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Gratuitous photo of my legs in blue jeans. For beca.	It was very, very hot. Naomi and I had to go get ice cream.	Naomi, pre ice cream.
Self portrait with shinybook.	My trees, they are making leaves!
I love these trees.	This is a different photo. I swear.
		Foliage!
Russell test drives the camera.	James, in his office at ODU.	It was a closet before they put a desk in there for him.
But it's shaped up quite nicely, don't you think?	Doktah Oleson...	Speaks to students.
You will see many photos of Gideon, the greyhount to follow.	Russell loves the skinny puppy.	He's half dog, half preying mantis.
Russell is surrounded by doggies. The beagle is Lakota.	So undignified, catching the drool on camera.	Scary jimson.
See if you can read the motto on the large image of this...	My precious, in Williamsburg...	Lookie! Andy is on the hot new authors shelf in Williamsburg!
Outside William and Mary, after class.	oh, yes.	We keep trying.
In front of James' & Becki's place.	Can you beleive that this is what James drives?	Evidence!
Crazy-ass bookstore in Norfolk.	Just the beginning.	James' new teaching manual.
Unbelievable.	At the Abby, for lunch.	Irish coffee - lunch of champions.
Outside of the Abby, after lunch.	Are we getting better at this yet?	A church I liked.
From a distance.	James, Russell & the USS Wisconson.	Boat!
Koi outside of Nauticus	Inside of Nauticus	Everyone needs the Cat in the Hat to do science!
eeeek.		Utkatasana, Russell!
On the Wisconson.	Russell's down there...	...and here.
CIMG0085.JPG	Flags!	Swab the deck...

Gideon, James & me.		doggie!
CIMG0099 1.JPG	And then we went to NYC....	Leaf holds court in Katie's flat.
Katie's flat!	Leaf's private dining room.	Katie claims he NEVER poses like that.
Harley	CIMG0108.JPG	CIMG0109.JPG
CIMG0111.JPG	We went for a walk in Central Park.	The first crocuses (crocii?) in Central Park.
And then we had omakase at Nobu.	CIMG0112.JPG	CIMG0114.JPG
My foot, at Nobu.	Lychee martini	Fig martini.
Ahi toro tartare with osetra caviar. And a Japanese Mountain Peach.	Whitefish new sashimi with garlic chives and soy-sesame sauce.	Grouper with New York Salsa.
more of the same.	The house favorite, broiled miso-glazed cod, fried shiso leaf, and foi gras. A mint-wrapped pickled plum to cleanse the palate.	Katie's Chilean sea bass with black bean sauce.
Kobe beef with citrus, sake, & soy. Asparagus and shiitake mushroom.	More kobe beef.	3/5 pieces of nigiri.
Then, onto dessert...	Pomegranite-sake granite with gold leaf.	"Bento Box" Chocolate souffle cake with white chocolate and shiso sauces, and crean tea ice cream.
After dinner, stuffed.	My feet, at the subway station.	More gratuitous foot photos.
Reliving dinner, while waiting for the A.		Harley & Leaf hold court.
	Irish & regular coffee at Gramercy Tavern
Us, at Gramercy Tavern.		The drink menu at the Algonquin.
At the Algonquin...		Outside the Algonquin.
I love the subway station at the Natural History Museum.

	Check the mushrooms!	We had dinner on our 9th anniversary (March 23) at Il Postino. It's the oldest school restaurant I've ever eaten in, by far. No menus, amongst other things.
Nifty ad outside the bar at the Plaza.	Anniversary self-portraits.
Awww....	That corner room, 8 floor up? That was ours.	A church I liked on Fifth Avenue.
The Public Library.
	A bird pooped on my while I took that next photo of Russell, right outside the Public Library. Tsk.
	Grand Central Station, and the Oyster Bar. I looked in all the wrong places to see if they were still on strike, and thought they weren't. When we got outside we saw the giant rats. Ooops.