Chuck's West Coast Adventures

Chuck had a nice two weeks, skiing with good friends in Whistler, BC, visiting Tumor and Jen in Burlington, VT, and finally spending 5 days out in Oregon doing research. Of course his research site is a scenic portion of the Sandy River, between Portland and Mt. Hood. They just removed the Marmot Dam off of the Sandy River, so of course to reach our research sites, we needed to raft it.... Here are some more photos from that trip.

DC Restaurant Week

DC has a great event at least twice a year called "Restaurant Week". Many of the city's restaurants take part and offer some portion, and sometimes all, of their regular menu for either $20.08 (lunch) or $30.08 (dinner) -- at least three courses. Sister and I tried Oyamel tonight. It was delicious...Mexican-style tapas. Chuck and I tried Ceiba in August 2007. The most exciting part is D.C.'s best restaurants are part of this. I have my list of places to try so I'm ready for the next restaurant week.

Several other cities (Baltimore and Boston) have their own version of restaurant week...google your city and venture to someplace new.

Camera Found

Most of you know how much I love my camera...it has now been recovered. Over Columbus Day weekend, Chuck and I visited with friends and family in Wisconsin. It was a great trip complete with unusually hot weather...not really important but I thought you might enjoy the details. On the way to Milwaukee I realized I left my camera at the Beachkofski's. Jill mailed the camera to us complete with insurance. About two weeks later I realized we didn't have the camera and after several calls to the Madison area and DC post offices it was decided the camera was lost. So paperwork was filed and about a month afterward the camera showed up at Jill's. Conveniently we had ordered a new camera...so now we have two. Chuck is starting to realize why I have a spare for a lot of things we own.

Pics from the weekend in Wisconsin...obviously not a lot of them.

Exciting Weekend -- Visitors and Art

We had an exciting weekend acting like tourists and spending time with friends. Friday afternoon our friend Patti DeMotts stopped by for dinner. On Sunday, long time friends Fred and Melissa Cunningham ventured into the city for dinner. It was exciting to catch up with everyone and hopefully it won't be quite so long next time.

Sunday afternoon, Chuck and I acted like tourists and visited the Edward Hopper exhibit at the National Gallery. It was nice to see a collection of his art and I even have a few new favorites. The exhibit is over next weekend, so if you are in D.C. or it visits your city, it's worth the trip.

We also went to a new restaurant for drinks and truffled frites. It was a nice Sunday afternoon out in DC. The drinks were delicious and the frites--unbeatable! Stop by Poste if you near Chinatown...it's in the Hotel Monaco