Problems with Photos

So for some reason I haven't been able to change the "Cute Rachel Photo of the Week" but here is what I intended to put in that spot, this cute photo taken yesterday at Debbie and Jeremy's. Joe and I took some yummy homemade chili over for lunch, and brought Max so he could play with Daisy. Isn't the purple outfit just too cute?

R.I.P. Anna Nicole Smith

I have an Anna Nicole Smith bobblehead in my office (don't ask) that we made a little shrine with since her death yesterday, here's a photo.

Houston, Conference Day Four

This morning I am moderating a session on "Innovations in Direct Marketing and E-Mail Marketing." I'm sort of nervous about it, hence why I haven't told hardly anyone about it. Basically I am sort of just the emcee for the workshop, introductions of the panelists, keeping them on a timeline and running the Q & A session. I met one of the speakers yesterday by happenstance, she was at the table I sat at for lunch, and she was pretty cool and funny. So, just having some coffee to keep me alert and I hope my nerves stabilize. I don't much like talking "in public" not sure why I have that fear, but hey...gotta face it sometime I suppose. Wish me luck!

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.

Meet Rachel Mae Fisher!

Today was a big day in our family! My sister Debbie and husband Jeremy had their baby! A beautiful 7 lbs, 9 oz girl named Rachel Mae. She is just beautiful and has the most hair I've seen on a baby. Mother and daughter are doing very well. She was born at (seriously) 12:31pm on 12-31! She must have a great sense of timing! :) Here is one picture of her, more to come later as we go back to the hospital to visit. Yay!! It's so exciting!!

Funny video/cast of "White Christmas"

Check out this "music video" on youtube. The performers are in our production of "Irving Berlin's White Christmas" and they made this video on one of their days off. Taken from the Saturday Night Live skit with Chris Parnell and Andy Samburg, this is hysterical. Click here.

Me a Survivor fan

In addition to my love of Project Runway, I've also been a big fan of "Survivor" for most of its 13 seasons. Last night was the big ol' finale of Survivor: Cook Islands and I was soooo happy that Yul won! Woo! He played the game so well, and was incredibly nice and sincere to boot. Yay, Yul! One million bucks, man!

Photos from Dec. 9 Party

Took awhile for me to get to these, but here are some photos from our Housewarming/Birthday party last Saturday night. We also did an interfaith house blessing, and one of the photos of my and Joe's backsides (ah well..) are us putting a mezzuzah on the front door. My brother in law Jeremy read a Hebrew blessing for us, it was very nice.

Beginning to look like Christmas!

It's been awhile since I've written anything, sorry about that. It's been crazy busy at work, we currently have a six week run of "Irving Berlin's White Christmas" and it's nuts at the Ordway. People are crazy to get good tickets, which are limited at this point. So, been working longer hours, and come home rather tired. Joe and I put up lights outside of the house for the holidays, in the photo what you can't see is some cool lights near the street, outside of the fence. I'll try to get a photo of that, too and post it, it's very pretty. We got these "flood lights" and put red bulbs in them, which looks awesome against our house at night. Now all we need is some snow!

Max is stylin'

Isn't Max just too cute in his winter sweater? He doesn' t wear it indoors, we're not that weird. Just outside.