Many adventures!

We've had a ton of adventures over the last two months. We had a visit from Cyndi, Chloe and Mrs. Knight in April. It was so nice to see them and for Henry and Chloe to spend some time together. We had lunch at Ashmont Grille and the kids were amazingly well behaved.

The weekend of May 18 we took the train to Wilmington, Delaware for the Delaware Marathon. Henry loved the train and was very well behaved for the most part. Dinning out in Wilmington was not so successful and we ended up with take-out in the hotel room for the first night (after a failed attempt at an Italian carbo load in the restaurant) and a very quick dinner the second night. Henry and I really had fun watching Jim run the marathon. Of course, Jim mapped out all our stops so we could see him multiple times. Down by the Harbor we met some other kids and were able to play between sightings. Jim broke his best time and qualified for Boston again by finishing in 3:08:44. He finished 25 overall and 5 in his age group. Pretty AMAZING!


On May 29th, I was in San Diego completing my spring project, which is my 4th BREWfest for Qualcomm. It was a great success. This year, we closed down 5th Avenue and J Street in the Gaslamp District of downtown San Diego. All the restaurants and retail shops were open only to our guests and in a parking lot on J street, we built a concert stage and the band LIVE performed. Yes, that is a photo of me with LIVE lead singer Ed Kowalczyk. They put on an amazing show-- they sound just like what you remember from the 90s. I had no idea I would know so many songs! After the concert, we had 3 of the restaurants stay open until 1am for dancing. From a planning perspective, the schedule was absolutely brutal- the city permit to close the street ran from 6am to 6am-- so I worked 23 hours straight, pretty much spending the entire time on my feet and moving. It took me days to get back to normal. I am happy that I have some time off this summer!

June 1st was the annual Dot Day Parade. Henry loved it! Again this year, I am amazed at what a big deal is made for a neighborhood of Boston. Deval Patrick, our Governor walked as well as Mayor Menino (of course). It lasted over 2 hours! As in year's past, I left thinking how much I love our diverse and proud neighboorhood! Hooray for Dorchester!

Coming soon... Kevin Leung's Wedding and Henry's 2nd birthday party!