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 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 January 20th, 2009
in Motorcycling and Vacation.
Sara outdid herself this year. This ranks up there with “best present ever”.
We bought the bike from pretty much the nicest guy in the whole world, John in Long Beach, and rode home over the long weekend. It’s the bike I’ve been dreaming about, lusting over. It’s a 1050cc Triumph Speed Triple, [...]
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. [...]