Friday, February 27, 2026

Tour de New England: Ski Edition

We've got Ikon Passes and we're not afraid to use them!

Some of us - the under-employed and under-enrolled (at the moment) subset of the family - took an epic 9 day sojourn up to Maine and Vermont for some truly excellent (though yes, still east coast) skiing. AJ and I remained home holding down the fort at school and work, and since I don't know because I wasn't there, all I have to present to you, dearest readers, are a smattering of pictures. Perhaps Z will hop on and tell a few stories.

In the meantime, the short version is Z and W ventured to deepest, darkest Maine aka Sugarloaf. Met up with Nick, had a blast skiing some Glades and some Moguls and some Terrain Parks and some Ice Rinks and all of the rest of the mountain, too. Since 5 days is the limit for Ikon at Sugarloaf, they took the party on the road to Killington and spent another 3 days there. As fas as I can tell, everyone had an awesome time. And for context, the last picture is a dramatic rendering of the knee pain/injuries that would have ensued had our crew taken a particularly dodgy run they opted against. NO actual knees were busted in the takng fo this trip!

Wednesday, February 04, 2026

Snowshoe Party!

Some of us have to go to work, or school. Other of us are peeps of leisure who are in between projects or on a slightly extended winter break since they don't leave for semester abroad for another month. Guess which ones of us got to go on a day trip to Snowshoe??

Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Sunday, December 21, 2025

Happy Solstice-ukah!

And the holiday collabs continue. This year the 8th (and final) night of Chanukah very conveniently fell on the (winter) solstice. So we got to combine 2 different fire rituals in one super fun (and luckily not super cold) night. We're still working out the details of our solstice celebration, but we've got the key element of beautifully decorated log containing each person's "leave behind in this year/bring into the next one" written and folded and tucked in notes that we then burn in our fire pit... and also that somehow solstice bonfire is the perfect time to burn up excess yard waste as well. Not so sure that's a formal celebration element more just a happy coincidence? Top 2 pics are the majority of our celebrants and aforementioned log, and bottom ones are the various fires. Darkest day is now behind us, nowhere to go but light!

Saturday, December 20, 2025

Chanukah for Realsies

Well, it was for real the other nights, too. This night we got all 4 of us under one roof... with candles!

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Monday, December 15, 2025

Chanukah Visits!

Somehow this year Chanukah overlapped with Charlie's drive through from school to their parents in DC, AND Paige's week long post-first semester of Junior year but also pre-trip to England visit. We made entirely gluten-free, Celiac friendly latkes and enjoyed introducing Paige to Chanukah fesitvities.

Thursday, November 27, 2025

Saturday, November 22, 2025

Baby's First Indoor Carbon Leaf Show

Actually, I so lie. AJ's first indoor CL show was actually last December, the holiday shindig at the National in RVA. I guess this is Baby's first CL Show at the Jeff?