Blogging from Baltimore-Washington International Airport on a Saturday morning. I came down to DC for a couple of days of work meetings – namely strategic planning for the strategic planning team – and the trip coincided nicely with a surprise birthday party for my friend Kristin. In fact, this weekend also marks the birthday of our friend Pete (and the anniversary of the day Gary and I met, sorry Pete).
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PETE AND KRISTIN!
While I love this area and wish I could stay longer, it was extremely difficult to be so far away from our dear friends Rich & Sarah as they had to say good bye to their young dog, Ruben. Dog lovers understand me when I say Ruben was their first born. An extremely handsome boxer, Ruben licked his way through four years of life with his active Vermont humans. Pretty darn good life. The last six weeks brought sudden kidney failure that quickly slowed him down, and his discomfort came to a close peacefully with Rich, Sarah and boxer brother Toro cuddling by his side.
We love you guys. Big air licks to the sky.
We spent a wonderful weekend with friends in Chicago this past weekend. It was the first true weekend that Gary and I could spend in the city, and we LOVED it! What a gorgeous, clean and unique city - complete with the beautiful Millennium Park, turquoise Lake Michigan and incrrredible architecture.
were gorgeous settings for dancing, dining and cocktails. The couple went all out to share this momentous occasion with their guests.
This is me with my own mom back around 2001. I obviously had chopped my hair ALL off (due to a breakup with the man of my dreams, who I later married :-)) Mom and I have been bestest of friends for three decades now, and I’m lucky to say it has been filled with a LOT of laughter and adventure.
Where to start… The dogs were adorable, and I do hope the photos help find them a home! Whenever you visit a dog in a shelter or kennel, they often come out tugging and pulling and barely looking at you. I’m sure this turns people away from pooches that - like ours - end up coming home to be the most relaxed (to a fault!) and lovable dogs ever.
Once in NYC for work, I didn’t get another glimpse of daylight. But I was upgraded to the 46th floor of the “Towers” at the 





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