Dadcation
Back when we were allowed to go places, we flew to our nation’s capital for my 9th Dad 2.0 Summit, where I was slated to listen, and my bride was slated to speak. We lucked into a corner suite upgrade at our host hotel, the Madarin Oriental, which meant every night before bed, I could tell Jefferson “goodnight” via one of our many windows overlooking his monument and the nearby Tidal Basin + Potomac. After checking in, we walked to Old Ebbitt Grill for an amazing lunch of…
It happened when we were standing in line to see Pee-wee Herman. My mother-in-law’s Christmas present was VIP tickets to Pee-wee’s Big Adventure on its 35th anniversary plus a photo opportunity with Paul Reubens at Atlanta’s Tabernacle. The push notifications started: Fulton County schools, cancelled; the NCAA basketball tournament (that was to be played a few blocks from where we stood), not happening; Disneyland closed for the 4th time in 65 years; MLS, MLB, NBA, all done. It was time to start “social distancing.” Because of social distancing,…
Months ago, we realized Columbus Day weekend meant the children had a few days out of school and that it coincided with my mother-in-law’s 70th birthday, and she wanted her daughters and their families to get together somewhere for a weekend of fun, but we also realized we’d miss seeing Twenty-One Pilots in Atlanta if we were out of town that weekend, but then we additionally realized the band would play in Greenville the preceding evening and that Greenville is on the way to Asheville, which is where…