It was an absolutely perfect day for the Belgian National Day Picnic. This year it was held on Sunday, July 24th at Paradise Beach County Park in Tiburon. The BCNC (Belgian Club of Northern California) had reserved 8 large tables…
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DINK: ‘Dual Income No Kids’. Yes, you read it right… I am working! Mind you though, only 2 days a week (no weekends and possibly only a summer-thing), no need to over-do it now, is there? Yesterday was my first…
Saturday April 16th was moving day – again! This time we plan to make it a ‘bit’ more ‘permanent’!!! I mean, in the last 5 years we have moved at least once a year, some years even twice. The move…
It’s official! As of today Stephen and I are home-owners again! We signed the title deed last Friday and today it recorded at City Hall! Yihaa!!! Things went pretty fast in the last few weeks. We had been thinking about…
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Last week we had an opportunity to catch up with some of Stephen’s family. Tim and Jane (Stephen’s uncle and aunt) were in town for 3 days; Kate (their daughter) was here for the week. They stayed with a lovely…
This is our 5th Spring in San Francisco and we finally made it to the cherry trees in bloom in Golden Gate Park. Had we waited another couple of weeks we would have missed their splendor again! While there we…
Last Saturday I got back from a 14-day trip to Europe. Stephen had to go to London for work – he’s still there actually – and I decided to go with him. I spent 4 days in London but the…
The good life is over. Time to re-join the work force. I will be working for a start-up located in Berkeley just a short trip east of where we live. The company is called Idetic and brings Live Television to…
Well, it might be time for me to look for work. So the job search will (probably) start in earnest! I did think of going up Denali (Mt McKinley) this year, but looks like these plans will be postponed a…
– 6,962m (22,841ft) – Lat,Lon 32°40’N, 70°00’W – Summit Date: December 20, 2004 Aconcagua was my first multi-day expedition style climb. The weather played havoc on the nerves, but otherwise a most enjoyable and straight-forward climb. The trip took 12…
– 6,267m (20,561ft) – Lat,Lon 1°46’S, 78°8’W – Summit Date: December 6, 2004 The alarms went off at 11:00pm. We departed for the mountain at almost exactly midnight. The trail started as an easy path, but quickly changed to a…
– 5,897m (19,347ft) – Lat,Lon: 0°66’S, 78°43’W – Summit Date: December 3, 2004 I awoke at 10 minutes past midnight. The temperature was +5°C in the refugio. Everyone was asleep, although it was 10 minutes past the scheduled wake-up time.…
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