Christmas Eve 2013

Spent Christmas eve with Oma & Opa.  We drank champagne, ate (very well) and opened all our presents. Jeff sent us all hats - which we promptly donned for our Christmas portraits.  We had a Skype conversation with Melanie, Doug and baby Grayson.  And we missed all the rest of our family and friends who were celebrating around the the world.  We hope to see them all again soon.

Merry Christmas 2013 and Happy New Year 2014

Weekend in Charlotte, NC

After all that turkey we decided to take a trip to Charlotte, NC.  We stayed at the Westin Uptown (Charlotte’s “downtown”); enjoyed our 24th floor view and the pool and sauna.  We had dinners at the McNinch House and Georges Brasserie.  We walked many miles and spent time at the Mint Museum and loved Fantastic Frogs at Discovery Place (supposedly for children).  Anna bought herself an early Christmas present, a cobalt blue cashmere sweater, at Neiman Marcus.  Although we were underwhelmed by the much touted NoDa we otherwise really enjoyed North Carolina's largest city.