February 5, 2011: The Grilled Cheese Hot Dog Sandwich

Buttered wheat Bread + Cheddar + Nathans hot dogs + a griddle = 3 happy kids. And dad gets credit for a tasty new high-calorie "discovery." It's the kind of wackiness that happens when dad is left to watch the kids without mom's supervision.

February 2, 2011: You Know a Law Firm is Big When...

...it has its own building and a view inside of it that looks like this. I went to a seminar this afternoon at the offices of another firm. Suffice it to say that it's a big one.

January 31, 2011: My Boys

The little guy loves his dog--who is astonishingly tolerant of him--and the other is quite a book worm.  Here the book worm is doing his best to power through a book his mom told him he has to read before he can move on to the 4th Harry Potter book.

January 30, 2011: Pittsburgh Day 2--Old Friends and Milk

Day 2 of the Pittsburgh visit--our kids and our friends' kids. This bunch of milkbreaths represent the biggest and most meaningful way our life has grown since we moved to the DC area in 2002. Some of our first friends in DC were S and K. We didn't have any kids yet, and neither did they. Both couples were relative newlyweds. Since then, between the two families, we've brought five kids into the world, finished educations, launched careers, bought houses, K and S moved to Pittsburgh--it's amazing how much life changes so quickly, and it's good to have loyal friends with whom we can experience all of those life changes along the way.

January 29, 2011: Pittsburgh Day 1--Fish and Snakes

We went to Pittsburgh to visit some too-rarely seen friends. The girls (the moms) went to lunch and did a little shopping while the dads hung out with the kids, took them to a really cool pet store, and then shoved them out the back door to play in the snow.  There was no denying that the fish tanks and fish at the store were awesome, I can't say they really tempted me--too much commitment.  The snakes did catch my eye, however.  Seems like they'd be a good low maintenance pet, but I'm sure people who have had them might disagree.

January 27, 2011: Sunset over Arlington

January 24, 2011: Frigid in NYC

I was in NYC for work. I didn't have time to really do anything, but my hotel was near Times Square, so I wandered over there. It was 19 degrees, which was much more pleasant than earlier that morning when the wind chill was -8. No, I wasn't dressed for it. And what's with all the black coats? It was almost spooky. I felt like a tourist, but I was nevertheless almost proud to stand out in my red ski jacket.