Family schedules were jumbled this year, so Terri and I celebrated Christmas by ourselves. Christmas Eve was cold and blustery and snowy, so we woke up to a sunny white Christmas. The highlight of our day was a traditional holiday meal: nothing says "Christmas" like a big plate of spaghetti carbonara and a bottle of Taittinger Domaine Carneros bubbly.
It's been a good travel year. So good, in fact, that we made Platinum in the American Airlines AAdvantage program. We started the year in Las Vegas (celebrating our tenth anniversary), then Barcelona (for my 60th birthday), Philadelphia (we wanted to see the Barnes before it moved), Washington D.C., London (we rented an apartment in Islington), Buenos Aires (our usual month in Argentina to escape the Texas heat), Chicago, and Rome (carbonara!). We even made it to Paradise (Texas). (Links are to Flickr photos.)
My son Zachary and his girlfriend Melanie will be coming up in a few days, and my daughter Sydney and granddaughter Josie will visit in mid-January. Beyond that, we have no plans, not yet, but it's early.
Happy New Year!
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