Will You Go To Prom With Me?

As I drove up Indian Hill this afternoon, I saw this on the Laemmle marque. I wonder if Brittney D knows who is asking her to prom?

Library Exhibit Follow-Up

I just found out that the exhibit about the history of the Claremont Public Library is now online, so if you missed it, you can read about it here. 

Earth Day

In honor of Earth Day, I did not drive the car today. Of course, I rarely drive the car on Tuesdays....

Easter 2014

This Easter we were fortunate enough to have my sister and brother-in-law in town to help us celebrate. She is in So Cal for two weeks taking a class at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, and he has come out for a long weekend. 

After church this morning, we were joined by C and B who helped us put on a group-effort meal. H grilled the salmon, I made my favorite kale and brussels sprouts salad, C made the asparagus, B made scalloped potatoes, C also made a lemon tart for dessert, and A Kline made the dark chocolate truffles. 

The Marauder's Son - A New Ballet

On a lovely day-before-Easter, I decided to attend The Marauder's Son (based on Harry Potter and the  Sorcerer's Stone) at the Pendleton Dance Center at Pomona College. Emily Kleeman, a Pitzer senior, choreographed and put on this whole hour-long ballet, including fundraising for the event. The dance featured students from the 5Cs as well as a HMC professor (playing a Hogwarts professor). My favorite scene was the chess game. If you read this blog post today before evening, you still have a chance to see the free show at 7:00. Fun for the whole family!

Further Adventures in Swiss Housing

The day after we received the two choices for housing, we got three more choices. Two of those choices are next to the other branch of the campus and far away from where we want to be, so we did not even look at them. This one, though, seemed just fine for us. It is a 2-room flat (top floor, so look at those ceilings!) which means a 1-bedroom apartment. It reminds us very much of the place we lived on our first sabbatical in Brookline, Massachusetts - the top floor, small space, in a very nice residential neighborhood. This one, however, comes with a dishwasher, unlike our Brookline apt. 

We told the housing office that we would take this choice.

Housing in Zurich

The morning's email brought us these two photos, complete with descriptions and floor plans as the choices for housing for our upcoming Zurich sabbatical. Many things excited me about this information. First, both of these apartments are easy walking distance to the ETH (the Swiss Federal Technical Institute) and the Hauptbahnhof (main train station). This is very important as we will be car-free for the year and plan to make good use of public transportation. Also, we have learned that most grocery stores and other stores are closed on Sundays, except for the stores in the train station. If you want an idea of the mall at the train station, check out the website here.

Also, this makes sabbatical so much more real to us. I'm getting even more excited!

Rocco Raccoon is Ready for Easter!

Rocco the Raccoon was too easy to spot in Trader Joe's yesterday. It looks like he's ready for Easter!

Missing Tree

I could see more sky than usual as I walked up to Vista's music room today. It quickly came to me that a tree was missing. They must have removed it over spring break. Several years ago I blogged about how I always had to sweep up the pink flowers from the tree so that students would not slip on them on the way to class.

Apparently I don't have that issue any more, but I hope that they replace that tree with some other kind.

International Festival

I don't remember when I went to CMC's International Festival last, but today's perfect weather was a great excuse to walk through the goings-on.  At the Festival one can peruse items to buy, from books and other treasures to a great variety of foods from all over the world. The lines at Thailand were very long. One can also sit a spell and listen to storytelling or watch dancers, or try your hand at crafts. 

Claremont is hoppin' today, and among the other offerings was Nano Days at the library. You can read about last year's Nano Days here.