Trip Diaries: Spring Break in Boston and 25th Anniversary in Captiva
Mom and Dad's 50th Wedding Anniversary Party - July 2007
Mike's 16th Birthday - July 2007
Kayaking the Chicago River - August 2007
Cathie's Birthday - July 2007
Belgium business trip - Feb 2007
Liz Graduation - May 2007
Captiva Family Vacation - June 2007
Spring Dance - March 2007
Cathie CIO Magazine Award - May 2007
New York - Weekend in the Bronx visiting Liz's friends - July 2007
Liz Birthday Feb 2007
Liz Prom May 2007
Boston Family Spring Break - March
2007
- Boston Central
Library,
Boston Commons / Beacon Hill
- Freedom Trail, Harvard
Square, Museum
of Fine Arts
- Newbury Street,
Trinity Church
Cathie and the Kids in Faneuil Hall Marketplace.
Other pictures from our Freedom
Trail walk. |
 Jack and kids on the Harvard University campus. Other pictures from our walk through Harvard Square. |
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Boston 3/24-3/27/07
Sat 3/24/07 -- Travel, Shopping
- UA 528 Upgraded Seats, airport was packed with Spring Break travelers
- Taxi to Fairmont Copley
Plaza right on Copley
Square in the Back Bay region of Boston
- War protest on Copley
Square
- Tour of Trinity Church
- Walk Newbury Street, shopping
- Felicia'a, Newbury
Comics, Trident
Booksellers, Dajuli
Sparkles, Starbucks
- Dinner - Stephanie's
- Shopping at Prudential Center
- Tourneau Watches, Olympics Sports, Levenger
Sun 3/25/07 -- Museum of Fine Arts
- Service at Trinity Church
- T (MBTA) to Museum
of Fine Arts
- Lunch in Galleria Cafe
- Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum
- Dinner at Legal Sea Foods
at Prudential Center
Mon 3/26/07 -- Freedom
Trail
- T to Park Ave, Start Freedom Trail walk
- Faneuil
Hall - wonderful lecture by Forest Service
- Durgin-Park Lunch
- Shopping on Boylston -- First Act
Guitar Studio, Lord & Taylor
- Solas Irish Pub
for dinner
- Watched Prison Break and 24 on TV
Tues 3/27/07 -- Harvard Square and Beacon Hill
- T to Harvard Square
- Lunch at Harvard
Co-Op
- Shopping -- Berk's
Shoe store, Harvard Bookstore
- Walk to Beacon Hill -- Charles Street Shopping, Boston
Commons/Gardens
- Boston Central Library,
Copley Square -- beautiful art work. Excellent tour guide
- Dinner at Lucca's
in Little Italy with Liz's friend Mike
Wed 3/28/07 -- Travel Home
- Shopping on Newbury -- Newbury
Comics for more CDs
- Lunch at Steve's
- UA 538, delayed 3 hours. Mom and Dad Upgraded!
Captiva 6/9 - 6/24/07
June 9 Saturday -- Travel
- Southwest flight 7:10am (only B-ticket!)
- Jeep Rental: guitar in kids lap, resisted getting a Ford Excursions
- SouthSeas Resort room 1611, view
of Red Fish pass, freshly remodeled, no safe
- Drinks at the new Lagoon pool
- Groceries at Jerry's
- Matzaluna for Dinner
Jun 10 Sunday - Golf, Bubble Room, Bikes
- Jack and Mike Golf on SouthSea's new Captiva Island Course
- Cathie and Liz shopping in Sanibel
- Fresh
Produce-Sanibel l
- Billy's Rentals for bikes
- Broke-in the Sky Caddie
- Bubble Room for dinner,
they closed early (troubles in the kitchen)
- Watched Sopranos finale,
Jun 11 Monday
- Golf course greens were being areated
- Bike ride to Starbucks
- SSIR staff installed safe!
