Somerville Castle

Can you live less than two miles from a castle and not go see it? We didn't think so. Hence our detour to the Prospect Hill Castle in Somerville, MA. The castle was really more like a tower, and not nearly as impressive as the view of the surrounding city, but we can now check that destination of our list of "Things to See Before Leaving Boston."

Road Trip in New Hampshire

Since the weather forecast was so good, we opted to take a trip up to New Hampshire to see America's Stonehenge! (We almost went the week before during Winter Solstice, but after checking out what the website said about their pagan ritual, we decided against it.) Unfortunately, when we got to Mystery Hill, the Stonehenge was covered in eight inches of snow and some of the formations weren't even visible. We'll try again with Junior in the spring.

(Check out Brandon's beard!)

We then had the much better idea of checking out the New Hampshire coast. We drove the highway that borders the entire coastline, so not only was it a beautiful drive, but a lot of fun to stop whenever we wanted to get a closer look. Now we know where to go the next time we have a free weekend!


Come visit us and we'll show you the beauty of New Hampshire!

Christmas Day!

We woke up [relatively] early Christmas morning [somewhat] excited for the festivities. [Obviously, Felicia's not a morning person.]


After a raucous time opening presents, we reveled in our spoils. [You can tell what the pregnant Felicia is most excited about.]

Merry Christmas

Snow Day!!!

Winter officially arrived this week! New England got dumped on this past Thursday, the 13th, and then a follow up storm today, Sunday the 16th, left well over a foot of snow on the ground. Today's storm was so bad that a friend of ours asked to sleep at our place last night so that he wouldn't have to fight the storm to make it to his scheduled exam this morning. (You can't beat our commute - we're right across the street!). It took Zach's wife 8 hours to drive 3 miles during last Thursday's storm. I guess people just abandoned their cars in the middle of roads because they were sick of waiting. Ridiculous.

Things were so bad because of this morning's storm that they canceled Church! Felicia was supposed to teach today, so it is probably fair to say that she was not disappointed by that bit of news. So what do we do when Church is canceled? Play in the snow!



Felicia was seriously bundled up for our walk. Check out this picture of Felicia as a Ninja from the wild lands of Zelenskii!



In the end, I think she ended up more hot than cold. Go figure. In this next video, the crackling you hear is actually [really sharp] ice crystals hitting my coat. It was a little windy.



We didn't go too far on our Winter sojourn. We just went from our place to Cambridge Common and back. Cambridge Common was fun though.



This past Friday I took the exam for my Administrative Law class (taught by the Dean of the law school - if you ever find yourself taking classes at Harvard Law School, I really recommend getting in Kagan's Admin. It's a gem.). Some exams are 3-hour, in-class exams, whereas others are 8-hour take-home exams, like my Admin test. So I staked out a spot in the library and got busy. Felicia was kind enough to bring me lunch (isn't she just wonderful!) and on the way to and from the library she took a few pictures, which I thought turned out really well. Check 'em out! Oh - and keep in mind that the snow in these is from the FIRST storm; now there's even more. Madness.

This is right outside of the Law Library. Good times.



This is on the way to the undergraduate campus - their buildings are arguably prettier.



Here's Hogwarts.



This last one is our apartment building. Sure looks nice in the snow!