We had some plans on Mother’s Day to go to an Amy Tan author event, but it was cancelled so we made up our own agenda for the day. Mary took the metra to union station in the morning and from there we walked along the river walk all the…
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Graduation party and job visits
On Saturday evening we went to Miles’s friend Caroline’s graduation party. It was held in a meadery (very Portland!) and such a lovely event. She’s very musical and the crowd sang a lot of songs with and for her. The party lasted until about 1:30 am! After sleeping in the…
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Portland visit
We’d wanted to visit miles in Portland before he moves this summer, and while John wasn’t able to get away due to a lot of work travel coming up, I found a good set of flights and went myself. Miles was very nice to pick me up at the airport…
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Gosling alert!
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Spring scenes
It’s been a long time since we’ve posted, and some photos are piling up! A few weeks ago we went to an exhibit at the MCA by Nicole Eisenman. In the exhibit it was mentioned that she has a cat named Edie, which is the name of the black cat…
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Week two in Merida
After enjoying the long weekend, we were both back to work on Tuesday. Merida is very well suited to a working location. During the day staying inside working feels fine since it’s so hot and bright (it’s winter here, but for us very hot and bright!). Then after the sun…
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Mucuyche hacienda and cenotes
Backing up a bit to show a map of the area where we are staying and visiting in Yucatán state. We don’t need (or want!) a car for days spent in Merida, where the city center is very walkable. But we did rent a car for the 3 day weekend…
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The magical yellow city of Izamal
There’s a town in the state of Yucatán that is called the magical yellow city of Izamal, and we have tried to visit on previous stays in the area but never made it there. Today, really our third time trying in earnest, we spent the morning in Izamal. It really…
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Santiago in Mérida
We arrived in Merida a week ago and it’s really hard to know where the week went! Well maybe not that hard. We’ve done a lot of enjoying – enjoying walks around the city and seeing familiar and new things, enjoying frequent dips in the airbnb plunge pool, enjoying trying…
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Visitors and outings between the holidays
The days between Christmas and New Year’s Day got a bit blurry, which actually feels kinda nice since the rest of the year can be pretty tied to weekdays vs weekends and all too easy to keep track of. So in summarizing the fun things we did, I’m not even…