Category Archives: Cleveland
Back To School For Only Some [Archives]
Back in Cleveland Heights after spending August 2001 in Oklahoma and Houston, it was time for Madysen and Speed to go back to school at Fairfax Elementary. Layla did not look too excited for the first day–and she wasn’t even … Continue reading
An Unconventional Summer Begins [Archives]
The summer of 2001 was very different for us. For the previous two summers, I had worked, first as a judicial clerk in D.C., then as a summer clerk at my Cleveland firm. And since Holly had been teaching in … Continue reading
Two Graduates, One Party [Archives]
Hard to believe that I am only two months away from my 10 year anniversary from law school graduation. But it happened and, in part because my sister Sarah also graduated from home school that year, it became a big … Continue reading
Madysen Misunderstands The Lock & Key System [Archives]
So this is Big Fun (disregard the Honda parked in front), an eclectic and great little toy store in Cleveland Heights. Most of the inventory consists of toys from the 60s, 70s, and 80s. During the five years we lived … Continue reading
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A Wizard Of Oz Halloween [Archives]
I love The Wizard of Oz. Love it. Still to this day. Madysen and Speed were fans too, though neither of them will admit it today. In fact, Madysen now says she doesn’t like it one bite. What happened to … Continue reading
Madysen Turns 7 With Nana And Pop Visiting [Archives]
In September 2000, Nana and Pop made their first visit to Cleveland. And it coincided with Madysen’s 7th birthday, so we’ll coincide them here too. I’m sure we took Nana and Pop to our favorites around town. I certainly recall … Continue reading
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First Day Of School And Portraits 2000 [Archives]
So summer 2000 drew to a close. I went back to for my law–and most fun–year of law school. Holly went back for her second full year of teaching at Miles Elementary. And of course, Madysen started the Second Grade … Continue reading
Summer 2000 In Cleveland [Archives]
As the spring of 2000 drew to a close, I was finishing my second year of law school and was about to begin my first legal job as a summer clerk for the firm I’m still with. Summer clerkships at … Continue reading
Sylvania Photos That Don’t Go Anywhere Else [Archives]
So now that–in archive world, here–we’ve moved out of our Sylvania rental house and into the Coleridge house after nearly two years at the former, here are a bunch of Sylvania-era photos that are cute but I don’t really have … Continue reading
Posted in Cleveland, Layla, Madysen, Speed
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Blow Ups Lead To New Homes [Archives]
I’ve posted a ton of archive posts recently related to spring 2000 at our rental house on Sylvania. And while we had never really liked our landlord (who lived on the other side of the duplex)–starting in the middle of … Continue reading
Posted in Cleveland, Disappointing People, Funny, Holly
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