Thanksgiving and Christmas

For Thanksgiving, Val, Kristina and myself flew down to Paradise Island where we enjoyed some warmer weather, great food, and daily yoga practice at the Yoga Retreat. We have visited the Paradise Island Yoga Retreat a number of times beginning about 27 years ago. The Atlantis Resort on the island has grown unbelievably during that time. The Beach tower and the Coral tower were there then. Now the Atlantis includes 5 towers with 3 being about twice as many stories as the Beach and Coral towers. There was an airport on the island back then - now it's a golf course! At any rate, we enjoyed the break and are hoping that the Island will not disappear with the sea level rise associated with Global Warming!

We enjoyed a very pleasant Christmas at home with Kristina, Jake, and Oliver visiting. Oliver is spending the week with us while Kristina and Jake vacation in LA. Christmas Day, we took Teddi on a good long walk during which she showed off her new space outfit:

Water Meetings

It's been a couple days of meetings on the water. Tuesday, the Technology Innovation Meeting was at the Adventure Aquarium auditorium on the Delaware river in Camden.

You can see reflections of the auditorium in the glass.

Then, Wednesday, after a Nice presentation on the Intrepid in the Hudson River at NYC, there was a networking reception on the flight deck.

View from Kristina's 40th Floor KitSplit Office

Kristina's startup business, KitSplit, has received an investment and office space from The Hearst Corporation. Thursday night KitSplit co-sponsored an event showing some awesome film shorts. Afterwards, we visited Kristina's office and saw this view of Manhattan.

You also see reflections in the window glass including our shadows.

New Whitney Museum

The Whitney Museum has moved into a new building at a new location by Chelsea Market. Here we are yesterday in an out door gallery space:

Relaxation in Costa Rica

In December, we enjoyed a relaxing stay on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica: beautiful vistas, great food (lobster, chicken dishes, tropical fruit, desserts, and so much more) and drinks, lots of swimming, and pleasant weather.

View of the beach from the Riu Palace of Costa Rica