Last week, with the kids back in school after an extended Veteran’s holiday, I planned a whole day of shopping at my favorite destination, the Streets at Southpoint in Durham. The desire to eliminate stress during the holiday season was … Continue reading
After a year of bemoaning the fact that we no longer live in a tourism mecca, I decided that finding places to go in the United States might be a viable way to scratch the travel itch. And it just … Continue reading
This past week it finally came true! After a year of lamenting about his teeth,Will got braces. It’s not that we didn’t care about his crooked teeth, it was simply a matter of timing. We’ve made the rounds of orthodontic treatment … Continue reading
I’m not one to blindly do something just because everyone else is doing it. That’s exactly why I’ve managed to successfully ignore requests to play Candy Crush, plant rows of veggies in Farmville, find out what 90’s teen celebrity I’m … Continue reading
Courtesy of her grandmother, our daughter Lindsey has a subscription to the New Yorker magazine. For many years, I’ve been jealous of her ability to not only read the articles but also fully understand them. Try as I might, the … Continue reading
Any who knows a Rietkerk knows they love water. So it was especially entertaining to have both a backyard pool and the ocean at our disposal for the vacation. Upon our arrival to Oahu the only thing on our minds … Continue reading
A Moveable Feast 