Tag: balsam

We Got a Cat

We Got a Cat

Kaķis 4.10.17 This is just a quick post to let everyone know that we fulfilled Anna’s dream and got a cat. Rita happened to know someone who knew someone who had a farm and there were some kittens who needed a home, so we decided to help him out. Jacques Balzam arrived in the early …

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Vitauts in Latvia: Postscript

Vitauts in Latvia: Postscript

UPDATE: Okay, you smug, self-satisfied TSA agent… show me where in this description it says that my liquor has to be in a clear bottle. I am no lawyer, but I can read. UPDATE #2: I took the rules below to the TSA agents and said there is nothing about clear bottles. His excuse? The …

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Vitauts in Latvia 12: Riga

Vitauts in Latvia 12: Riga

Riga After an amazing weekend, we finally had a day to settle into our downtown apartment on Ausekļa (a Latvian poet) iela (street) near most of the foreign embassies and just a short walk from Old Town, the hub of the city. After a slow, lazy morning allowing us to catch up on sleep, we took …

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