Friends

Come meet the several groups of friends who form key circles in our lives: College, Gourmet (see 2010 - 2011 adventures),
Playgroup/Book Club and the many other friends in California and the northeastern U.S. who are now woven into the fabric of our family.

		*college friends in Boston and Philly*
		Besides the MIT Reunion and spending time with Adrian and family, we spent some time with Wendy's College friends. (L) Some of the Boston contingent. (R) College room-mate in Philly.

		*college friends for new year's eve 2010*
		4 close college friends and their husbands spent a lovely 2 days over New Year's celebrating 40 years of friendship in a glorious winter setting north of New York City.

		Kenyan friends visit California
		Pauline and Judy, 2 good friends from Kenya were accepted into a special leadership training program through Global Women's Leadership Network affiliated with Santa Clara University. They stayed with us before and after the residential program to enjoy the Deluxe Walleigh Tour of the Bay Area.

		*3 weddings & 1 reunion*
		It was a season for celebrations: Rick and I flew to Seattle and Boston then drove to Yosemite and Berkeley to attend 3 weddings of friends and "B" School reunion.

*college friends tour wine country*
		College friends and their husbands joined us for an extended visit to wine country. We drank great wine and champagne, ate food at the top restaurants, and amazed ourselves that we all fit into the van at the end!

*friends help celebrate Wendy's 60th!*
	40 friends in the Bay Area helped Wendy usher in her "Big 6-O". The party required everyone to cook for themselves--and each other--as a way to integrate all our different groups of friends. See the whole celebration!

*Friends from the Playgroup and Women's Book Club*
	Over the 30 years we've been close to many of these friends from pre-school, play groups, the book club. We continue to enjoy many fun experiences! For example, (L) with Chris & Brian we carried on the old family tree-cutting tradition and (R) our "Book Club Retreat" hangs out on the Jenner, CA beach.