I balanced these two Halloween posts poorly, I forgot how much we did this year! It was probably too much, but it really is my favorite time of year and taking the boys out on adventures where they get to run around outside is often easier than staying home. One evening after school we went […]
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Halloween Activities: Part 1
November 11th, 2025 by pleia2
Autumn is my favorite time of year. Once my birthday concludes at the end of September it’s right into pumpkin spice and apple cider season. The weather cools down, walks become that much more enjoyable, and so many spooky activities to enjoy! Some years I enjoy a little horror film festival, which did a little […]
Some of the gems at IBM TechXchange 2025
November 10th, 2025 by pleia2
IBM does cool stuff, and looking back, this is no surprise given the portfolio the company has had since inception. There are a few conferences where this is showcased, but IBM TechXchange is the one that they’ve had a lot of fun with that’s targeted at developers and other folks who are deep in the […]
Mainframe Open Source at IBM TechXchange 2025
November 7th, 2025 by pleia2
One of the highlights of my year at work these past couple years is helping organize The Open Mainframe Project presence at the IBM TechXchange conference. Our event main is held on Monday, during the community or user group day, and every year we’ve been able to make the process more streamlined, make more connections […]
High Holy Days, sukkot, and visiting family
October 30th, 2025 by pleia2
The pandemic put a wrench in a lot of things, and one of those things for us was finding a new synagogue. When we lived in San Francisco, Sherith Israel was our home, but it’s simply too far away to visit regularly, and our life with kids in the east bay means we have less […]
Wallace and Gromit, MUNI Heritage Weekend, and Lego
October 22nd, 2025 by pleia2
A few weeks ago we had plans to go to LEGOLAND Discovery Center Bay Area, but then Aaron came home with a cold and fever, causing us to postpone our plans. This was a real bummer, but thankfully Adam and I had an alternative for that day: seeing Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit […]
Local Fall Festival and old-ish computers
September 18th, 2025 by pleia2
A few people have remarked recently about how activity-driven we are as a family. It’s true, we have a lot of adventures! But the fact is, we also spent 2.5 years at home during a pandemic when our children are little, so part of it is making up for lost time. Another part is that […]
School begins! And August winds down.
August 29th, 2025 by pleia2
Our summer in Philadelphia was lovely, but we had to come back so the kids could start school in early August. It’s still surreal to me how early they start, but it was an exciting year for them, Aaron was finally joining elementary school as a Transitional Kindergartner (TK), and Adam was starting 1st Grade! […]
Philly summer 2025 concludes!
August 13th, 2025 by pleia2
All the project work I mentioned in my last post aside, we did have some fun adventures the last week and a half we were in Philadelphia after returning from New England. The boys got to see a lot of grandpa through afternoon visits all summer, but we were also there to celebrate his birthday […]
Parks, fairies, cars and airplanes
July 3rd, 2025 by pleia2
Last year we began spending summer vacation for the kids in Philadelphia, but I was a little sad to miss some of the California summer activities. This year we delayed our visit to Philly by a couple weeks so we could! Plus, MJ was traveling for a conference the first week of June, so it […]