Trip to Boston -- Just after the start
of the year, I headed up to Boston to visit my friends, the Milendorfs,
who immigrated to the States from the former Soviet Union 11 years ago,
and whom I've known since the time they lived in Leningrad (St. Petersburg),
Russia. They always give me about the warmest welcome of any people
I have ever known, and it's been a true pleasure to know them all these
years.
Trip to Arizona -- In mid-January, I spent several days visiting my mother and stepfather at their winter retreat in Apache Junction, Arizona. I also caught up with my cousin Dave and his family in Tucson, and spent a day or so striking out on my own in Southeastern Arizona. Here are a few photos from that adventure:
Dean at Chiricahua National Monument, Southeastern Arizona
Dean and his mother in front of Superstition Mountain, Arizona
Presidential Innauguration Parade -- Those who know me well know that I am not a fan of our current President, George W. Bush, but a Presidential innauguration is a historical event, and I decided to check it out.
Presidential limosine along the parade route
Demonstrators
claiming that we live in a "Banana Republic"
COMING UP NEXT QUARTER: A trip to Eastern Europe.
Check in and let me know what's up with you.
You can contact me by clicking on this E-mail address:
mail@deanoman.com.
Review previous newsletters:
Fall
00 -- Dean's News Vol 4, No. 1, 12/01/00 -- Colorado, Minnesota and Gettysburg
Summer
00 -- Dean's News Vol 4, No. 1, 09/01/00 -- Minnesota and Washington
Spring
00 -- Dean's News Vol 3, No. 4, 06/01/00 -- Eurailing in Europe, and Minnesota
Winter
00 -- Dean's News Vol 3, No. 3, 03/01/00 -- Jamaica, Arizona and the Millennium
Fall
99 -- Dean's News Vol 3, No. 2, 12/01/99 -- The Middle East and Minnesota
Summer
99 -- Dean's News Vol 3, No. 1, 09/01/99 -- Minnesota
Spring
99 -- Dean's News Vol 2, No. 4, 06/01/99 -- Pacific Northwest
Winter
99 -- Dean's News Vol. 2, No. 3, 03/01/99 -- Haiti and the Dominican Republic
Fall
98 -- Dean's News Vol. 2, No. 2, 12/01/98 -- Germany, Poland and Czech
Republic
Summer
98 -- Dean's News Vol. 2, No. 1, 09/01/98 -- A summer romance
Spring
98 -- Dean's News Vol. 1, No. 4, 06/01/98 -- New York City and Minnesota
trips
Winter
98 -- Dean's News Vol. 1, No. 3, 03/01/98 -- Arizona and Colorado trip
Fall
97 -- Dean's News Vol. 1, No. 2, 12/01/97 -- Venezuela and Trinidad
Summer
97 -- Dean's News Vol. 1, No. 1, 09/01/97 -- Toronto and Niagara Falls
Best wishes to all,
Deano