Thank god that my mom bought us an extra suitcase to go home with. After the splurging at the outlet malls, at the bookstore, and at Best Buy, we filled it up without a problem. While I was ultimately unsuccessful in my bid to convince Ann of the need for Read more…
Rating: Let me start off by saying that I am not a fan of Michael Bay. When I saw the Rock and Armageddon all I could do was lament the fact that someone agreed to spend all that money to make two hour long music videos. Pearl Harbor sank to Read more…
The weather forecast for the next few days. Just to give you an idea… there isn’t a day this week that it won’t be warmer in Anchorage, Alaska.
The Adirondacks There’s a carved wooden sign on the side of the house that says “Tripp Hausâ€. I suppose it was intended to create that chalet kind of feeling, and the long, steep driveway you have to climb to get there, and the tall skinny pine trees that flank both Read more…
We have about three hours before we head to Newark to go back to the Netherlands, so I thought I’d jot down a quick list of things that my vacation home has reminded me that I miss: Heat in the summer The sound of cicadas Tall leafy trees on both Read more…
Yes, it’s sad but true, Ken and I rekindled our frisbee golf rivalry with a round on the Princeton University frisbee golf course. And I lost. In spectacular fashion. Finishing seven strokes behind. It started off close, but on the 8th hole Ken revealed why his undergraduate degree in religion Read more…
It was a little weird at first. But only a little. Stepping off the plane I ran into a wall of hot humid air. It was kind of like a warm smack in the face saying, “Hey, welcome back. You’re not in the Netherlands anymore.†I wasn’t. I was at Read more…
Busy weekend. (Skip all this shit and go straight to the pictures) First we decided on Friday night that it would be fun to stay in a hotel in Rotterdam, so Ann called up and got us a room at the Hilton for the night. Friday night we had probably Read more…