Friends

We are just back from two days in Madison. Buddy was lucky enough to have his own special Tirza-sit. He came away from the weekend with the new nickname: "snuggle bunny."

It was really good to get away for a little bit; Madison is a great city, and we enjoyed eating our way through the weekend. (The highlights: good Nepalese food on State Street, Kale and Greens and the Farmers' Market, and fresh dolmas at the Willy Street Co-op). It was also good to come home. As we turned onto Shore Drive after the last leg of the drive (we stopped for Chinese food at Chef Chu's in Green Bay, a restaurant whose name made us giggle in its similarity to our friends name -- Jeff Chiu) we talked about what it felt like to return "home." It is beginning to feel like a real home -- both through time and sweat equity -- and now we are ready to share it with our friends.

Which brings me to the second part of this entry. There is a lot going on in the lives of our friends. In addition to the previously-blogged mention of births, we have neglected to make any mention of other big, life things. Emily Hughes is 1-year cancer free!!!!; Sari Gold is a doctor; Beccalena moved to Berkeley; Gaby and Kaushik are recently without a home because of a fire (they are okay -- i still think they should come and stay here for recovery!); Ben Dorn got married; Natalie and Meg are becoming dog-mamas; and, last but not even a little bit least, Tricia and baby-Rio are coming from Northampton on Thursday to be our first house guests! The moral of the story? Buy renter's insurance, celebrate the good things, and come visit us!

xoxo