The Cherry Blossom Festival. Or, Hooray for Flowered Trees.

I’m trying something new with this post.  Instead of posting a few pictures and commenting on them, I am going to post a lot of pictures with some brief comments.  This way you get to see a lot more photos and it takes me less time to post.  Posting in this fashion allows me to add more posts to the blog.  You can click on any of the picture thumbnails to view a larger version of the photo.

After a day of looking at cherry blossom…

We enjoyed lunch and a cold beverage.

A Tour of the Capitol Building. Or, Lesley and Katie take on D.C. And, oh, I was there too.

Lady Freedom is really, really, tall.

I am pretty late with posting this trip, but it is time to complete the post.  Les, her friend Katie O and I took a trip to DC when Katie shot down to DC from Philly back in late October 2009 (yes, way back then).  She was only in Philly for a few days, so we were lucky that she had a free weekend to visit!

NFL Week 17

Hanging out at Glory Days (for the first time this year) to watch the last Browns game of the season.

A Somewhat Happy New Years Eve

New Years Eve and still no heat in our house. Luckily we had the gas guy on the way to check things out. Still, the house was mighty cold and I sought refuge by a portable heater.

We did get the gas up and running. Thank goodness. I was freezing.

Thanksgiving in Rehoboth Beach. Or, Fun Rehoboth Beach Videos.

I wanted to post a couple videos from Thanksgiving in Rehoboth.  Although I’m just getting to this, I backdated the post so it makes sense chronologically.

We went to the town tree lighting, but we were one hour early.  To keep us entertained, there was a band playing Christmas music.  It was cold and we were tired, but we brought some energy juice.  It turned out to be a good time and I took a few videos.

J…M…U aint got no Duke Dog

Great 20-8 win over the #16 ranked Deleware Blue Hens. Les and I watched the game in the pouring, wind blown rain just to see JMU. Good thing they won!

What’s your malfunction, Private?

Sorry to anyone (Jen) who tried to view the blog entries and couldn’t do so.  It should be up and running now!

Engagement Announcement Photo

In keeping with my plan of posting pictures of events going on in my life, I thought it would be good to post the picture of Lesley and I that ran with our engagement announcement in the Maryland Gazette. She looks much better than I do! A special thanks goes to T.J. for taking the photo.

Montreal – Day One. Or, Engagement Weekend.

Okay, I am back at blogging. And what better way to start than with pictures from the trip Les and I took to Montreal. It all started at Les’ 2008 work holiday party. At that party, Lesley won a gift certificate to stay at a Spinghill Suites in Montreal, Québec, Canada. Throughout 2009, we debated whether we should visit Montreal. Flights to Montreal were will above $500 and we did not have many free weekends. At the beginning of September, Les realized that she had a few extra days off to “use or lose,” so we started looking at flights. It turned out that we could fly to Burlington, VT and drive the 1.5 hours to Montreal for a third of the cost of a direct flight. We book a trip and prepared ourselves to enjoy three days and two nights in a Canadian city with an international feel.

I can see Canda from here!

This was our wait at the border crossing, roughly 40 minutes from Burlington, VT. It was a remarkably short wait. Ten minutes at most, and a much different experience than the border crossing at Detroit/Windsor. The border agents were pleasant and direct. Les enjoyed the “Bonjour, hello” greeting by the Canadian border agent. We didn’t want to get searched, so we opted not to take a picture of her.