Life has been par for the course the last couple weeks: not too much to report. Last Saturday Danielle spent her first day volunteering at the Migrant Farmworkers Tax Clinic in Kennett Square, PA. I actually started writing this post from my phone, waiting in the car for D to get done. Today we are back in Kennett Square and I am GOING TO FINISH THIS POST! Even though there is very little to talk about, I have been too busy during the weeks to post. Right now I am actually at the local library typing on my computer, so that is easier than on the phone, too, so...double motivation, I guess- weekend + computer. Hopefully Danielle can provide us all with an update of how the tax clinic is going, but I do know that she has enjoyed that she is actually scheduled as a Spanish INTERPRETER! Very exciting. So she gets double skills in Spanish and taxes. Which reminds me that big news in our life is that our taxes and FAFSAs are completed, so that's cool. Granted Danielle and her dad did like all the work for that, and my parents had to gather up and send out all of my documents, but it was stressful for me to watch all the people I love working so hard to make me money.
Besides that, the Superbowl was last Sunday, and I watched it with a couple of friends since Danielle felt sick. Not too exciting. I didn't even see a single one of the commercials. I guess I was too busy talking and eating. So that was okay...
Then this week Danielle had an interview for a summer position at Philadelphia Volunteers for the Indigent, which is an organization that provides legal services for low-income members of the community. Maybe she can write a "Spotlight" on VIP if she gets the job. She can write about that and her tax clinic.
Also, it is finally snowing today! We have had snow I guess a couple other times this year, but this is probably the realest one, where the snow is sort of accumulating. It was definitely messy driving out to Kennett Square because it is still warm enough to be melty, but everything is white and beautiful and fluffy...just like me!
Also also, last night after school Danielle and I drove out to Shamong, NJ, for a tour and wine tasting at Valenzano Winery's newest facility. It was a fun event that we heard about through Groupon, and besides the wine and tour they had live music, a cheese/goodies plate for each guest, and a FREE BOTTLE OF WINE! Woohoo! Double excitement, because the free bottle was a 2008 Cabernet/Merlot, which Danielle is not a fan of, so that's two for Big R!
Finally, unless I am forgetting something else, a little over a week ago Danielle and I went out with another couple (what up Sammy and Ben Peterson!) for Philadelphia's "Center City Restaurant Week," an event in which downtown fancy-pants restaurants offer 3-course dinners for $35. If you can get a reservation, there are tons of restaurants that participate, presumably all are amazing. We went to Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse, featuring, besides amazing food, an awesome wine rack that can sort of be viewed in the photo on the left. The wine rack is the three-story column with a spiral staircase in the middle of the building, which apparently used to be a big 'ol bank. That place is so fancy, they even have bathroom attendants who dispense the soap, give you towels, and offer you samples of cologne. I didn't get offered any cologne, but Ben said he did. The counter around the sinks is like a convenience store! I don't even want to know how much something like a bottle of cologne would cost there. It's way different than my life experience, where things you buy in a bathroom are generally discounted.Well I guess that is all friends. Be kind and take care of yourselves.
Love,
Rory and Danielle
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