I was supposed to be headed to Los Angeles two weeks ago to spend some extended time with my folks. We managed to get a full quorum of the Schorr clan booked to show up for the family gathering we all really love each year. We even kept Eitan’s booking to join us a secret. … More This is tough…
We took a day trip today to the monastery at Montserrat about an hour from the center of Barcelona. Andrew and I had been there before with Ruth, but she wanted to show her boyfriend Simon this amazing place. The monastery is set into some unusually shaped mountains, and there are wonderful hiking trails to … More Montserrat – A Magnificent Gem Just Outside Barcelona
Amidst the flurry of December visitors to Barcelona, we were able to set aside a full week for just us five to get away for a bit of R & R together. Ruth finished finals, Eitan completed his first semester at Avon, and we’ve managed to loose Ari from the Microsoft merry go round to … More Tenerife: Family Time in the Canary Islands
It was terrific to reconnect with Andrew’s relatives when we were in the east. Though the circumstances of Aunt Helaine’s passing were difficult and sad, getting to spend time with my brother-in-law and his two awesome sons, our cousins and their kids was a silver lining. It is my hope that this brief connection rekindles the … More There Really is NOTHING Like Family
Aunt Helaine – charming, gracious, effusive, witty, feisty, tender Aunt Helaine – passed away surrounded by her family this last weekend. I loved Helaine from the moment I met her when Andrew and I were engaged many years ago. She immediately knew that we were cut from some of the same no-nonsense cloth, and she … More Love is a frequent flier
It’s the little things that matter sometimes Andrew and I have been here for a couple of days, staying in the apartment of a energetic 22 year old named Teun. Teun is an entrepreneur…he rents out his small but very cozy flat through airbnb, provides basic necessities like linens, towels, soaps, candles for mood lighting … More Some Other Cool and Unusual Things That Happened in Amsterdam
Uh, oh…Out walking along the Amstel canal this morning after a couple of days meeting wonderful clients and enjoying mobile working and playing with Andrew, I may be falling in love again. Of course my greatest love is Andrew, whose birthday it is today and we will celebrate in a cozy restaurant called Lulu here … More Amsterdam: Stealing My Heart
After spending a wonderful week with our new friends, the Bombaci family, in their country home near Todi, it is abundantly clear why both Andrew and I feel so at home in Italy. Open arms. Our home in Seattle and now in Barcelona is often described as a place where friends and family, and friends of … More A Week in the Italian Countryside
We made it back to Barcelona on three different airlines and with three different routings…Eitan from Northern California, Ruth from Cape Town via Dubai, and Andrew and I also from Cape Town via Istanbul. It took a lot of logistics on Andrew’s part as amateur travel agent, but we all actually arrived in Barcelona within … More Getting back to Normal?
Ruthie and her two friends, Megan and Lukas, came along with us to The World of Birds sanctuary in Hout Bay today, and it was a real treat! I cannot imagine that there is anywhere in the US where we could get so up close and personal with so many varieties of birds, with a … More The World of Birds: a Walk Through the Crazy Myriad of Feathered Friends and Others
Living La Vida Loca 