More Very Belated Updates -- Travel + Work
April 12-14: SF Weekend for JEMS
Mr. E and I boarded the 4:45pm Amtrak in Sac and arrived in San Francisco at the Westfield Shopping Center near Union Square at 7pm for our weekend getaway. Our agenda included the De Young Museum on Saturday for a 12:30pm entry to the Monet exhibition followed by "Beach Blanket Babylon" at 6pm (thanks to R. for the gift certificate that covered most of the ticket cost!). On Sunday, we visited the Asian Art Museum for the first time, and of course I did my favorite run down to the water and around Pier 39 to visit the sea lions. Our return Amtrak trip got us home to Sac just after 8pm.
April 19-21: Chicago
We took a quick trip to Chicago over the weekend, partly to see the opening of N's new art collaborative space. Our 7am direct flight from SMF to ORD landed just after 1pm, and we met up with L & M at one of the Eataly restaurants for dinner that night. On Saturday, we spent time with E's family, including the opening at N's new venue. I checked out the Architecture Center on Sunday morning (definitely worth a return trip with Mr. E), and we headed to the airport around 2pm and arrived home in Sac in the early evening.
April 29-May 1: CalSAE ELEVATE in Palm Springs
I know lots of folks are quite fond of Palm Springs as a resort destination, but it's not an easy trip from Sac, as there are no direct flights, so you have to fly into Ontario and then drive 75ish minutes to get to Palm Springs. Not my favorite... Regardless, I headed off early Monday morning (6:40am) in order to arrive in time for the opening session at the CalSAE annual conference. I met up with another attendee from Sac at the airport, as we had arranged in advance, so that we could share the rental car to and from the hotel.
As expected, the conference was a great experience, with some excellent speakers and sessions and networking with colleagues and meeting new folks. During the lunch session, the Board leadership also made an announcement to reveal that I would be joining CalSAE in mid-May as the new Director of Education! Yep, I had given my notice at CPCA in late April, with my last day to be May 8th. So it was a bit odd in some ways to be at the CalSAE conference as an attendee but with some folks already knowing about the upcoming transition and then everyone else learning in a very public manner! Home to Sac on Wednesday, but a bit delayed due to some flight issues (ah... Southwest... love ya but those problems with the planes have really impacted your flight schedules!).
May 9-14: Marshfield
I took advantage of my week off between leaving CPCA and starting at CalSAE to visit Mom in Marshfield. We met up with M & J at Legal Sea Foods on Friday for lunch but then pretty much just relaxed and hung out the rest of the time. The weather was a bit cool and rainy a couple of days, but it was quite nice and very timely that I could be there to celebrate Mother's Day weekend. I got home to Sac on Tuesday in the late afternoon in order to get ready for my first day of work at CalSAE on May 15th. (Note: Mr. E was abroad in Shanghai & Taipei from May 9-23 -- a long time away!!!)
May 25-27: Chicago
We returned for another trip to Chicago over the Memorial Day long weekend, this time for R's wedding to S. Our itinerary was the same as before except shifted one day since we departed on Saturday morning this time and returned on Monday, the holiday. R's wedding was at 6pm on Sunday at the Art Institute, and it was absolutely beautiful. I was so touched that she invited me, and it was great to finally meet S. (briefly) during the festivities. On Monday morning, Mr. E and I did a round of mini-golf at Maggie Daley Park after stopping by the family & friends brunch at a nearby restaurant on Michigan Ave. Back to Sac that afternoon, with a 6:30pm arrival.
June 7-9: Denver
I carved out a weekend to visit A, R, F, & C at their new place in Littleton, CO, just outside of Denver. Unfortunately, my flight was VERY delayed, so my attempt to arrive late afternoon Friday and spend the evening with the family was completely uprooted. Boo on Southwest again. Mr. E was having the same issue with his United flight from Chicago to Denver (he had gone to Chicago on the 4th and was joining me for the weekend family visit). So we both ended up arriving close to midnight. *yawn*
Regardless, we had a lovely weekend visiting with family, and I'm glad we could be there to support A, F, & C when R was called away unexpectedly due to a health scare with his mother. Mr. E and I traveled home separately on Sunday but arrived within about one hour of each other so were able to carpool home. (Note: I wrote to Southwest to complain about the delay and request compensation and received a $150 voucher -- that will definitely be put to good use soon!).
