Monday, October 27, 2008

To Market, To Market

Today was M's first visit to our neighborhood international market for lunch. Too bad she couldn't join us for the tasty grub but at least she took in the sites, smells and sounds..all the stimulation brought on a much needed nap too. 

While munching on fish tacos and crab cake burgers from a Latin seafood bistro we ran into an old friend, got an offer to stay in a colleague's South Beach condo on our next vacation and met a baby that was in utero last time we met him in our birthing class. Phew! Definitely the cool part about living in our neighborhood! 

Sunday, October 26, 2008


Ahhh, the last nice weekend of fall. Yesterday W, M and I enjoyed visiting the Bakken Museum, where W works as the exhibit technician. It was my first visit to the Frankensteinian house on Lake Calhoun where Earl Bakken, founder of Medtronic, opened his museum of electricity (ask W sometime what "interesting" medical devices they keep in the vault :-). Later, we found a great spot under some maple trees to get some family shots and loved what we were capturing until the battery ran out on the camera- DUH!

Last night was our first night out as a couple since M was born and Auntie E came over to babysit so we could go to our friend's annual NE Mpls Halloween party. It felt good to be back in the company of adults, hanging around a bonfire, drinking weak keg beer and wearing a used clown wig and suit. Yep, that's what I call a good time!

This morning M and I met the high school girls for breakfast and talked about life, love, and reunions. Yep, our 15 year is coming up this summer. Man, we're gettin old.

Tonight M surprised us by chatting away and blowing rasperries all night..maybe we have another early talker on our hands like cousin L!

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Welcome to my blog! I'm taking after my big sis and putting my thoughts and stories down for the world to share. Looking forward to staying in touch with everyone this way. More soon! T