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Well, it is true.  Red and I have been temporarily relocated to Washington D.C.  He is working on an exciting antitrust case before the Department of Justice (DOJ) and we are being housed one block from the White House!  It is so much fun and such perfect timing because I am going to study for the bar exam while he works.  I will also not have any other distractions such as feeling obligated to clean or organize since we are in corporate housing where someone else cleans the house.  So things could not be better.

Red on the rooftop of his office! (Yes, that is the Washington Monument and White House behind him). 

We are still ironing out the kinks on the website, and I also need to go over what has happened since Red’s birthday!  In the next few days I will be updating the website remotely, which means if you scroll past this, you will start seeing former posts.  This will eventually include Red’s birthday, Tom and Harold’s wedding, Claire’s birthday, Cary’s lifetime achievement award and many other events that many of you have been waiting to see. 

One more reminder, you can subscribe to the RSS feed on the left of this screen, which will make it so you get an email every time we update the website.

In the meantime, you will have to be satisfied with the following: shortly after Red’s birthday, we had the pleasure of going to Conway’s housewarming party in Harlem!  It was great catching up with many of our Rutgers friends from “Red’s” class!

Red was then shipped off to D.C. and I enjoyed a special Mere performance in Hoboken.  I took the big camera and edited some of the shots for their professional use (hence the gratuitous photos).

Red then flew back for 24 hours and we said a quick “goodbye” to Hoboken (for now).  This included some good times with Robin, Vickie, Asha and Tom and a very exciting performance by Mickey Dolenz of the Monkees.  For those of you who remember, I used to be obsessed with the Monkees. 

Though I was in deeply in love with Davy Jones, I still insisted that Mickey sign my charm bracelet.

Then we drove to our new “home” in Washington D.C.! Here are some photos of our few days in town, including a big move in day for Scott and Elizabeth into their new apartment.

I also slipped off for a quick visit to see Ragan, Steve and their new baby, Noah in Arizona.  Ragan’s brother, Justin, was visiting so I got to catch up with him too.

And here is the proud (and beautiful) new mamma, Ragan!

I also got a chance to see Ramey and Zee and their place in Arizona. For those of you out of the loop: Red and I went to high school with both Ragan (above) and Ramey (below).

Congratulations Ramey!  He graduated last week with a M.B.A. and a Masters degree in ____(insert technical computer term here.)

This trip also featured a 24 hour Seattle layover, where I got to squeeze in coffee with Red’s mom, a slumber party with Sharon, lunch with my parents and a quick visit to World Vision!

Here is me and the lovely Verna Pratt (and yes, this is “the” Verna whose candy dish I “conquered” in 2002).

That is all for now.  Check back soon to see all the birthdays and other announcements since January 1st!