And so, here we are in the last month of a pretty bad decade... 2010 is looking promising and I hope it brings better times for everyone than the past few years.
Having said that, there have been good (even great) events along the way. I'm very pleased to say that Jamie and Victoria have joined the ranks of the newly married, Jamie to Yuri and Victoria to Mhairi, and both of them are truly lovely partners. We wish them much happiness in the years to come. Wish we could have been at your weddings, but Tokyo and Cape Town present certain logistical difficulties! Kieran and Rachel were married earlier this year in a beautiful ceremony and, unhappily, we missed out on their wedding too. Gari and Rachel (not Kieran's Rachel, rest assured) left Boston and moved to Oxford. Greg and Imogen (and Baby Leo) left Dublin and moved to Brussels. And Chris, Sarah, Claire and Baby Raphael are now happily ensconced in the south of Belgium. Globalization anybody??
We're still happily doing our thing, exploring the streets of Downtown Los Angeles. We managed to squeeze in a couple of films over the weekend: "Up in the Air" with George Clooney, which was sad but very good; and "Couples Retreat" which was entertaining but pretty dumb.
We're heading back to the Academy this week to see "The Prisoner of Zenda" with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., so we'll certainly have our fill of films. Other than that, we're getting ready for our upcoming road trip (yes, another one), this time to Arizona and New Mexico.
We hope you're doing well, wherever you may be (and that you're staying warm if it's cold!)