The Stecherbush Abroad

These caricatures from the safety video of Fly Dubai cracked me up. Best safety video ever.  I think it was the beginning of the year searching up Andrea Bocelli concerts that I discovered a concert on our 25th anniversary. Poland was a new country so it didn't take a lot of convincing for Matt to take me. I did NOT realize it would mean missing the first day of school but thanks to Eli's generous presence at home we left them all in good hands. My Mom sent me such a thoughtful package and included an autobiography of Andrea Bocelli that she was reading that I didn't realize existed. I'd fallen in love with his voice and now I was able to learn more about his life and his thoughts.  Welcome to the Warsaw Airport Marriott. The kind of airport hotel that's across the airport pickup road and is attached to the airport parking. We enjoyed these precious horderves, a lovely bed, a comfy workout room and delicious breakfast the next morning with lots of new to us Polish f...

I've made some lovely Indian Friends who are so kind and generous and they invited me to come to this very important 9 day dance festival. I went with Jill and we had such a fun, sweaty night. I don't think we realized how offensive our bad dancing was at the time, that's probably good but we were willing to try and everyone around us was patient and encouraging. The music was SOOOO loud, louder than any concert I remember attending in my youth but it was a crazy fun night. Really pictures don't do it all justice. You need the videos to even begin to get the idea.  Such cute kids doing the dance with the sticks which has a name that I can't remember.   Huge thanks to Kanan and Parul for their kind inclusion and to Jill for the introduction and for taking me.

We LOVED our Opera Night with the Cobos family. Many things didn't go as planned but still we ended up with some amazing seat by the 2nd act and the show was incredible.   

Brigham got a chance to play on the MS volleyball team while also trying to train for his big SAISA swim meet in Jordan. The fun of being in public school is having a dress theme day to break up the monotony.  

This is Salima. She's our new Arabic car that Alena calls Sauraman. Matt's baby.  We found a new favorite restaurant. They have amazing salads and this dessert that calls us back again and again.  It's called honeycomb Brittle something or other. The Truffle Fried and Mojito are also quite addicting. It's called. . . The Steak Company. Oh wait, I think I already and posted about this. . .Oh well, we definitely come back repeatedly. I can't explain it. How does a girl in Oman even know how to dress like a bag lady but she nailed all by herself. I've started doing some volunteering at TAISM so I get to take lots of peaks into the world of my children.  We had a playdate with Dalia and Cayetana one day when school was randomly out.  Brigham wanted to show one of his rare shells to the Museum, they noted where he found it. The girls mostly enjoyed touring the museum. It's hard to keep some of their attention but I'm glad they could all have a little outing. ...