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| So, so happy to see Laney -it's been much too long. And she bought me a cup of the famous Blue Bottle coffee at the Ferry Building. Good times and warmed soul. |
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| Exploring the Exploratorium |
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| Toilet bowl water fountain - would you? |
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| Mere did, too! |
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| Our girls + Daniela on the Embarcadero in San Francisco |
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| Playground in our old 'hood |
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| Who knew teens and tweens could have so much fun at a playground? |
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| Hiking in Marin - a very San Francisco summer day when we froze! |
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| Hanging out with the Yuen boys - so thankful for friends who go way back and will host our big crew! |
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| So fun to get back together at the Shields with b-school friends. Our kids have known each other their whole lives. |
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| Hiking near Palo Alto up in the hills |
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| The Puryear girls and two of the Yuen boys (+ Daniela!) |
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| Jump! |
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| More fun with the Yuen boys |
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| More soul filling time with Betsy and Sandra. What wonderful friends. |
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| Regan gets her soul-filling time with dear Abu Dhabi friends, Brad and Daniela |
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| Look who's going to Hamilton!! This was Regan's birthday present and getting to go with Daniela (instead of me!) made it even more special! |
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| Kids go off to camp. I jump on a plane to meet Jake in Milan (where he needed to go for work). I spent a day on my own sight-seeing in Milan and got to see The Last Supper. |
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| View of gorgeous Milan train station from my hotel |
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| We took the train up to Lake Como. Nice view(!) from the hotel |
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| Adventurous meal in the town of Bellagio |
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| The hike that I *loved* which took us on an old Roman "road" from centuries ago through old villages. |
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| Lots of selfies - just the two of us! |
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| Another nice dinner spot with a view |
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| Rented a Riva motorboat - felt very "Lake Como-ish!" |
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| Jake was braver than me and swam out to the diving platform. Too cold for me! |
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| Didn't get a picture of the two of us -but Jake and I made it to Hamilton, too.. |
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| Visiting cousins from Austin! |
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| With cousin Kathryn - so fun to catch up with her family (no photo of Chance...) |
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| Hiking up at Great Falls - a little further up the Potomac |
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| Drink in a bumble bee container. Courtesy of the LaBraches and a funny inside joke. |
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| Time for Taylor Swift! |
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| (From the jumbo-tron) - we weren't close enough to zoom this close with a camera! |
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| Maggie - our official 'pop band concert buddy" 2/2 as she went with us to the girls' first concert when we saw One Direction in Dubai. |
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| Abu Dhabi reunion in DC with Gwyneth |
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| Off to ride along with Potomac on the bike path with Jake |
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| First concert at WolfTrap. We like this place - fun to watch live music on a blanket while we eat a picnic dinner. |
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| Beautiful evening for good friends and live music! |
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| Straight No Chaser - an a cappella band we had found a few years ago. Fun to see them in person. |
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