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Duckies

Sun, 10/21/2012 - 10:21am

Last weekend we went for a nice walk in Georgetown.

Nora saw duckies for the first time and was quite impressed.

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politicsnews

Second Presidential Debate 2012

Wed, 10/17/2012 - 7:22am

Last night was the second Presidential Debate between Mr. Obama and Mr. Romney, and we hosted a small party again. Beia, Frank, Jeroen, Juan, Laura, Lucio and Tom joined us in the entertainment room.

The debate was more interesting than the previous one. President Obama did a much better job defending his record. Candy Crowley was excellent as moderator.

Nora joined us for a few minutes and greatly enjoyed the attention from all the guests.

This was the last debate party this election for us -- I am out of town on Monday. We haven't decided yet what we'll do for November 6th, the night with the election results.

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art

First museum visit

Sun, 10/07/2012 - 6:28pm

It was a rainy Sunday today and we decided to visit the National Gallery of Art. This was Nora's first visit to a museum and she enjoyed it.

We watched several paintings together and she seemed to like them, especially the Van Gogh ones.

On the picture we are looking at Salomon Van Ruysdael's Rivierlandschap met veerpont. The painting was part of the Goudstikker collection and acquired by the National Gallery in 2008. Until 2005 it was on display in Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum. A beautiful painting.

On the way home Nora fell asleep in the car.

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dailylife

Welcome Evelien!

Wed, 10/03/2012 - 5:26pm

Welcome, dear Evelien!

Ettie and Gerben were blessed with a healthy baby girl today, her name is Evelien and she is beautiful.

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Jelly in Arlington

Mon, 10/01/2012 - 7:53am

Friday night I met an old friend. Jelly was in town last week for a conference and we got together for dinner. It was very good to see her again.

The last time I saw Jelly was in 2006, in a bar at the train station in Amsterdam.

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sports

Clarendon Day 5k run

Sat, 09/22/2012 - 12:35pm

Today I ran my first road race in two years, a 5k that is part of Clarendon Day. John and I met up at 7.30 am and walked to the start, a few blocks from our apartment building.

The race went very well. The first mile was downhill over Wilson Boulevard, and we passed our house after a few minutes. At the first mile mark I saw that I was doing 6 minutes a mile -- clearly not sustainable -- and I slowed down afterwards but still ended with a personal record: 24:37 minutes. I managed to sprint the last 200 yards.

We went for drinks and breakfast at Whitlows on Wilson. A great morning.

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dailylife

7 months

Wed, 09/19/2012 - 8:06am

Nora is now 7 months old.

Here she is on her Dyado's shoulder.

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dailylife

Birthday weekend Julian

Sat, 09/15/2012 - 4:09pm

Yesterday we drove from Arlington to Secaucus with a car full of people. It was Nora's first road trip, a 5 hour drive. There was quite a bit of traffic between DC and Baltimore, but once we reached Delaware the road cleared up. We stopped for dinner at our usual stop, the welcome center in Delaware.

It was great to see the Zane family again, and for everybody to be together. Tomorrow is Julian's birthday.

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bicycling

Bicycle rear rack

Sun, 09/09/2012 - 6:11pm

Today I completed a project that had been pending for a few weeks. When Jaap was here I installed mudguards on my bicycle but not yet the bicycle rack.

It took a few tries and a visit to the store but it looks great now. I bought a pannier bag as well. This way I can do shopping on the bike more easily. I've done it many times before but since I had to carry the bag on my steering wheel I couldn't carry much.

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dailylife

A tornado warning

Sat, 09/08/2012 - 4:31pm

Sasha and I were getting ready to go for a walk when I saw a new icon flashing on my phone. It was an emergency warning for a potential tornado nearby. It gave us enough time to clean the balcony and of course we stayed inside.

Interestingly, I received the warning email only at 4:06 pm.

We had some pretty heavy weather for 20 minutes but the worst seems to have passed. We still have electricity and internet, also.

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