Spent four days in the City last weekend with Lori and Anna. What a great trip, great town. Lots of photos to show you, but just a little more work to do on the site first. Tune in next week. In the meantime, Happy Thanksgiving.

This evening Anna arrived. Lori and I are relieved to find that she is a totally laid back, happy, polite, well-adjusted sixteen-year-old. We are so excited now to begin our own adventure with Anna. I only wish I could be in her shoes, like I was -- in many regards -- when I found myself in France some sixteen (ironically) years ago.