admit we had some spotty service and also got a pretty crappy table. Given the amount of restaurants in the city to go to, I doubt we will be back there.
Then on Saturday, we went to the Skycraper Museum. There was cool stuff in there, including an arial comparison between NYC and Hong Kong. It was interesting to see how similar they were (from space, I guess). Then we walked all over downtown, from the west side almost all the way over to the east side. It was a beautiful fall day, perfect for strolling. We actually walked by "ground zero" to see the state (or non-state) of building going on. We stopped by St. Paul's Chapel which is right next to the WTC site. They have a really awesome old graveyard if you are into such things. Shockingly, I am into such things. We took some pictures!
This is a tree stump of a really old tree that was damaged on 9/11. The church sustained no damage on that day - not even one broken window. They say all the big, old trees protected the chapel. Looks like this tree really took one for the team!
You can see in the background of this photo is the WTC site, so it was really close.
Then we had to go home and get ready to go back to see Phantom of the Opera. I have to be honest, I didn't think I would really like it that much. But, as it turns out, I thought it was a fabulous production. Much better than Cats (haha)!! The music was awesome and the costumes and sets were great. I have to say I found the phantom to be kinda a cry-baby wuss. But, maybe I am being too hard on a horribly disfigured guy who lives underground beneath a theater. Oh well!
Then when we left that theater, I made poor Doug hang out outside the theater next door which had Equus playing. So, we (and hundreds of other fools) waited for like 45 min to see Daniel Radcliffe leave. For you people who don't know who he is, its Harry Potter! So, we finally did get to see him with much difficulty, but it was exciting nonetheless!
Then on Sunday we just hung out in Brooklyn and relaxed. We had grand plans for bagels in Central Park, but the weather was crappy, so we just stayed around home.
I think that concludes another birthday weekend report. We shouldn't have any more for quite a while, I guess.
Talk to you all soon!
Monday, October 6, 2008
Jenn and John's Wedding!
Well, we finally got Jenn married off! And the wedding was nothing short of beautiful, the groom was handsome, and the bride was stunning! Sadly, the weather didn't fully cooperate and the outside festivities had to be moved inside, but all was well, as the inside was lovely too! It was a busy couple days for me leading up to the event, but I know it was a busy couple months for John and Jenn. But, they get to fly off to Italy in just a few short days for their honeymoon.
Below are some picts of the event - although I think most of my blog readers were probably there.
The rehearsal dinner was at Atomic Billiards. It was a ton of fun and everyone seemed to enjoy challenging each other to pool and shuffleboard. Even the bride got in the action:
Here are some photos we had from the main event. These are just from my camera, so they aren't the best. Perhaps I will switch them out or add more when the real photos are available!
(mmmmmm, cupcakes!)
But, all this wedding business got me thinking about what it takes to have a successful, enduring relationship. Not necessarily "marriage", of course. But a long, happy relationship. Not that I proclaim to be an expert on the subject, but I am no novice either! So, I was thinking it might be fun to have you relationship experts out there send some advice to the newlyweds!
If I had to come up with 2 things that I feel are paramount in the building of a strong foundation, they would be:
Support and Compromise.
These may seem obvious, however I think sometimes it is quite a challenge to do them.
So, I invite you to add comments of your own about this - suggestions, advice, helpful tid-bits you have learned over the years, etc...
(Although, it may just be a ploy to get people to write comments..)
Below are some picts of the event - although I think most of my blog readers were probably there.
The rehearsal dinner was at Atomic Billiards. It was a ton of fun and everyone seemed to enjoy challenging each other to pool and shuffleboard. Even the bride got in the action:
Here are some photos we had from the main event. These are just from my camera, so they aren't the best. Perhaps I will switch them out or add more when the real photos are available!
(mmmmmm, cupcakes!)
But, all this wedding business got me thinking about what it takes to have a successful, enduring relationship. Not necessarily "marriage", of course. But a long, happy relationship. Not that I proclaim to be an expert on the subject, but I am no novice either! So, I was thinking it might be fun to have you relationship experts out there send some advice to the newlyweds!
If I had to come up with 2 things that I feel are paramount in the building of a strong foundation, they would be:
Support and Compromise.
These may seem obvious, however I think sometimes it is quite a challenge to do them.
So, I invite you to add comments of your own about this - suggestions, advice, helpful tid-bits you have learned over the years, etc...
(Although, it may just be a ploy to get people to write comments..)
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