When Bill discovered Clusterfest, “an unhinged extravaganza of comedy, music, podcasts, drag queens and more,” he knew right away it would be an opportunity to put a smile on Mason’s face. Mason is a huge fan of The Office, Seinfeld and comedy in general. Bill and I love San Francisco. The weekend was a match […]
Good morning, San Francisco! We are here for the weekend for Clusterfest and plan to take the city by storm and giggles. But first, breakfast at Mo’z Café was a quick walk from our hotel, Parc 55. Mine was an everything bagel with cream cheese, sprouts, tomato and red onion and Mason’s was a short […]
Tonight Mason, Bill and I went with Chris to the hardware store to purchase the lumber for the Gaga Pit. Chris made this whole process a lot easier for a number of reasons. As a framer, he knows his way around a pile of wood, he has a truck and trailer for hauling and at […]
On Friday our special work team called to say the cement was being poured. Since I was in Indianapolis, I was grateful Bill could be there to take photos and pay for the delivery. We paid for eight yards of cement/concrete and we had ten minutes per yard to unload it. Our crew got it […]
My drive up to Indianapolis yesterday made the early pick up of scouts at camp a breeze. I arrived at 9:30 am and they were just finishing up inspection. Cole and Mason jumped in my car and we headed back from Camp Ransburg. Thanks to several of the dads, I have some photos to piece […]
Friendship is comforting. Almost twenty five years ago, Bill and I were living in Brooklyn. I was working at a corporate office for Westin Hotels and Resorts. Friday nights we would get together with several good friends and over a good meal, conversation would flow easily about books, culture and life. Twenty five years later, […]
My birthday adventure began last night with a drive to Louisville. I was given directions about what to pack but not about where we were going. I woke up under the birthday quilt, we grabbed breakfast and then drove east. Two hours later, we arrived at The Natural Bridge State Park in Kentucky, a place […]
Pictures of the boys popped up on Bunk 1 this week starting with Walker’s job on Sunday doing temperature checks. He played the drum at the Inspection one night. I bet he was happy to get that opportunity. Justin was Mason’s unit leader this week. He is a very happy, go lucky guy and Mason […]
Holy moly! It’s Mason’s third time heading to Camp Ransburg. He’s grown a lot since his first year. Our growing troop is sending twelve kiddos and three leaders. (One scout headed up separately and is not in the group photo.) This year Mason is doing several fun merit badges—water sports and motor boating, one Eagle […]
The sounds of campers in the old dining hall always brings joy to my heart but it was electrifying this week. I almost couldn’t sleep last night because I was so excited to head out to camp and see the boys. Both had a really good first week. Walker said hello briefly before heading off […]