Travelogue part 2

We’re still enjoying ourselves here in Arizona!  We’ve made it to my parents’ house in Flagstaff and have been alternately relaxing and undergoing retail therapy.

Let’s recap the last few days of our Tucson visit:

Sunday:

• We went to a lovely post-wedding brunch for “the out of towners” at a beautiful house in the foothills.  The sun was really hot.  We hung out with new friends and wilted in the sun.
• We have a really lovely dinner with Holly & Doug (pics from our dinner are on their blog – login required) and really got to meet their son Nate.  Dinner was scrumptious and we particularly enjoyed the company.

Monday:

• This was the day we spent seeing friends at the University of Arizona.  We each caught up with different friends for lunch, and had a lovely hand-led trip through the UA Museum of Art from our friend Robert.
• We also saw my old labmates and shared beer and onion rings at Belushi’s.
• After the onion rings we couldn’t stomach a full dinner, but relaxed at the hotel with some snacks.

Tuesday:

• After another trip to the university to see Kiwiman’s old boss, we went shopping again and found a bunch of things on our lists!
• We had a quick Starbucks break (I was hoping for an eggnog latte, but they were sadly still into pumpkin spice) and then headed to Sabino Canyon for a quick walk including the sunset (pics on Flickr, Facebook, and Picasa Web Albums).
• Finally, a big dinner with lots of our friends!  See pic links above.

We had a spectacular time in Tucson, and really enjoyed seeing people and places we love again.  Tucson was very hot and we had a hard time coping.  I managed to not exercise more than once – which disappointed me – but we had a lovely time shopping and doing the “old stuff” we used to do.

Wednesday involved driving to Flagstaff with a long stop at the outlet mall at Anthem for more shopping.  Before you get concerned, it’s not all for me!  Kiwiman has had a long list of items to get and we’re steadily plugging away at those.  Thursday and today we’ve done a few “Flagstaff things”: a nice Thai dinner, yummy homemade goulash with smoked paprika, and the ubiquitous trip to Cracker Barrel for breakfast.  We fit in a few shopping trips in the meantime.  I’m trying to keep our time pretty unstructured, not scheduling social events etc.  Kiwiman and I need to relax.

I did get another two pair of shoes:
Lately I’ve been talking to Dad about setting up a Windows Home Server for their house.  He and I both spotted a Harmony remote on special at Sam’s Club so we’re both thinking about consolidating into one of these universal remote systems.  The whole family had a play with the digital SLR cameras at Best Buy today – we each have our favorites, although mine is around US$1200!  Sigh.

I also got a Butter Bell, something I spied at dinner with Holly on Sunday night.  It’s a way to store butter on the countertop using a water seal which keeps the butter soft.  I can’t wait to use it!

That’s all for now – and I don’t expect the next week to be too exciting, really – but I’ll be sure to update the blog when things happen.

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