- Swimming in Shoeprint pool
- Lazy Flamingo for Dinner,
picked Journey's Don't Stop Believing from Juke box
- Scoops for late night ice cream
- Casino Royale DVD
Jun 12 Tuesday
- Bike Ride -- Tarpon Bay->Ding
Darling Loop 13 miles
- Congress Jewelers --
Linda, picked anniversary ring
- Mom and Mike beach
- Jack (Mike driving cart) golf -- lots of birds, windy
- Mucky Duck
- Bedazzled Movie
- Scoops for treats
Jun 13 Wednesday
- Golf 9 holes early, thought it would rain
- Wanted to golf with Mike, but Beachview and Dunes were closed
- Went to Friday's (Sanibel Diamonds)
bought Cathie B-Day ring
- Stopped at Congress Jewelers to resize Cathie's rings
- Jack and Mike golf 9 holes on Captiva
- Groceries at Jerry's
- Sunshine
Seafood Cafe For Dinner
- Scoops - Choc Mildshake
June 14, Thursday
- Shoeprint Pool - Lunch at Lagoon Poolside
- Meet people from Tampa Bay -- Signs, yachts, Navigation, New England
- The Golf
Guys in Ft Myers -- buy Mike Wedges for golf
- Barnes -- bought DVDs and books
- Island Cow for dinner
- Drive through Ding Darling
URL: http://www.dingdarlingsociety.org/DD_ABOUT.html
June 15, Friday
- Golf at Beachview,
Pleated Woodpecker, Igaunas
- Shopping at the Outlet
Mall on the mainland
- Sanibel's Finest - Fathers
Day present
- Claires (claires.com)
- Late lunch at Lazy Flamingo in Sanibel
- Shoeprint pool
- Watching the US Open
- Carry-out Pizza From Scoops and Slices
June 16, Saturday
- Swimming Captiva beach
- Golf at Captiva, started on hole 3
- Watch US Open
- Pickup resized rings from Congress Jewelers
- Dinner at Doc Ford's (first
time, not a dive!!!)
- Groceries from Jerry's
- Swimming at Shoe Print pool
- Watched Memento DVD
June 17, Sunday
- Happy Father's Day!
- Nice lunch at the Pointe (fka Caption Al's)
- Waverunner -- Liz got
her boating certificate
- Golf with Mike (he did great, I got a 28, 1 over par)
- Dinner at Captiva
Cantina
- Angel Carberra wins US Open (Tiger came in 2nd)
- It Takes a Thief DVD
June 18, Monday
- 9 mile bike ride from Tarpon Bay through Ding Darling
- Shoeprint Pool
- 9 holes with Mike (very hot!)
- Key Lime Bistro for dinner.
Outside, hot, but no rain
- People from Cuba landed at Sanibel; Homeland security boat patrols
- "The Closer" season premier
- Arranged Liz's trip to New York
June 19, Tuesday
- Happy Anniversary! 25th
- Waverunner Tour around North Captiva
- Shopping at Jungle Drums
- Anniversary Dinner at Green
Flash -- Rainbow!
- Exchanged gifts: story about anny ring
- Kids ordered Pizza, no key lime pie does come free with that!
- Watched House on TV
June 20, Wednesday
- Boat Ride in Tarpon Bay. We drove it ourselves. Lots of birds
- Memories of Lake Geneva from 25 years ago
- Get Cathie's Anniversary ring re-sized at Congress Jewelers
- Sanibel Surf Shop, Hess
- Golf at Captiva
- Pool and Beach
- Dinner at Matzaluna
- Met the upstairs Interior Designer; surprised we were renting, the
whole area is a big construction zone
- Quick stop at Jerry's
- Watched "Fight Club" DVD
June 21, Thursday
- Parasailing
- Shoeprint pool closed by dept of health. the bathrooms were closed;
exposed wiring; dangerous for families
- Golf 9 holes with Mike
- Walk on the beach
- Met Kimberly (?) -- she told us the story for why Lands End was so
slow to re-open
- Lazy Flamingo for dinner
- Scoops for treats
- Lots of Dolphins
June 22, Friday
- Big pool
- Golf at Beachview -- Two Igaunas, crow stealing power bar
- Liz and Cathie shopping in Sanibel
- Lily and Co Jewelry
- CVS
- Macintosh
Books
- Seaweed Gallery
- Met the artist of Group of Snowys in Mangroves painting; personally
signed for us
- Cheeburger Cheeburger (1st
time!)
- No Rain 14 full days of vacation!
- Ran out of DVDs. Watched "Man vs Wild" on Discovery Channel
June 23, Saturday
- Captiva Kayaks - North from
McCarty Marina to Chadwick Bayou and
South to Greenflash
- Dolphins did a flip (like the zoo!)
- In the mangroves: Osprey, Pelicans, Great Blues, Great Egrets, Anhinga,
Cormorant
- It was like we were waking them from sleeping late on a Saturday morning
- Deli at Ship store for lunch
- Swiming (not Jack, too tired from Kayaking)
- Golf at Captiva Island; said good bye to Tom and Peter
- Mucky Duck (no Victor, again)
- Ding Darling: found Roseate Spoonbills, baby YCNHs, racoons, Turkey
vulture
- Watched Flip That House on TLC
June 24, Sunday
- Returning home, Southwest. Checked in the night before.
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