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veen on the road: a week of celebrations and reunions.

i just got back home from the loveliest week spent in memphis. the main catalyst for the trip was rhodes homecoming to celebrate our 20-year reunion, and the timing of it meant i was in town for the choices 50th anniversary gala and diwali as well. it was a busy week and i had a blast, and i thought i’d share some highlights with you this week. so fun getting to see these friends while they were…

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october 2024.

october kind of felt like it lasted forever, but also i packed a ton into the month. mostly i’m grateful for cooler weather, for renewed energy, and for a week of great family time. highlights included: closed out my weekend in orlando with the parents // started running again // baylor beat mccallie // arkansas beat tennessee! // dog sat for otto for a week // got to meet president clinton //…

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september 2024.

september was a busy and fun month! we had visits from friends, two trips, some dog sitting, and various other fun endeavors throughout. we are officially into my favorite time of year! highlights included: an engagement tea to celebrate walshie // us open with alexa and friends // sarah and i both booked our flights for india! // cousin dinner with abi // lots of lovely weather and park visits…

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veen on the road: denver with dillard.

ed note: we saw more than denver, but i couldn’t pass up the alliteration. a few weekends ago dillard and i had a little getaway to colorado. the anchor for the trip was to see the indigo girls and amos lee perform at red rocks, which i’ll write a whole post about, and we used that to craft quite the weekend for ourselves. we made it! denver, colorado. september 2024.we made friends. denver,…

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august 2024.

what a month august was! i spent most of it in memphis but also had some fun times in nyc at the beginning and end of the month. highlights included: my mother came to visit // mother-daughter road trip from nyc to memphis // bojangles’ // three weeks in memphis // lots of meals with friends // steph and pete came to memphis // the olympics // shelby forest hike // a weekend in bentonville with…

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veen on the road: midsummer in memphis.

august is maybe the worst part of the year to visit memphis, with heat indexes often over 100 degrees and hella humidity, but that turned out to be the best time to make a trip and so that’s what i did. i hadn’t been back or seen my parents since march, and i also needed to drive my car down to leave it there for the fall and winter. chewy is becoming a snowbird and he is pretty thrilled about it…

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july 2024.

july was busy! we started with my birthday and closed with molly’s and had lots of fun adventures in between. highlights included — birthday run // sarah arrived for 3 weeks // birthday dinner with my favorite ladies // new pup friend // beach day // a week with blanche // not one but two queens night market adventures // a visit from jesse // cyclones game // sunday funday in ridgewood //…

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checking in | 2024.

the beginning of 2024 threw me a lot of curveballs so i got a later start than usual with some of my goals, and that is precisely why i like to do this mid-year check-in. it’s helpful to see what i’ve accomplished [which is almost always more than i think i have], and it gives me the opportunity to adjust and change plans as needed for the second half of the year. to begin, here’s where i stand…

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june 2024.

summer hit in a big way and much of june saw nyc engulfed in a heat wave, but it still had a lot of other highlights along the way — baseball game with anders // spent a week in toronto with sneha // queens night market adventures // spent a few days with my girl blanche // early birthday celebration for farhan // third year in a row of the jimmy awards with jen // priyanka mattoo book event //…

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veen on the road: a week in toronto.

i hadn’t been to see sneha in canada since 2019 so i was thrilled when i asked if i could invite myself up for a week in june and she was free. on my last visit i barely had 20 hours in toronto and wanted to see more of her neighborhood and meet her friends and get my bearings in the city, and having a week allowed me to see and do a lot without it feeling overly hectic. first night dinner!…

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veen on the road: a finger lakes winery tour.

as i mentioned in my last post, one of the reasons i particularly wanted to visit the finger lakes was to visit some of the region’s wineries. around seneca lake alone there are over 100 wineries and breweries, and after maggie visited last year with some friends and gushed about it i moved the experience higher on my list. our first order of business was to hire a driver for our excursion. main…

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veen on the road: finger lakes or bust 2024.

dillard, jane, chrystal, and i have been wanting to do another trip together since our cleveland trip a few years ago, but between all our different schedules and living in four different cities the biggest task is finding time we’re all free. about 6 months ago i managed to convince the three of them to block off memorial day weekend and then used all my charm to talk them into coming to me and…

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when sarah came to visit, the may 2024 edition.

even though sarah and i have seen each other multiple times in the last year [little rock, memphis, india, memphis again], we realized in early spring that it had been a year since she last came to new york and we both deemed it to be unacceptable. she was able to find cheap tickets to come in may, and we spent 10 days running around and creating havoc and generally living our best lives. as…

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may 2024.

may was a fun and busy month! i bookended it with trips upstate, in between sarah was in town for 10 days, and the weather was beautiful. may highlights: weekend upstate with maggie and abi // volunteered at the say gala // found a new favorite indian restaurant in nyc // celebrated another year of christian // sarah came to visit and we created lots of chaos // saw merrily we roll along //…

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veen on the road: a weekend getaway to beacon.

one of my 2024 goals is to explore more of new york state, and maggie and abi helped me kick this off with a lovely weekend trip to beacon. here we go! sunnyside, new york. may 2024.photos began immediately upon arrival. beacon, new york. may 2024.cutie. beacon, new york. may 2024.casual discussions about andy warhol. beacon, new york. may 2024.“so…do you get it??” beacon, new york. may 2024.art…

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veen on the road: aunty veen reporting for duty.

at the end of march lindsay called and asked if i was free toward the end of april to go to nashville — steve was due to be out of town, and she was hoping i could help with the kids while he was gone. i had been wanting to find a time to visit anyway, so i very enthusiastically said yes. steve wound up cancelling his trip so i didn’t have to do as much of the ferrying as originally planned and…