Chicago, December 4-6, 2009

Dan and Doreen met us and Sara and Amy in Chicago. We went to see The Addams family musical with Nathan Lane and Bebe Newirth. It wasn't as good as I had hoped, but I'm glad I got to see those two actors.

As always, we had a great time and that city. It was great having Dan and Doreen there.

Paris, October 2009

We were in Paris on 30 September 2009 and returned on 4 October. It was a great trip.

That was our third time there and every time we love that city more.



Day 1
• Hotel Pratic at 11h
• Toured Musee Carnavalet
• Place du Vosges
• Marche de St Catherine
• Walked through Ile St. Louis and Ile de la Cite
• Toured Notre Dame

Day 2
• Gustave Moreau Museum
• St Trinite church
• Cluny Museum of the Middle Ages
• Pantheon
• St Etienne du Mont Church
• Dinner at Le Poisson Rouges

Day 3
• Chartres
• Night in the Bastille

Day 4
• Pere Lachaise cemetery
• Napoleon’s tomb and the Museum of the Army
• Nuit Blanche

Chicago May 1-3, 2009

We took the train down as usual. I pricelined our hotel, $80, and got the Sheraton. We had a fantastic view, looking down the Chicago River.

New York, April 15 - 19, 2009

We saw lots of stuff on this trip!

Day 1
• Tenement Museum
• Dinner at EtcEtc
• Play “Desire Under The Elms”

Day 2
• Ellis Island & the Statue of Liberty
• Lunch in Greenwich Village
• Dinner with Mike M. at Resto

Day 3
• Brooklyn Museum
• Brooklyn Neighborhoods
o Park Slope
o Williamsburg
• Walk back over the Williamsburg Bridge
• Dinner at a Korean Barbeque

Day 4
• The Metropolitian Museum of Art
• Central Park
• A late lunch at Lasagna Ristorante
• Play “Billy Elliot”

Louisiana - February 2009

We were in Franklin, Louisiana for a family reunion in February. All my siblings were there.