June 14-16: Mr. E's Parents Here in Sac
Mr. E's parents took Amtrak across country from Chicago to Sac to visit over the weekend, which just happened to be Father's Day -- good timing! They arrived on Friday evening (three hours late...), and Mr. E took them off for some pampering on Saturday while I met up with friends for pedicures at an eco-salon. We then celebrated Father's Day with dinner at The Press on Saturday evening. Sunday we had breakfast at home and then took them to the train station for their 12pm departure to San Jose, where they visited with his mom's family for the rest of the week.
June 19-20: CalSAE Board Meeting in Palm Springs
Back to Palm Springs again... Bleah. This time with my boss and a co-worker for a Board meeting. The Kimpton Hotel was lovely, but I'm just not a desert [heat] kind of person. The best part of the entire trip was that we arrived early enough back to the Ontario airport for our return flight that we could enjoy the newly opened lounge, and the CalSAE Platinum AmEx card got all three of us in for free. Sweet!
June 28-July 5: Marshfield
I was scheduled for a Jet Blue red-eye flight on June 27th, but due to delays, we didn't actually depart until early morning on June 28th. *yawn* I had a whole week to spend with Mom, which was lovely and relaxing. We made a trip into Boston to the Museum of Fine Arts on Sunday to see the Toulouse-Lautrec exhibit and ate lunch at the New American Cafe in the beautiful airy atrium.
Mr. E joined us from July 2-5, and we celebrated the 4th of July holiday with lobsters and the traditional watching of [illegal] fireworks down on the beach. The weather was absolutely beautiful for the first part of the week, only getting warmer and more humid as we approached the second weekend. Mom and I did make it down to the beach for a couple of hours on Thursday before the incoming tide (and crowding people) chased us away.
Mr. E departed on Friday morning to spend the weekend in Chicago with his family and celebrate his mom's birthday on the 5th, and I left later that night and had the weekend at home solo with the kitties since Mr. E didn't come home until Monday evening.
Mr. E and I boarded the 4:45pm Amtrak in Sac and arrived in San Francisco at the Westfield Shopping Center near Union Square at 7pm for our weekend getaway. Our agenda included the De Young Museum on Saturday for a 12:30pm entry to the Monet exhibition followed by "Beach Blanket Babylon" at 6pm (thanks to R. for the gift certificate that covered most of the ticket cost!). On Sunday, we visited the Asian Art Museum for the first time, and of course I did my favorite run down to the water and around Pier 39 to visit the sea lions. Our return Amtrak trip got us home to Sac just after 8pm.
April 19-21: Chicago
We took a quick trip to Chicago over the weekend, partly to see the opening of N's new art collaborative space. Our 7am direct flight from SMF to ORD landed just after 1pm, and we met up with L & M at one of the Eataly restaurants for dinner that night. On Saturday, we spent time with E's family, including the opening at N's new venue. I checked out the Architecture Center on Sunday morning (definitely worth a return trip with Mr. E), and we headed to the airport around 2pm and arrived home in Sac in the early evening.
April 29-May 1: CalSAE ELEVATE in Palm Springs
I know lots of folks are quite fond of Palm Springs as a resort destination, but it's not an easy trip from Sac, as there are no direct flights, so you have to fly into Ontario and then drive 75ish minutes to get to Palm Springs. Not my favorite... Regardless, I headed off early Monday morning (6:40am) in order to arrive in time for the opening session at the CalSAE annual conference. I met up with another attendee from Sac at the airport, as we had arranged in advance, so that we could share the rental car to and from the hotel.
As expected, the conference was a great experience, with some excellent speakers and sessions and networking with colleagues and meeting new folks. During the lunch session, the Board leadership also made an announcement to reveal that I would be joining CalSAE in mid-May as the new Director of Education! Yep, I had given my notice at CPCA in late April, with my last day to be May 8th. So it was a bit odd in some ways to be at the CalSAE conference as an attendee but with some folks already knowing about the upcoming transition and then everyone else learning in a very public manner! Home to Sac on Wednesday, but a bit delayed due to some flight issues (ah... Southwest... love ya but those problems with the planes have really impacted your flight schedules!).
