Dear Anna, Already, your fifth birthday has come and gone. Another sticky pink cake, another pile of crumpled pink tissue paper, and each year the pieces to the toys you receive get smaller and smaller and smaller and find their way into my shoes and sheets. Like Birthday Letters from last year, you still hate…
Author: katrina
Flower Power
What is it about orchids that bring out the paparazzi? Forget the allure of the rose or plucking a daisy to figure out if he loves you or doesn’t. The allure of the orchid is strong (think Susan Orlean’s The Orchid Thief) and my impression is that orchids love being watched, like a model posing…
Christmas Card from Bruges
2008 will go down as the most relaxing, enjoyable Christmas ever. Thanks to the NH Bruges hotel for letting us stash a few presents under their giant tree in one of their lobbies. One little girl woke up very, very happy that morning. Here’s an overview of Christmas Day in Bruges: Presents! More presents! Touring…
Eurorific
I never understood people who said things like “Once the kids are grown up and gone, [INSERT SPOUSE’S NAME HERE] and I want to travel.” I always think “Why not travel with the kids now?” Anna points out her next vacation destination on this subway mural. Looks like somewhere in the Mediterranean or perhaps North…
Christmas in Belgium
A little more than 24 hours ago, I was hanging out here, the Grand Place in Brussels: Nice, eh? The Grand Place lives up to it’s name for it is both grand and truly the place to be, even when it’s about 30 degrees out. Hard to transition from that to New Jersey, but that’s…