Houston Day Two

Today was "Venue Tour" day, we get to choose between different types of tours, like theater tour or sports venue tours. Hmmm...wonder which one I chose? Well, that would be Theater tour for me. First stop was the Alley Theater (click here) and the two photos here are from a current production in their smaller black box theater called "Subject to Fits: Reflections on Dostoevsky's "The Idiot." Of course I had to take a photo of the "body" on the side stage. They are the first regional theater of the country (or maybe second) founded in something like 1947. The theater shown in these photos was completely underwater during one of the past hurricanes, losing pretty much all their space, seating, etc. Next post will be about the Wortham Theater.

Houston, Texas - that's where I am!

I'm in Houston for a conference this week. The conference is downtown at the Hilton, that's where I'll be through Friday. The hotel is lovely, the rooms are lovely, but...the area around is um, boring and sort of scary. Took a little walk to explore and see what there is to see around this part of downtown, and well...not too much. Basically right across the street from the Toyota Center, home of the Houston Rockets, etc. To start, here's a photo of my room, and the 'lovely' view out of my room! Sighhh... I'll take photos this week, mostly of folks here at the conference, but maybe some tomorrow of our theater district tour. More later in the week!

Slowly but Surely...Winter has Arrived

It took awhile up north here for winter to arrive, but at last it has. We have snow and we have a cold snap. Here are a couple of photos I took from our back/side porch. The structure in the background is this old, historic water tower. Around this tower there are twelve (I think twelve) large "soldiers" with swords, whom are the "Guardians of the Bacteria" - they are there to protect the water from bad bacteria. Of course, there is no water in the tower any longer, it is now just a lovely piece of historical architecture. UPDATE: Joe did some research on this water tower, and apparently it IS in use. Who'd of thunk it?

New Baby Photos

Today I took lunch to Debbie and Jeremy's, Joe has a cold so stayed home today, didn't want to spread germs. Here are some new photos of baby Rachel, a day from her one week birthday tomorrow! :)

Photos of Rachel Part Trois

Here is a very proud uncle Ken with Rachel, and a photo from yesterday of Rachel getting her first shampoo! :)

More Rachel Photos!

We were at the hospital this morning, and baby and Mom and Dad are doing great. Here are three photos, Mom and Rachel, Joe and Rachel and the Fisher family - Natalie and Morris (Jeremy's parents) and the new family. Somewhere there is a photo of me and Rachel which I will post soon, so look for that. She is just a little angel, and it's so amazing to see how much her face has changed in a day. She's just a beauty.