Gal’s Departure 0
One of our good friends and former roommate, Gal, was recently deported back to Israel due to visa issues. To commemorate his departure a group of us had a farewell dinner with a ton of good food and a liquid ton of good wine.
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Christmas Part 2 – Kiddies 0
After spending a few nights at my Dad’s we went down to stay with Megan’s family in Lynchburg for Christmas. We spent most of our time entertaining Megan’s nieces who are quite adorable.
Christmas 2009 Part 1 – Nelson County VA 1
This Christmas Megan and I went down to Virginia to visit both of our families. We first stopped at my dad’s (relatively) new house in the boonies (AKA Nelson County). Nic and Alison met us there the first night and we had a delicious dinner. We had a few gifts to exchange and stuffed ourselves with cheese and cookies.
Later in our trip we returned to Nelson County (for more gluttony) and witnessed a spectacular sunset. There are always nice views from their front yard, but the wide glowing sunset really showed off the mountains!
When we first arrived, there was far more snow in “tropical” Virginia than in Massachusetts!
We also took a ride up into the hills around their house so we could see what real farm country is like.
Thanks to Monika for the extra pictures!
An Ambitious Plan 0
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This is a long overdue post about the canoeing trip Megan and I took along with a group of my old highschool chums: Chris, Matt G. and Mike. The plan was an overnight trip from Dingman’s Ferry down about 28 miles to the Kittatinny Point Visitor Center. We used Kiattinny Canoes to rent our gear, and they equipped us quite well, except for one key item: we were not given a map of the river including the camp sites along the way.
However, most of us had canoed this same trip at least once before, so we were confident we would find ourselves a campsite for the night. So we set off in a pair of canoes and a kayak. The weather the night before had been miserable, but fortunately the skies began to clear as we headed downstream. |
Barn Wedding 1
Last weekend my friends Bill and Aimee tied the knot in a quaint barn down in Jersey. The wedding itself was a lot of fun, with plenty of good food and some nice touches like a hot apple cider bar with various “adult” fixins. It also served as a great reunion for my group of friends from highschool–the only one missing was off in Africa.
Conference in Montana 0
I just got back from a conference in Big Sky, Montana. The conference hotel was up in the mountains at a ski resort, and although they were starting to get their first snow of the season, the slopes weren’t quite ready yet. The scenery was quit breathtaking (especially for someone from New Jersey), but unfortunately I only got to walk around and take pictures during one of the cloudy days. The conference itself was quite interesting. It was much busier than any of the others I’ve been to. I met a number of new interesting people, and got to see a few other familiar faces which was nice.
Cape Cod – 4th of July 0
Megan and I went down to Cape Cod for the 4th of July weekend along with our friends Bobby and Stefan. It was right after my proposal defense, so I had a wonderful time just relaxing and forgetting about work for a few days. We’ve been having about a month of steady rain and clouds, but amazingly the sun broke through during our first full day there. After that we had beautiful weather, a lot of fun, and good seafood. For the first time it finally felt like summer to me, as I sat outside in the sun, enjoying my fish tacos.
We spent our days relaxing on the beach, and our nights at Sweetwater Forest Campground, which had decent size camp sites that were reasonably separated. One afternoon Bobby fished in the pond near our campsite, and caught us two small sunfish… better than the guy near us who only pulled in weeds. On the Fourth we made our way through the crowds of men in muscle shirts to see the fireworks in Provincetown. Megan and I spent part of our last day biking along the Cape Cod Rail Trail, which was a very nice ride. We also zipped through some of the more hilly trails in Nickerson State Park, before returning to the more leisurely CCRT.
Engagement Party 0
This is a double post, also appearing on our wedding blog.
A few weeks ago we had an informal engagement party with our friends in Amherst. We were lucky to have a beautiful spring day perfect for a barbecue and drinks in our yard. Between the 3 grills, 35 people, 2 croquet sets, 8 pitchers of sangria, and I’m not sure how many cases of beer, everyone was kept busy and entertained!
Many thanks to everyone who helped out, plus Ilene and Gal who took all the photographs! You can find even more here and here.
Engaged! 0
Over Spring Break I proposed to Megan, and with a diamond ring as encouragement, she said yes! We haven’t figured too much out about the actual wedding other than that it probably won’t be until Spring or Summer 2010. In the meantime, you can read about all the terrible exciting things involved with planning a wedding on our fancy new blog.
Snowshoeing by Cushman Brook 1
For Christmas, Megan and I got each other snowshoes. We had used them before on a cabining trip up in NH and had a great time, so we both (independently) thought it would be fun to have some of our own. We’ve been having a nice snowy winter the last few weeks, and we finally got a chance to give our new shoes a try last week. We took a walk down along the Cushman Brook near our house. We’ve had about a foot of snow in the last two weeks, and it has stayed cool, keeping the snow very soft and powdery.
