We're Locals

Its been a busy several months since moving to San Diego, mostly because of all the adjustments to living in a new place and starting new jobs. I am pleased to report that we are officially San Diegans ... because we ran into someone we know at the grocery store last Friday. You know you are a local when you run into people you know in public.

Here is a quick rundown of some major and minor happenings since the move to San Diego:

• Greg and I joined the Sanford family for a late August vacation in Walt Disney World. It was great to see family, to ride the Mad Tea Party and to see La Nouba by Cirque du Soleil.
  
• I am thrilled to report that I started work as Administrative Associate at the Balboa Park Cultural Partnership in early September. Balboa Park is San Diego's major urban park which is the site of many museums and cultural institutions. The Balboa Park Cultural Partnership (BPCP) is a collaborative of 24 institutions in the park; we work on a range of collaborative programs, from collective business operations to a learning institute for park and area museum staff. I am really enjoy working with cultural institutions in such a beautiful setting.

California Tower and Dome in Balboa Park
Courtesy of a stranger on Flickr

• In mid-September Greg started working as a law clerk in the Southern District of California.
• We ended a short church search at Flood Church. Shout out to our Wednesday evening Community Group - it's all about the Love and Respect.
  
• My parents visited in mid-September for a combination of self-guided, Greg-guided and Katherine-guided sightseeing. They visited the San Diego Museum of Art and took a lengthy audio tour of Balboa Park while I was working. Then we took off for a day trip to Coronado Island in San Diego Bay to see the historic Hotel del Coronado. Our day ended downtown at the Top of the Hyatt, looking out over San Diego, the bay, and Coronado Island.
• In mid-October I traveled to the Winterthur Museum in Wilmington, Delaware to conduct a workshop titled The Needlework Detective at the conference Who's Your Daddy? Families in Early American Needlework. It was great to see friends and colleagues and to revisit some subjects and materials that I enjoyed very much working on in Connecticut. I also spent an evening with some friends from Delaware and Pennsylvania, catching up and reminiscing about the good old days.

Looking forward, it's all about the holidays. Greg and I are flying to Houston for Thanksgiving with my family. We'll celebrate in traditional Hunt-family style with Heavenly Salad, museum visits, and The Nutcracker. Over Christmas the Sanfords are coming to San Diego, for a lot of sunshine and warm breezes.

Happy Holidays!