My little sister is currently spending the semester in Verona, Italy. She got there last week, and here’s the latest email from her:

_Hey everyone!!! First I want to apologize for not being able

to write all of you back, or at least not extensively! But I

do really appreciate all of the replies and …

Hey New Yorkers,

So, my girlfriend Carrie* has never been to New York. She’s always bugging me to take her, so I thought that it would be fun to take her for her birthday (which is March 4). She’s also been dying to see Avenue Q, so that works out well. It will be a SURPRISE, so please don’t make …

Dog Beach
Originally uploaded by mugsy1274.

Carrie and I took Scout to the dog beach this morning (it was a pretty nice day). We had a lot of fun running around with him, and I got a bunch of cool pictures as well.

I think my favorite was when we met a cocker spaniel/Rottweiler mix. His owner …