http://www.davidandolivia.com Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 11 May 2008 23:07:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We drove up to Brooklyn for a short visit this weekend and saw my friend Michelle from high school and Becca from college. B was in a play at the end of her first year in her grad school program at Brooklyn College, Two Gentlemen of Verona. She ... http://www.davidandolivia.com/2008/05/11/brooklyn-in-the-house/ Last weekend I got to visit my hometown, Des Moines, IA. (David visited his hometown too!) It had been almost two years since I visited, so it was definitely time. I got to see my friend Laura and her new daughter, Ella! There was also a baby shower for my ... http://www.davidandolivia.com/2008/05/08/des-moines-briefly/ Jesse let me post some of his pictures from their Philly trip! While they were here... ...we had a family game night at Mark & Heiki-Lara's ...they saw me perform in Comedy Sportz ...and we got together with Anika and my SST leaders. Yay! (Thanks, Jesse!) http://www.davidandolivia.com/2008/04/29/pictures-from-anika-jesses-visit/ I don't have pictures from Anika & Jesse's visit yet (I didn't take any - I was living in the moment too much). In the meantime, here are some pictures taken around our house in the last two weeks, including images of the real star of this family, Chloe Lois. Also, I ... http://www.davidandolivia.com/2008/04/27/around-the-house/ We've been busy!  Since we got back from Hawaii, we went to David's brother Nathan's senior art show, baby sat, stripped our closets of wallpaper (David), picked up trash on our block, canvassed for Obama, attended the fabulous Suburban Love Songs and the Philly Film Festival. Not bad, ... http://www.davidandolivia.com/2008/04/06/keeping-busy/ Time for pictures from week two. Kauai was definitely our favorite island. Fewer people, a little less touristy and lusher. We spent the first three days on the south side of the island at a B&B called Poipu Plantation (as recommended by David's uncle and aunt, Lynn and Debbie). ... http://www.davidandolivia.com/2008/03/22/hawaii-part-ii/ We just got back from two weeks in Hawaii! We spent one week on Oahu and one on Kauai. In some ways, it felt like two different vacations. Hence, I've decided to start with the first week's worth of pictures in order to spread the love and ... http://www.davidandolivia.com/2008/03/16/hawaii/ For my Christmas present, I asked for a pair of socks from my sister Anika. She recently sent me the finished product - her first pair of knitted footwear! I was very impressed. They fit well and are warm and cozy for the winter. Here are ... http://www.davidandolivia.com/2008/02/25/on-socks/ This weekend was completely full. On Friday and Saturday we spent time with Adam Roth, a friend from Goshen who was stopping through. In his honor, we ate some Pat's cheesesteaks - we are now truly Philadelphians. On Sunday we went to a rally for Barack Obama in Wilmington, ... http://www.davidandolivia.com/2008/02/04/obama-rally-superbowl-party/ This weekend we did a lot of work on the basement.  We coated most of the walls with two layers of Drylock (sealant primer) and then painted the floor, walls and ceilings with colors.  The colors looked really good on the computer, but in real life, they're a little funky.  ... http://www.davidandolivia.com/2008/01/28/transformation/