Pulitzer celebration
Andy BrowneBecky enjoying a Habana with Jim McGregorShai Oster, B, Andy BrowneI met up with B and a few of her staff as well as friend and former WSJ Bureau Chief Jim McGregor for some celebratory drinks downtown last night. It's been a relaly…
Pulitzer
Becky and her staff won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting. It was announced at 3 pm NYC time (3 am here). Luckily, she got an early tip off but not too early... She was up all night, in a good way. Called all seven reporters who…
Fairies
Anna and her friend Arabella, flapping their arms for hours and yelling, "We're fairies!"
Struggling with school
I spent a lot of time writing and rewriting my column this week. It’s about the crazy Sichuan trip. I sent it out to a bunch of you earlier today and will be posting up here next week. If anyone reading this didn’t get it and would like…
Woodie Alan update
Been busy with Woodie Alan. We played at a party Friday night, adding bass and percussion for our first quintet performance. It was cool. The bass picked things up pretty well, though it was mostly a live rehearsal. The percussionist was a Mexican…
Eli
Eli took an after-school drama class and at the end they did a little production. He played a clown. He was really pretty good and seemed to enjoy the whole experience but now he says he doesn't want to do it again.. not sure why.
Next Year in Beijing!
We hosted a rather large seder last Monday night.. particularly large since it was called for 6 pm and we didn't get back from the airport until about 1. But we co-hosted with our friend Maya (pictured with B at left) and she stayed at our house…
More pictures
..from the trippy trip. I said, "Make an angry face." And, yes, Eli lost another tooth on this trip. You can see it here hanging by a thread.