Archive for March, 2009

Marfa, TX to New Orleans, LA

Tuesday, March 31 Onward to “the other L A.” Nell worked on her script while I took the boys to a delicious breakfast at Squeeze Marfa. Who thought you were going to get delicious fresh-squeezed orange juice in a tiny town in the Texas hill country? Marfa is, in some sense, an invention of Donald [...]

Santa Monica, CA to Marfa, TX

Monday, March 30 I had spent the last few days packing and re-packing the plane so that all the little bits and pieces I needed were on board, but out of the way. I had the boys’ clothes packed along with mine. We had delayed our departure for a day so that we were sure [...]

(Flying) Ciderhouse Rules

Before we took off on our recent Spring Break trip (coast-to-coast from Santa Monica, CA to Washington, DC) the boys each received two pages which told them the rules in the plane and suggested some things to do if they got bored. It worked remarkably well. Rather than fielding constant requests for Gameboy time we [...]

The Plan

It is time for another adventure. Rudy and Dexter each have two weeks off for Spring Break, but they don’t line up (Rudy gets out first and goes back first). So we will bring along a bunch of work for Dexter to allow for having pulled him out of school a week early. After we [...]