Category: AIA Archive

It’s hard to celebrate New Year after the tragic tsunami that hit the Indian Ocean. G’s friend Shehara (who’s family is from Sri Lanaka) emailed us immediately about it. Her family is helping the Rottery Club in their home town organize relief efforts. If you’d like to help by making an aid contribution, here are…

Only a week ’till Christmas. Wow, where has the time gone? We’ve managed to finish most of our shopping and Christmas cards. This time of year, I miss Hawaii, ’cause it’s big wave time. Here are some shots forwarded to me from my friends who live in North Shore. No snow so far this year.…

I celebrated my birthday on Friday, the same way as last year, enjoying karaoke. [Birthday Pictures Link] We spent the rest of the weekend recovering and wrapping Christmas gifts. Tonight Giselle and I did venture out to catch a Django Reinhardt festival at bar in Park Slope. Some amazing performances in a venu that was…

I just got back from Dallas this weekend on business trip. Planet Tan just opened their newest store and on hand was that American Idol contestant, William Hung. It’s mind boggling how many people showed up for this celeb. He does have moxy, that kid. His singing hasn’t improved much. I also noted with some…

Meant to send this out before Thanksgiving but I was kind of short on time last week, trying to get stuff done before Turkey Day. We spent Thanksgiving with G’s parents then flew back over the weekend. My apologies to my friends in SF for not having time to see you, but with family and…

I’m not making this stuff up: CNN Story Giselle wrote in to NBC 6-7 months ago and was able to get us tickets to see a taping of Late Night with Conan O’Brian. We went to the taping this evening with our friend Earle. We were surprised by how tiny the actual studio was. When…

Fall sliding quickly into winter as the weather dropped below freezing last night. This is actually my favorite time as the leaves change color to such vibrant hues (as brief as it is). G and I caught a bit of the NY Marathon on Sunday as the route runs past our block. We saw the…