Jackson Hole comes to Amsterdam

Why the visit? Alex and Macye were touring Europe and their last stop was Germany to visit the little town that Macye's grandmother "Oma" grew up in. "Oma" (now 80ish and living in USA) and her sister (she's like 90 years old) and other family from Germany all toured Amsterdam together - they walked everywhere - very impressive.

The Connection: Gene went to college (University of Richmond) with Alex and Macye ... who now live in Jackson Hole, Wyoming (heaven to Gene). The four of us spent New Year's in SF back in '02 when we first started dating.

Surprise Visitor: Angelica "Angie" Elizondo

Our first visitor! Technically my first visitor since Angie arrived when Gene was "working in South Africa".

Why the visit? She was working the previous week in Spain ... and booked a flight for the weekend... because why not? (and I begged)

The Connection: Best of friends since age 15, we lived in Spain together in '02. Angie lives in San Fransisco, and works overtime spreading the word about Leapfrog educational toys to the Spanish-speaking market (that's my plug, all you parents out there, buy Leapfrog). Details not needed regarding our Amsterdam activities, but pic above in our 'temp' apartment.