And. A nice Diet Pepsi:
3.30.2008
Greetings from the Kingdom
That's Saudi Arabia to you all. It was dark when we drove across the causeway from Bahrain (which is stunning) into Saudi Arabia, so no pictures of the outdoors. I did take some pictures of my "guest house" where I am staying. Not too shabby. I have a butler. More later.
And. A nice Diet Pepsi:
And. A nice Diet Pepsi:
Greetings from Heathrow
....Unfortunately it's not Gatwick or else I could bust out a Fish Called Wanda reference...
Anyway, I'm sitting in the British Airways lounge waiting for my connecting flight to Bahrain. From Bahrain I take a care across the "causeway" connecting Bahrain to Saudi Arabia which is where I am traveling. Here's the causeway:
And here is a map of Saudi Arabia showing where Dhahran is located:
, where I will be spending the next three days visiting our client Saudi Aramco (some buildings pictured below), which is a Saudi state-owned oil company. I'll try to post some pictures if there is anything interesting to photograph (and if I'm actually allowed to take pictures). Wish me luck!
Anyway, I'm sitting in the British Airways lounge waiting for my connecting flight to Bahrain. From Bahrain I take a care across the "causeway" connecting Bahrain to Saudi Arabia which is where I am traveling. Here's the causeway:
And here is a map of Saudi Arabia showing where Dhahran is located:
, where I will be spending the next three days visiting our client Saudi Aramco (some buildings pictured below), which is a Saudi state-owned oil company. I'll try to post some pictures if there is anything interesting to photograph (and if I'm actually allowed to take pictures). Wish me luck!
3.23.2008
Easter in Manhattan 2008
Happy Easter Allan clan! The Naylor sect of the clan had a nice weekend in Manhattan. The family arrived on Friday and we had some Japanese and Vietnamese take-out and stayed up chatting for a bit.
On Saturday, Judi joined the Justin Naylor family on a trip to the American Natural History Museum. The girls walked 2 miles and didn't complain at all! I think they are city girls after all!
Saturday night we colored eggs to make them into Easter eggs and lucky for us the Easter bunny showed up over night to hide them along with some candy.
On Sunday morning we enjoyed some coffee cake, had our humane hunt and then went to Church. After Church we took a few photos.
The humane hunt ~
After Church pics (Jackson was at the deli with his parents picking up his lunch) ~
The dinner table with the Naylor models ~
Rex and Jackson playing after dinner ~
Hope everyone had an equally enjoyable Easter!
On Saturday, Judi joined the Justin Naylor family on a trip to the American Natural History Museum. The girls walked 2 miles and didn't complain at all! I think they are city girls after all!
Saturday night we colored eggs to make them into Easter eggs and lucky for us the Easter bunny showed up over night to hide them along with some candy.
On Sunday morning we enjoyed some coffee cake, had our humane hunt and then went to Church. After Church we took a few photos.
The humane hunt ~
After Church pics (Jackson was at the deli with his parents picking up his lunch) ~
The dinner table with the Naylor models ~
Rex and Jackson playing after dinner ~
Hope everyone had an equally enjoyable Easter!
3.19.2008
Just Checking In.
Sweet Allan family directory Burt. Nice work. I had never heard that "Judi-ism" before. Is there a compendium to rival Yogi Berra?
Saw James's email earlier today re. the Grannies for Peace. I would have thought they would expect to be arrested - that's the point of civil disobedience, no?
On the 5 year anniversary of the Iraq invasion, Slate.com. is running a series of pieces by so called "liberal hawks" (of which I am one) on why they were wrong about the Iraq war. It's a very interesting, evenhanded series. I particularly liked this piece by Jeffrey Goldberg who wrote extensively about the Kurds' struggle prior to the war. I think his view on it is as close to my view as any I have seen. If you're interested in a propaganda-free, thoughtful reexamination of reasonable people's views (in many cases revoked) on the war, I commend the entire series.
On a lighter note, this is probably the funniest piece I've read in a major circulation magazine in a long time. For anyone who actually remembers Lenny Dykstra the baseball player, this is an excellent piece.
Heading to Saudi Arabia for business in a couple of weeks, I'll be sure to post some pics. Until then, GET BLOGGING!!!
Saw James's email earlier today re. the Grannies for Peace. I would have thought they would expect to be arrested - that's the point of civil disobedience, no?
On the 5 year anniversary of the Iraq invasion, Slate.com. is running a series of pieces by so called "liberal hawks" (of which I am one) on why they were wrong about the Iraq war. It's a very interesting, evenhanded series. I particularly liked this piece by Jeffrey Goldberg who wrote extensively about the Kurds' struggle prior to the war. I think his view on it is as close to my view as any I have seen. If you're interested in a propaganda-free, thoughtful reexamination of reasonable people's views (in many cases revoked) on the war, I commend the entire series.
