Published October 13th, 2009
in Family, Parks Picnics and Vacation.
The Sitch clan returned to Ottawa for a long weekend Thanksgiving at home. Ben + Allison drove up from Toronto, Joe flew in from Calgary (H couldn’t attend, bummer), and Sara and I flew in from SF. Ottawa’s miserable summer broke for this one glorious weekend.
The trip was perfect: morning 10k runs, a [...]
Published October 5th, 2009
in Family.
After a grueling 3-day 60-mile walk, Sara’s sister Amelia is convinced that their ancestors were nomadic. No foot bandages, no shin splits, no tendonitis, Amelia powered through the walk without breaking a sweat. Okay, I made that last part up. She sweat a lot. Kinda stinky too.
Sara and I were the [...]
Published July 17th, 2009
in Family and Vacation.
I was in the UK and Ireland on business and had a meeting with a lab manager at the University of Sheffield. When our family lived in England we lived in Sheffield! I swung by our old house and it’s funny how much I remember.
The coal chute was filled in, and [...]
Published June 22nd, 2009
in Family and Vacation.
My family has suddenly discovered that vacations are fun. It all started with a two week vacation in Italy for John’s 60th in April 2008. I met Bekks and John in Brussels on business in September, then Ben + Allison and Joe flew out to California for Christmas and New Years. Who [...]
Published December 30th, 2008
in Family and Vacation.
Joe flew in first for some extended bonding time. We had a nice Christmas in Napa with Sara’s extended family.
Ben and Allison joined us Christmas evening. Yes, our small 1-bedroom apartment will happily sleep 5. That’s Joe in his hallway/bedroom.
Winetasting in Napa was followed by a week of snowboarding in Tahoe. [...]