Had to share this picture of Julia-- her smile reminds me of Allison as a baby.

Allison's Japan trip, fall 2011

With my friend Yoshiko and her son Taishi in rural western Japan.

The palace at Ninnaji Temple, Kyoto.

Arashiyama, Kyoto.

With the owner of my favorite restaurant and my friend Mimi
in Tokuyama (the city where I first lived when I moved to Japan).

With my friend Rie's children at a restaurant in Tokuyama.

The garden at Nanzenji, Kyoto.

... more photos from this summer

With Henry in D.C.

With Rachel, David, and Anna in Philadelphia.

High Line Park in NYC.

Allison's trip to Europe this summer

In front of the d'Orsay Museum, Paris.

Allison and Paula in Paris.

Antwerp.

In Utrecht, with my friend Michelle (from Bryn Mawr) who was living in the Netherlands.

Amsterdam.

Jessica and Julia