Was it really less than three months ago that Kathy and Shizuka showed off their oh-so-pregnant bellies, days before Shizuka had her baby? My how time flies! People keep telling us that it goes by so fast, and here’s the proof of it. Before too long, Kazumi and Emelia will be considered the same age, [...]
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Three Months Later
Posted in Emelia, friends on November 17, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
New Baby
Posted in friends on August 26, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
[Updated below; updated again] It’d be one thing if our pregnancy were the only one going on in our lives, but it hasn’t been. We got together this past Sunday with Shizuka and Eric, the former being one of Kathy’s best friends from college, and the latter being Shizuka’s husband and the man with whom [...]
I am Not Going Through a Mid-Life Crisis
Posted in friends, Life on August 13, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
What inspires someone to get up at 5:30 on a Saturday morning? More importantly, what inspires someone to get up at 5:30 on a Saturday to go skydiving? Tom really wanted to go, and invited me. I can’t say that it was something I was passionate about, but I was interested. And although Kathy had [...]
Name My Beer
Posted in beer, friends, pregnancy on July 12, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Shizuka, one of Kathy’s best friends from college, is also expecting her first child (~10 weeks before Kathy’s due). Shizuka’s husband Eric lives ~20 minutes away, and a couple of months ago I suggested to him that we needed to brew a celebratory beer in honor of the children-to-be and to aid our wives’ lactation. [...]
Stoop Sale
Posted in friends, Life on June 20, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
For about six years, Anna has lived in the basement apartment of the rowhouse five down from us. We’d see her on occasion on the steps, reading and/or having a cigarette. Or coming into or out of the house with her son. About a year ago, however, she started dating Tom, and before long Tom [...]
Chasm
Posted in friends, politics on June 6, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
People tend to associate with like-minded people. It makes sense that one doesn’t want to confront strong disagreement, or grit one’s teeth, regularly. Especially when you’re talking about a situation where you have a choice, as compared with family. And with family, most people have good enough manners to try to stay clear of controversial [...]
An Unquiet Evening
Posted in friends on March 1, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
My friend Margie drove through town over the weekend, arriving Sunday night and leaving the next morning. She’s found a job in New Hampshire, and was moving up there from North Carolina. Margie has stayed with us often, and we have found her to be the consummate low-maintenance houseguest. One of the wonderful things about [...]
Marriage Manifesto
Posted in friends on January 12, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday we received a letter from good friends of ours. I thought it worth sharing, as it’s one of the more unique announcements I’ve received: Marriage Manifesto For over 10 years now, we’ve been in a relationship that belonged to only us. No government or 3rd parties were involved. Nothing has been wrong with our [...]
Between Visits
Posted in friends, Life on January 6, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
One of the nice things about living in DC is that it’s a destination, which means that friends are always swinging through here for work or leisure. When I got back to work on Tuesday, I had a brief e-mail waiting for me – From: MariaTo: AaronSubject: Happy New Year–Any chance you and Kathy can [...]
Mr. Bad Example
Posted in beer, friends on October 24, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Friday night we went out with friends to an Ethiopian restaurant. Our friends have a 21-month-old boy, and before dinner he asked what I was doing on the notepad I’d brought with me. His parents told him that I was rating beer, which indeed I was. The dinner itself was quite tasty, and the adults [...]
