When the restrictions turned yellow recently, restaurants started seating outdoors, people started going out, and the energy felt…. exciting! It was wonderful to see the guys hanging out together at the benches again (I call it Dudes “duding”),…
Although she wanted to go to London for a West End musical for her sweet sixteen, we will have to wait on that one. Instead, we decorated, drank champagne, watched a movie of Happy Birthdays from loved ones,…
Our region is “red” again… so we are supposed to stay home. I try to stay home, and mostly I do. But also we hike, sometimes closer to home and sometimes a little bit farther away. Also, I…
We went on another downtown date. Found a route we don’t usually walk. Not much food on this route, unfortunately, but still beautiful. It was empty and quiet during this time of emptiness and quiet.…
A beautiful hike in Caserta, where we hiked a lot before we moved off the base. It is so sunny, open, and pleasant on these country hills. Chess for Cedar. We started a chess club at the…
We brought the kids for lunch at the restaurant-on-the-sea in Monte di Procida, then explored a path in Bacoli, Path of the Lighthouse. A lovely day and a lovely view!…
Matt and I realized we live very close to a nice city with a lovely lungomare (seafront promenade). If we had realized the loveliness of this lungomare sooner, we would have spent time here this summer strolling along…
Matt’s gig was in Ravello, a small town in the hills overlooking the Amalfi coast. Ravello is known for its beautiful gardens and views, as well as art and ceramics. I took my fellow band-spouse, Melissa, with me…
For Christmas leave, we went to Sicily! Our first stop, after driving all the way to the toe of Italy for about 6 hours, a ferry to Sicily, and our super cute AirBnB in Giarre, was the lovely…
