Feb. Parental Visit

My mom and Cliff came all the way from Hawaii to visit. They spent a week or so here, went to Sicily, and I didn't take nearly enough photos.

Presidents' Day Party

We had given a public party for Halloween, but we didn't really get into it. Thus there had been a lot of talk amongst the other academies about how the Americans didn't know how to throw a party. So we decided to throw a grand fete celebrating whomever the next President will be. It was heavily Americana-themed with drag queens, DJs, presidential movies, hot dogs, grain alcohol punch, noise bands, Randy Newman songs, etc.

February

So, I realize that I've been somewhat negligent in updating this thing. But that doesn't mean that I haven't been doing things.

For instance, the Academy hosted a dinner to honor Alice Waters and our amazing kitchen staff.

S. had a birthday

And we were house and dog-sitting for Z. and N. so we had Tim and Lisa over.