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March 21, 2006

Shipping News – Long live Hugo!

We’ve been musing about our belongings and wondering if they’re having a nice time sailing the ocean seas. We’d also been wondering if we’d ever see our things in the timeframe promised. After a quick email to our shipper, Allied International, I got confirmation that our container did not make […]
March 10, 2006

Lessons Learned: Don’t Judge a Book By It’s Cover

We all have this bad habit – forming an opinion about someone in 60 seconds after looking them up and down for a short moment, sizing them up. Or by just listening to their voices/accents. Staying at a backpackers affords one the opportunity to meet a lot of fun people, […]
February 28, 2006

Friends

We have been so fortunate to acquire such an eclectic group of friends. During the last months as we’ve prepared for our move, we’ve had a lot of time to delight in our friendships. And during this last week, our friends have been there to take care of us – […]
February 20, 2006

The Kidlet Gang

Last night we had dinner with the ‘kidlet’ gang. This refers to a group of my long-term close friends of whom the majority now have kids. They are my west coast family — I’ve been friends with them since I moved to SF in 1989. We know each other’s families; […]