beautiful nicaragua

i had an amazing time backpacking in nicaragua for two weeks with my good friend sage and i'm already figuring out when i can go back!

photos speak louder than any words i can write...

What Happens in Las Vegas...

Well, I will tell you that Armen and I were in Las Vegas March 17-22. We visited several casinos and we did win money. There is no evid...I mean photos, but trust me, we made a lasting impression. We also saw Penn and Teller shoot each other and live to tell about it (pretty amazing!).

Naturally, we dined as several of the strip's finest restaurants - no buffets for us! While there, I attended an American Marketing Association workshop (the least I could do, since the City of Eugene paid my way) which left Armen on his own for a day a half with a rental car armed with a "Neverlost" navigational system. I suppose we'll never know the whole story on that... Anyway, we had a good time and do plan to return.

Next stop for us - Worcester for Gregor's graduation in late May, then, maybe, hopefully, Portugal! More on that later.

Kathy

Paris!

On Valentine's Day, Carey surprised me by telling me she'd planned a trip to Paris for my 30th birthday....but we would be leaving that night! She'd packed my bag, and we left for the airport straight from work. I couldn't believe how well Carey was able to surprise me with this -- and it caused quite a commotion at the office!

We barely made it out on time with bad weather all along the East Coast, but once we got there, we had three and a half great days in France.
It was the first time either one of us had been there, and I had a chance to use my French that I'd studied for so long (it came back very quickly).

A lot of things seemed to surprise us: The people were nice, the prices weren't awful, and the weather in February was very mild (40s to high 50s -- that's balmy by Alaskan standards!). We got to do a lot in just 3 1/2 days, and if you want to see a photo-log of our trip, go to http://picasaweb.google.com/conor.sullivan/Paris and select the slideshow.

And of course I have to mention the food. We definitely enjoyed some fine dining and great wine, but Carey and I seemed to favor the crepes you can get on the street (Nutella with Grand Marinier was a favorite) and the Belgian beer. For breakfast, we're still missing the pain chocolate and a chocolate chaud or a cafe creme. It sounds like it wouldn't be good for you, but I'm sure it's really healthy because everyone there is so skinny.

What a surprise, and what a great way to spend my 30th. We've only been back a couple of weeks, and we already are thinking about when we'll go again. Who wants to come with?

Conor's 3-0

Conor turned 30 on Friday, but his celebration really started 2 weeks ago with a surprise trip to Paris! We had such a great time...it was hard to leave. Here's a pic from our party on Friday, his special cupcake and candle (it was too hard fitting 30 candles on such a little cake!)...pics on Paris still to come. Happy birthday Conor!

i'm leaving for nicaragua on wednesday!!

travelling around for 12 days with the fabulous sage asher (daughter of joanne asher of saks cafe in anchorage).

send me your addy if you want a post card :)

muah!