France-ville and Gammy

Kiernan's Gammy and Grance--Wendy's mom and stepfather--are currently travelling the world. Their first stop was in Peru, and yes, they were there for the big earthquake a couple of weeks ago. They were actually in Lima the day of the quake, but had flown out several hours before and were happily touring around Cuzco, blissfully unaware that an 8.0 quake had happened 90 miles south of the city they had just left. Regardless, the two of them are fine now and are kicking around France.

In the above picture, Kiernan and his mother are reading a postcard from Gammy and Grance. If you look real hard you can see that the postcard has an image of a llama gazing wistfully at Machu Picchu, as llamas are apparently wont to do.

I don't really have anything amusing to say about any of this. Gammy and Grance are away and we all miss them. And envy them (I'm talking about you, Gigondas). I just thought I'd post a couple of pictures of Kiernan that they might enjoy. Communication with them is at present spotty, and this strikes me as a good alternative way to touch base.

We last visited them in August, right before the start of their adventure. One of the nights of our visit when we weren't entertaining foreign dignitaries or watching people get their nails done, we all went out to dinner to celebrate Susan's (Gammy's) birthday. We went to a place called The Keg. Don't worry, it's a steakhouse, not a bar ("You have a baby...in a bar!"). There we were treated to an excellent meal of gigantic lobsters and steaks. In a strange reversal of roles, I ordered the lobster and Wendy ordered the steak. I almost never order lobster because it usually disappoints me, even when it is cooked properly. It's not that I object to eating bugs, I just find crab meat to be so much more flavorful.

At any rate, we had a wonderful meal. Below is a picture of Kiernan with Grance, going over some important papers before the meal. Don't be concerned, the Old Fashioned in the foreground belongs to Grance.