Adventures in Boston

I've been traveling a lot this fall and have had some wonderful experiences and had a chance to catch up with old friends. I was in San Francisco at the beginning of November and spent a day with Stephanie - walking, shopping, eating, and talking. That same evening I ended up meeting some friends/neighbors from here (Pete & Jerry) who also happened to be out there at the same time. I took them out to the R & G Lounge, my favorite restaurant in Chinatown, and they ended up paying the bill, so that was a nice treat. Thanks!



I just returned from the ASHA convention in Boston. My friend Paige from school was there, and I haven't seen her in 15 years. We got to have some meals together and get re-acquainted. Life is good. I learned a lot, saw loads of people I knew, hammered out some details of a new class I want to teach, met with someone about mentoring a grad student in a project that may take me back to Kansas for a visit, and realize there were some people who I wanted to talk with that I never did run into. Well, there are about 10000 people who go to this conference... I'll have to tell you about the $18 oatmeal at some point also, but not now, it is a long story.

My celebrity sighting this year was twofold. Bob and Lee Woodruff were at the convention on Friday to receive an award from Annie and John Glenn. The four of them were having dinner at the restaurant in the hotel where I had dinner, so since I had my camera handy, I asked if they would indulge me. My conversation with John Glenn was my favorite part - and if you haven't seen it he says that Apollo 13 is the best and most realistic "space" movie ever made.




We'll go to Detroit for Thanksgiving and are looking forward to meeting Henry, cousin Martha's new baby boy!
Gobble gobble!

Halloween, a couple weeks later

We went to Jenny's for a Halloween party a couple weeks ago ...

They bobbed for apples and Estelle was the first successful kid at doing it ... she figured out how to push the apple up against the side of the big bucket.

Then they made Frankensteins out of rice krispy treats and frosting ... and ate them all up!

George found a silly rubber ball that he put on his head (after he took of his Mudkip costume that was too warm). Estelle went as a crazy soccer player since she'd played a game that day and didn't feel like changing clothes, but really it didn't look much different than her "official" costume - a gymnast.

We had about 150 kids at the house, so thankfully, no leftovers (well, probably enough peanut butter cups to keep someone happy)!