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Category Archives: Family
Let’s Celebrate By Blowing Stuff Up
A quiet 4th at the condo, particularly since the Comcast cable/telephone/Internet was out for seven hours. It hasn’t been quiet on the street, though, with sirens every 15 minutes or so. Lots of people busy blowing off their fingers, I … Continue reading
The Sins of Sor Juana
Dani and I went to see The Sins of Sor Juana at the Goodman Theatre. It’s a drama based upon the real life of a 17th century woman scholar and writer in Mexico. It was directed by the same person … Continue reading
All The World’s a Stage
Today was pretty quiet, working at home. I walked up to the Theatre and Interpretation Center to exchange some tickets because Dani wants to go to a drama in Chicago this weekend. On the way home I dodged a troop … Continue reading
Toy Story 3
I fixed Dani’s network today by installing an Apple Time Capsule. Speed increased from 200kbps, to 20Mbps. Now video is usable. We saw Toy Story 3, which is the funniest and most moving of the Toy Story movies. A good … Continue reading
Father’s Day in Evanston
We headed to the airport this morning to fly (on Southwest Airlines) to Midway Airport. The flight was slightly delayed, but was very quick. In fact, because of some kind of traffic tie-up it took almost as long in the … Continue reading
Harry Potter and Tchoup Chop
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter opened today at Universal Studios (although the ever-reliable CBS News reported it was Disney World). It uses our HD uncompressed video players for Forbidden Journey, what is now the world’s best theme park ride … Continue reading
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A Day of Wining and Dining
I spent eight and a half hours eating and drinking with Ron and Bev today! I really don’t know how they do it. The occasion was a visit by Allan from Hart Davis Hart, a wine auction house in Chicago. … Continue reading
Experimental AuGratins
Almost everyone was back in the office today. Linda is getting a cold, so I fixed dinner, including experimental potatoes au gratin, with the additions of cheese, bacon, onion, and smokey chili flakes. Not bad.
Azteca
Dani is home! On the way to the airport, Linda and I stopped for lunch at Azteca, which has excellent seafood cojeta.
Linda’s Yellow Dog Eats BBQ Short Ribs
Linda is making her special short ribs recipe, and it smells wonderful. The secret ingredient is BBQ sauce from Yellow Dog Eats. Ingredients 1 large sliced onion 3 – 4 lb. pot roast Beef rub olive oil 1/3 cup Beef … Continue reading
The Last Coyote
A quiet day at home after our big night out. I helped Dani with her film project by recording some snippets of novels for her soundtrack. The one she used was from Michael Connelly’s The Last Coyote.
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Memorial Chairs
It’s Memorial Day, a day when we honor those who’ve given their lives for this country, and Chinese people who manufacture rolling chairs. After lunch at Uno, I took Linda to Staples where she picked up a new chair for … Continue reading
Scotland & Ireland 2008
We scheduled this extended trip to the UK to coincide with Dani and her friends from Trinity Prep performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Dani departed ahead of us, on Tuesday, July 29th, with her school group. They spent a … Continue reading
Europe 2007
Rome, Switzerland, Paris, London Friday, June 29, 2007 Orlando to London For Dani’s 16th birthday she asked to take her friend Christina, to Europe. This is the journal of that trip. The only time Christina has been out of the … Continue reading
Japan 2006
Wednesday December 27, 2006 This trip to Japan sort of snuck up on us. Between having hardwood floors installed, buying new living room furniture, painting and redecorating the guest room, getting ready for Christmas, and entertaining my Dad, suddenly it … Continue reading
Hawaii
O’ahu, Hawai’i, Maui, Kaua’i Orlando Friday, March 17, 2006 As much as we’ve traveled the world, there are still quite a few places in the US that we haven’t been, so we decided to visit Hawai’i this spring break. (If you’re … Continue reading
Las Vegas Star Trek Convention 2005
Dani’s Los Angeles Journal August 1, 2005 We were supposed to leave Saturday night but Delta called to tell us our flight was cancelled, so we ended up leaving REALLY early in the morning on Sunday. We connected in Salt … Continue reading
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New York 2005
Dani’s Broadway Journal Day 1, 7/9/05 Manhattan The day mercifully didn’t start out at the crack of dawn. We had an 11:35 direct flight to New York. The flight was rescheduled to 11:20 so we were a little worried about … Continue reading
Panama Canal 2005
Ft. Lauderdale • Limón, Costa Rica • Colon, Panama Grand Cayman • Cozumel, Mexico • Belize Ft. Lauderdale Friday, March 18, 2005 The search for a Spring break cruse that matched Dani’s school schedule and went to places we hadn’t … Continue reading
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Punta Gorda 2004
Because of Windermere Prep’s financial troubles, the scheduled American Adventures trip to the Grand Canyon was replaced with a less expensive three-day jaunt to Punta Gorda, south of Sarasota on Florida’s west coast. The trip actually turned out to be … Continue reading
Yosemite 2003
Monday Monday morning 44 seventh and eight graders and 17 parents and teachers met at Orlando International for the start of our Blazing a Trail trip to Yosemite California. After a fairly quick check in we caught the flight to … Continue reading
Baltic 2002
England, Estonia, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, 2002 This summer we decided to explore a completely different part of the world. None of us had ever been to any of the ports on this 12 day cruise around the Baltic. … Continue reading
Charleston and Savannah 2002
WPS Southern Heritage TourApril 8-12, 2002 Monday 6:00 AM came an hour early, with the change to daylight savings time only a day old. It was still pitch black as we pulled out of the Windermere Preparatory School parking lot … Continue reading
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Europe 2001
London, Paris, Rome with Dani Saturday, July 28, 2001 Orlando In the spring Linda informed Danielle and me that she would be too busy to travel this summer. So Danielle and I began looking for something interesting to do, and … Continue reading
Australia 2001
I’ve always wanted to visit Australia, both to see a new continent, and to better understand the market for audio, video, lighting and show control products, there. So when I heard that our Australian distributor, EAV Technology, would be exhibiting … Continue reading
Caribbean 2001
Miami, St. Thomas, San Juan Miami Saturday, April 7, 2001 For Spring Break, Danielle and I decided at the last minute to take a cruise aboard the newly-launched Explorer of the Seas. It’s the sister ship of the Voyager of … Continue reading
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Canadian Capitals 2000
Montreal, Quebec, Ottawa, Toronto Monday On August 21st, 2000 we set out for a tour of Canadian Capitals. We selected Tauck Tours, because of their reputation for a hassle-free experience, with deluxe accommodations and no restrictions on dining choices. Departing … Continue reading