Project 365: Day 304

The view from our living room terrace.

And the amazing floor show at the Steigenburger. Whoa.

Project 365: Day 303

Finally, EGYPT! It took 6 airports and nearly 36 hours of continuous travel time, several miles of sprints, and 5 hours of airplane sleep to get here, but here we are indeed.

And the view from the terrace at dinner, looking out over the Nile and the East Bank at dusk.

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Lunch in Paris.

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Trying again... waiting at Dulles for our flight-- we got there at 3:30 for our 7 pm flight, only to have it take off after 11pm... and to miss our connection in Paris... again.

This man slept there for about as long as I was conscious. Which was a long time.

As a side note: Flying Air France is super once you're on the plane. But their customer service leaves much to be desired on the ground. They left me on hold for ever (actually as long as I'd wait on the phone), and only have one song. The service is slow and unpredictable and not recommended. But in the air, the plane was in good shape, the food was good, the wine was good, the movie selection was fantastic, etc.

Project 365: Day 300!

Wow, hard to believe there have been 300 pictures up here already. Thanks for sticking around this long if you're still here!
Today we were supposed to leave for Egypt, but we didn't. Stupid ash cloud! They said we were going to miss our connection to Cairo in Paris, so we went home to try again. But not before waiting in this line for many hours...

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Holy Frijoles happy hour special. Woo! 

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Can you guess the source of our moving boxes?

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Our couch is so awesome.

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Dad was taking pictures of the new neighborhood...

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Moving "the BEAST".

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Building furniture in the new place.

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Mint green tea. Perfection.

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New place!

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I feel old, and apparently the AARP got that memo.

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The best omelette ever: Oaxacan roast pork!!!! So much yum. I will figure out a way to duplicate this.

(Lynn: any ideas?)

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On Sunday, I escaped up to Sonoma, which was pretty much the best thing ever. We visited some wineries, which were incredible. The scenery was amazing. The weather was perfect. The food was incredible. I am in love.

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My favorite talk title of the whole conference. :-D

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The Museum reception in Oakland, with me showing off our meticulously constructed pyramid, complete with Sphinx, sound and light stage + bleachers, barrier wall and guard house.

And the amazing farmer's market that appeared as if by magic outside our window that morning. <3 fresh produce. mmmmmmm. And California bubble tea (ok, boba).

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The view of the Rockies out the windows of the plane to ARCE in Oakland.

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Erin, Terrence and I went shopping today, and Erin bought a mattress at this maybe less than picturesque spot. But it was hilarious and fun. :-D

Project 365: Day 282

I was out shopping at about lunchtime, and a hole magically opened up in traffic. It pointed to Five Guys, and since I had never been to Five Guys but had heard so much about it, I decided it was the Food Gods attempting to tell me to "jump on that." So I did, and boy, was it delicious.

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So, I'm kinda getting ready to move... yeah.

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JHU Egyptology at Princeton.

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Thai Red Curry salmon! Delicious. For recipe, see my other blog.

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Go Hawks! :-D They might have lost today, but we'll still get 'em.

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The Sculpture Garden at the BMA.

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Star, sitting on my shoes. I'm going to miss her when I move.

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Maggie hosted a Roll-Your-Own-Sushi party last night, and was kind enough to take and share this photo with me for ye olde bloge.

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OPENING DAY! CUBS WIN!

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What a cutie! Getting ready for her 1st Communion.

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Connor and Lucy playing in the yard.

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Tacky party!

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The way I get to "watch" and listen to baseball this year... not that I'm complaining, exactly, it's better than it could be! And here's to Year 1, Win 1. :-D

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These guys were so funny. Their silly little club car was going as fast as I was!

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Cheater photo! Actually, I took this Wednesday. But Tuesday was another sick day, and nothing worth photographing.

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The view from my sickbed.

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"Happy Easter, flowers!" said JJJ.
"Hurmph," said the hyacinth.
"Achoo!" said JJJ.

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So pretty! I found it at a little shop in New Haven, and just couldn't leave it behind.

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Not very obvious is the scrawled "WTF?" pointing to her bicep. In my late-night train riding, I thought this was pretty funny. Not as funny as the pickup truck with Shrek in the passenger seat, but AJ wouldn't let me stop and photograph that. So you get this.

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Lunch table art by Meredith, after a hieratic sign "Man smoking a cigar," unsigned.