May 9-14: Marshfield
I took advantage of my week off between leaving CPCA and starting at CalSAE to visit Mom in Marshfield. We met up with M & J at Legal Sea Foods on Friday for lunch but then pretty much just relaxed and hung out the rest of the time. The weather was a bit cool and rainy a couple of days, but it was quite nice and very timely that I could be there to celebrate Mother's Day weekend. I got home to Sac on Tuesday in the late afternoon in order to get ready for my first day of work at CalSAE on May 15th. (Note: Mr. E was abroad in Shanghai & Taipei from May 9-23 -- a long time away!!!)
May 25-27: Chicago
We returned for another trip to Chicago over the Memorial Day long weekend, this time for R's wedding to S. Our itinerary was the same as before except shifted one day since we departed on Saturday morning this time and returned on Monday, the holiday. R's wedding was at 6pm on Sunday at the Art Institute, and it was absolutely beautiful. I was so touched that she invited me, and it was great to finally meet S. (briefly) during the festivities. On Monday morning, Mr. E and I did a round of mini-golf at Maggie Daley Park after stopping by the family & friends brunch at a nearby restaurant on Michigan Ave. Back to Sac that afternoon, with a 6:30pm arrival.
June 7-9: Denver
I carved out a weekend to visit A, R, F, & C at their new place in Littleton, CO, just outside of Denver. Unfortunately, my flight was VERY delayed, so my attempt to arrive late afternoon Friday and spend the evening with the family was completely uprooted. Boo on Southwest again. Mr. E was having the same issue with his United flight from Chicago to Denver (he had gone to Chicago on the 4th and was joining me for the weekend family visit). So we both ended up arriving close to midnight. *yawn*
Regardless, we had a lovely weekend visiting with family, and I'm glad we could be there to support A, F, & C when R was called away unexpectedly due to a health scare with his mother. Mr. E and I traveled home separately on Sunday but arrived within about one hour of each other so were able to carpool home. (Note: I wrote to Southwest to complain about the delay and request compensation and received a $150 voucher -- that will definitely be put to good use soon!).
June 14-16: Mr. E's Parents Here in Sac
Mr. E's parents took Amtrak across country from Chicago to Sac to visit over the weekend, which just happened to be Father's Day -- good timing! They arrived on Friday evening (three hours late...), and Mr. E took them off for some pampering on Saturday while I met up with friends for pedicures at an eco-salon. We then celebrated Father's Day with dinner at The Press on Saturday evening. Sunday we had breakfast at home and then took them to the train station for their 12pm departure to San Jose, where they visited with his mom's family for the rest of the week.
June 19-20: CalSAE Board Meeting in Palm Springs
Back to Palm Springs again... Bleah. This time with my boss and a co-worker for a Board meeting. The Kimpton Hotel was lovely, but I'm just not a desert [heat] kind of person. The best part of the entire trip was that we arrived early enough back to the Ontario airport for our return flight that we could enjoy the newly opened lounge, and the CalSAE Platinum AmEx card got all three of us in for free. Sweet!
June 28-July 5: Marshfield
I was scheduled for a Jet Blue red-eye flight on June 27th, but due to delays, we didn't actually depart until early morning on June 28th. *yawn* I had a whole week to spend with Mom, which was lovely and relaxing. We made a trip into Boston to the Museum of Fine Arts on Sunday to see the Toulouse-Lautrec exhibit and ate lunch at the New American Cafe in the beautiful airy atrium.
Mr. E joined us from July 2-5, and we celebrated the 4th of July holiday with lobsters and the traditional watching of [illegal] fireworks down on the beach. The weather was absolutely beautiful for the first part of the week, only getting warmer and more humid as we approached the second weekend. Mom and I did make it down to the beach for a couple of hours on Thursday before the incoming tide (and crowding people) chased us away.
Mr. E departed on Friday morning to spend the weekend in Chicago with his family and celebrate his mom's birthday on the 5th, and I left later that night and had the weekend at home solo with the kitties since Mr. E didn't come home until Monday evening.
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