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May 3, 2008
Route 66 Vacation
Well there’s nothing like driving Route 66 from Arizona to L.A. via the Grand Canyon with our 2- and 4-year olds and my parents! It was an amazing trip and I really got into the groove of it all and could have added a few months onto our 10-day trip which started in Phoenix, went thru Sedona, Grand Canyon, some places you’ve never heard of, Palm Springs, Disneyland, and ended up in a condo on Venice Beach for my brother John’s wedding. Here are a few highlights and I’ll cover the wedding under a separate post:
Sebbie:
Poor Jude!
Here’s the Grand Canyon – Seb and Jude were never let out of the stroller – very little in the way of guard rails:
Here are the deer we saw 20-yards before the edge of the Grand Canyon:
I really love Americana so Route 66 was just so cool to me. This is The Museum Club in Flagstaff, AZ…Willie Nelson played here in the 70’s for $600:
It’s 6am and we’re up with kids – the light was beautiful:
…a million windmills as we entered Palm Springs…
middle of nowhere:
the ritual of moving every day or two:
May 3, 2008
Celebraintion for the Literacy Guild of Greater Hartford
Tuesday night we got to shoot the annual fundraiser "Celebraintion" for The Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford. It was a dinner, auction and Scrabble/Sudoku/Crossword-fest and was hosted by Brad Drazen, Morning Anchor of NBC-30. Here’s a few highlights:
Some serious play:
The corporate sponsors included the guys from Comcast:
Brad Drazen hosted the live auction:
We have a winner!
The Literacy Volunteers are focused on teaching adults to read. It’s pretty astounding to know that 41% of Hartford residents operate at the lowest level of literacy. If you are interested in becoming a tutor, donating, or helping out, feel free to them direct or ask us questions. My husband Mike is tutoring once a week now and loving it!
