Catching Up

Last weekend we drove up to Hartford to hear Nam's dad sing with the Silk City Chorus. I had to sneak this shot with my phone, so the resolution isn't that great. We hit some nasty weather on the way back but we made it home just fine. It's been really cold here all week but we're heading down to sunny Florida next week to visit my family and hopefully get a reprieve from the winter for a while.

brrrrr....

Wow, it's really cold in NY. We're going up to Connecticut for the day to finally visit Nam's family. (xmas got axed 'cause we we both so sick). I'm feeling the need for warmer climes so I think a FLA trip is in the works as well. 

a funny thing happened on the way to the garbage chute

i must have made 10 trips down to our storage space this afternoon. We bought a steel shelving unit for it so we could finally organize the second bedroom closet which has been full of boxes since we moved in. So around 7:15 I decide I'm done for the day but before I make myself a self-congratulatory drink for a good day's work, I decide to make one last trip to the garbage chute in the hallway to take out some remaining trash. I'm 3 feet from the door as i hear it close behind me. I instinctively reach down to make sure I have my keys with me. Guess what .... So now I'm at Loki (the corner bar) waiting for Nam to get back from an audition and rescue me. Oh well.... Could be a lot worse. :)

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Certificate

This came in the mail just before we left for Stowe. I emailed it to most of you, but in case you didn't see it.....

Back Home

We were planning on driving back Friday afternoon so we could have another day on the mountain. However, Nam got a call on Thursday about being seen Friday afternoon for a major print-ad casting. We got up REALLY early Friday morning and drove back allowing an extra two hours for traffic. The drive was easy until we got to the last 5 miles of I95 in Connecticut. An accident had traffic backed up for miles so we tried to take a detour which wasn't so effective. My decision to take the cross-bronx to the Henry Hudson instead of taking the Tri-Borough (I guess they're calling it the RFK now) wasn't so good either. We wound up in midtown with exactly 3 minutes to spare! Later we went to Sushi Samba for lunch and had mojitos with our sushi. I took this shot of the Brooklyn bridge and lower Manhattan from the B train on the way home. 

Family

Met up with Amy and kids in Waterbury for lunch on Wednesday.

Powder!

Day one was mostly frozen granular and packed powder. Wednesday night a huge snowstorm dumped over a foot of powder on the mountains so we woke up to fantastic conditions Thursday morning.

Taking A Break

Nam in the Gondola

in the gondola

day 1 in the gondola going to the top of Mt. Mansfield.

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Stowe

Our flight to Vermont was cancelled last night so we drove up here. Got in around midnight, just ahead of a snowstorm. Woke up to what looks like great conditions. We are very excited!

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Forgive Me Readers

It's been more than a week since my last post. The show last weekend went well but the long hours of rehearsal, sound-check, more rehearsal and then the late show really knocked us out. The night we got home Nam started to get violently ill with a nasty stomach virus. I got it a few days later and we both spent the better part of last week resting and trying to recover. We're 100% better now and are looking forward to hitting the slopes in Vermont this week at Stowe. I'm going to try to take my phone with me at least once so I can try mobile blogging from the mountain.