After DC, I headed to New Jersey for a few days of telecommuting from my parent's deck, before putting down the BlackBerry and taking some real time off. It was great to see the folks and friends. After Joe arrived we had a great trip to New York state to visit friends who have an amazing 30 acres with a 19th century farmhouse, barn, fields and woods.It was very grounding all the
way around. When I arrived at my parents, my Mom was having "the ladies" for a couple of days. These are all women I've known since before I was born. It was great to see them all together, looking so happy. Cotton, who is a yoga instructor held a great yoga session one afternoon on the deck, it was very special for me.Dark Knight
One night "the ladies" went to the movies so Dad and I went to see the Dark Knight. It was great, if a bit long at almost 2.5 hours. I enjoyed seeing the parts that had been filmed at the Battersea Power Station that I see out my bedroom windows in London. It's definitely not a kids movie, very dark indeed and well done. But I suspect if I wasn't a Batman fan, I wouldn't have enjoyed it as much.
Dad and I also grabbed dinner one
night with my cousins Gavin and Lara and their amazing Mom, Dona, at the Squan Tavern, a Jersey Shore institution of pizza, pasta and all things "Jersey-Italian".Joe arrived at the end of the w
eek and we kicked things off with dinner at our friend's Mike and Cor's. We hadn't seen them since we met in Rome earlier in the year so it was really great to catch up.
