So what does one do with 72 hours in the great northwest? In my case, I slip on some walking shoes that have already been broken in and put all the hats my little sister has knitted for me to good use while enjoying the lushness that is Seattle, Washington. Fashion sidebar: isn’t it funny how my outfit just camouflaged …
George W. Bush Presidential Center
There are three presidential libraries in the great state of Texas. Luckily I’ve been a few times to the grand LBJ library in Austin, and on this last trip to Dallas I got to visit the recently opened George W. Bush Presidential Center near my old alma mater SMU. As we drove down lower Greenville to Mockingbird, my dad asked …
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Golden Anniversary
Below is my slideshow/tribute to my parents at their anniversary party–though only some of the photos are included here. My parents are two ordinary people who have had extraordinary achievements and challenges in their lives. To me, it is the way they overcame these challenges together that is their greatest achievement. It is no surprise to any of us, who …
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The Winner Is…
No, there was no spontaneous human combustion to explain the gap from my last entry. Just a very chaotic period of ten days in Dallas leading up to my parents’ golden anniversary party on August 31, 2013…plus a few more after for recovery. But it was definitely so hot in Texas that I could have self-ignited even while just standing …
Barcelona, Day 3
The last time I was in Barcelona there was scaffolding everywhere inside as well as outside the Sagrada FamÃlia, which is par for the course since the construction of this church gives new meaning to the phrase work in progress. The basilica broke ground in 1882, about a year before Gaudà took over and breathed life into this Gothic/Art Nouveau/extraterrestrial …