We arrived back in L.A. last night after an uneventful flight in from Boston; I finished the last two episodes of “State of Play,” which was a lot of fun, but I’m sure won’t translate that well into Russell Crowe/Ben Affleck-ese next year. We had a really great time hanging out with Aimee’s family for […]

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We went to see Atonement tonight, a very good movie at a very…old theater, one that needed a lot of love and looked like it was getting only neglect. Someone had burned the popcorn when we arrived, so they were airing the theater out, leaving the whole place either freezing or smelling like burning. Oh […]

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Moments after the roof slid off the gingerbread house, we snapped this photo, with Aimee helpfully modeling the house/holding it together. The gummi bear totem poles are not as visible as I’d hoped, but they’re there. A short week of work ended today, with our annual holiday party at noon, a brunch this time, with […]

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It’s been that long since we moved, officially, and it’s funny how quickly you get used to a new place. I haven’t been past our old apartment once, aside from the time I met our landlady to pass off the old keys. We had a nice weekend here, and it was nice to be in […]

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Stuffed jungle cats and photo/paintings with moving water. Hmm.

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We had a quick trip to DC and VA this weekend, a pleasant four hours from LA on Virgin America, our first time trying the new low-cost, high-style airline. We enjoyed the amenities – mood lighting, free TV, and the ability to buy snacks from your seat – and got into DC at 6 am […]

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It was really hot out today, so we’ve got to do even more to convince ourselves it’s actually winter.It’s pretty cold in the house at night, so that helps.

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Goodbye, Wegmans card; I’m finally coming to terms with the fact that we don’t live within a few thousand miles of a Wegmans, and it’s time to ditch the keychain card. Same with the flimsy Amherst fob, which was some sort of gift I got at some point, but just takes up space. As for […]

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It was a big weekend on Wilcox, the moment when everything finally came together, and, two weeks after actually moving, we finally feel moved in. On Friday night, I concluded the sale of my snow tires, even more unnecessary here than they were in Rochester, to someone who answered an ad on Craigslist, so that […]

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