Details of Hugh & Dolores' Alaska Adventure

UPDATED 8/12 - All 10 chapters added to travelogue!

As promised, Hugh has sent along photos and description of the trip he and Dolores took in June to celebrate their anniversary. They traveled to the Canadian cities of Victoria and Vancouver and then by cruise ship up the coast of Alaska.

We've created a page dedicated to the story and photos. It's a detailed travelogue, in ten parts, richly illustrated with photos.

CLICK HERE TO READ THE TRAVELOGUE

Cathy collects ribbons at county fair

Cathy won several ribbons at the Franklin County Fair in Hilliard, Ohio, last weekend.

Cathy submitted examples of her photography and her scrapbooking. Scrapbook pages of photos from last year's Hilliard-Darby High School production of "Peter Pan" (in which Christopher played a pirate) won a first-place blue ribbon, and pages featuring her photos of the school's marching band (featuring both Christopher and Stephanie) took a second-place red ribbon.  

This photo of a rock band and concert audience silhouetted against stage lights also won a red ribbon, and a still-life of colored chalk took third-place honors.

Family members gather for a wedding in Rochester

Lisa, Doug, Liz and Rebecca were among the guests as Lisa's niece Kathy was married last weekend.

Kathy and her husband, Daniel, live in Rochester. The wedding brought Kathy's parents, Dave and Susan (Lisa's sister) back to Rochester from Florida, where they recently moved. Doug and Lisa came up from Maryland. Rebecca also lives in the Rochester area, while Liz is now a Brooklyn resident.

Dan & Julie enjoy a musical weekend

Ready for Coldplay

Having splurged on tickets for a bunch of concerts this summer, Dan and Julie got started this weekend by seeing Dawes at a theater on Staten Island and Coldplay at MetLife Stadium.

Dawes, a California band that evokes comparisons to the Eagles, Jackson Browne, CSN&Y and the like, performed at the St. George Theater, near the Staten Island ferry terminal.

Dan and Julie took the ferry over and back, enjoying the New York Harbor views on a warm summer night.

The next night, this time accompanied by Christine and Andy, they saw Coldplay's first U.S. show of its current worldwide tour.

The British quartet put on a spectacular show - as in spectacle, with laser lights and fireworks, plus electronic wristbands, give out to all audience members, that lit up in various colors coordinated with the music-and light-show.

A quieter moment in the show

Visual effects aside, the music, drawn from many phases of the band's 20-year career, sounded great all night.

As seen on the big screen

A fine Fourth weekend on Long Island

A number of family & friends spent Independence Day weekend in Noyac, enjoying a beautiful summer weekend. Dan & Julie, Christine & James and Andy & Shannon filled up the Birch Street cottage. At Kathy's house, Genevieve & John & Bea and Vivien & CJ got an early start on the weekend Thursday. Kathy arrived on Sunday and the whole crowd spent that evening watching fireworks around Noyac Bay.

Earlier that day, Dan, Julie, Christine, James, Andy & Shannon spent some time checking out the boats and ducks and shops in Sag Harbor, then went over to Southampton's Cameron Beach, where the younger ones took a (very quick) dip in the still-chilly ocean.






On Monday, they were joined at the "back beach" by Kathy, Genevieve, Vivien and Bea.