On a lighter note, this is probably the funniest piece I've read in a major circulation magazine in a long time. For anyone who actually remembers Lenny Dykstra the baseball player, this is an excellent piece.
Heading to Saudi Arabia for business in a couple of weeks, I'll be sure to post some pics. Until then, GET BLOGGING!!!
3.14.2008
Notes from Sugar Hill...NYC
Just a quick update on the J Naylor clan, oh wait...that could mean 3 different things, wait...4 different things - This is an update on the Jeremy Michael Naylor clan. There, I think I got it right.
We can't wait to hear more from Tyler about Australia. We always thought we'd go back after our honeymoon, but I guess we all know how those things go.
I can't wait to see pics of Istanbul from Katey. I hope she makes it to Hagia Sophia.
On our front, we're almost done painting the "parlour". Scratch that, I'm almost done painting the "parlour". Rex is walking! He loves to walk at home, but he holds my finger at his classes. Hopefully he'll grow out of his public bashfulness soon. The big news is that Rex has his first playdate this week!
J and I are also getting ready for the western NY Naylors to descend upon us for Easter. J is making the massive IKEA run tomorrow a.m. and we will busy ourselves with putting sh** together over the coming week. Our menu is just about planned.
Out of curiosity..and to see who actually reads what I write, what are appropriate main dishes for Easter?
We can't wait to hear more from Tyler about Australia. We always thought we'd go back after our honeymoon, but I guess we all know how those things go.
I can't wait to see pics of Istanbul from Katey. I hope she makes it to Hagia Sophia.
On our front, we're almost done painting the "parlour". Scratch that, I'm almost done painting the "parlour". Rex is walking! He loves to walk at home, but he holds my finger at his classes. Hopefully he'll grow out of his public bashfulness soon. The big news is that Rex has his first playdate this week!
J and I are also getting ready for the western NY Naylors to descend upon us for Easter. J is making the massive IKEA run tomorrow a.m. and we will busy ourselves with putting sh** together over the coming week. Our menu is just about planned.
Out of curiosity..and to see who actually reads what I write, what are appropriate main dishes for Easter?
A note from Istanbul
hello famıly! i'm here (the keyboard here ıs a bıt dıfferent - same letters, but punctuatitıon ıs ın dıfferent spots and there are a few extra letters. and there ıs a dıfference ın Turkish between ı and i...so you get the ı because ıt's ın the normal spot!). Anyhow, ıt,s beautıful and sunny here,and we've just had breakfast and are gettıng ready to go out and explore our neıghborhood,etcç We had some delays on both flıghts gettıng hereö but otherwıse not too bad (although after nearly 24 hours travelıng we were pretty much wastes of space!). Bahaus Hostel ıs quıte nıce,as ıs our brıtısh roommate paul. fun and relaxatıon! can't waıt to get scrubbed to be lıke a newborn baby ın the hamam!
xoxo kate
xoxo kate
3.06.2008
A note from Tyler from down under,
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 23:13:30 +0000 Hey guys, I just wanted to let you know that I am settled in here in Australia. Today we are going to the beach hopefully. I'm sending this from an internet cafe and I bought a cellphone yesterday so i should be able to call soon once I get a calling card and figure out how. Our apartments are really nice, a little small though. The address is actually Milano Serviced Apartments, not Milano Service Department or whatever I told you before. I took a bunch of pictures yesterday but i forgot the cord to upload them at home. So whenever I find another one in a store I'll send them to you. Otherwise I've just been getting over the jet <>lag and seeing the city, its really nice here. I already talked to a bunch of Australians about the country and things to do and America and all that jazz. I'll send you another email soon once I get all my stuff set up and figured out. Talk to you soon. Tyler
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3.05.2008
Jay's upset cause we're not using the blog, but I think some of the older members of the clan don't get how to even get on it - not me though!
Justin is glorifying in the glow of McCain's win against nobody, but Justin, he's meeting with Bush today? "Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away, now I see that they are here to stay, Oh I believe in yesterday."
Anyway, you go Hillary - all the way
Nice place guys.
Justin is glorifying in the glow of McCain's win against nobody, but Justin, he's meeting with Bush today? "Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away, now I see that they are here to stay, Oh I believe in yesterday."
Anyway, you go Hillary - all the way
Nice place guys.
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We still have a lot to do, but we did paint the kitchen last weekend so I thought I'd share some pics of our new apartment with the clan!
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