Saturday, March 6, 2010

New Orleans


We arrived in New Orleans on Friday 2/26 for the AAAAI (American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology) Annual Conference. I was presenting my research that I have been working on for the last year.

After we settled in, we headed to Bourbon St. to watch some live jazz.




The big poster presentation....


We enjoyed as much Creole food as possible during our brief 2 day stay in NOLA.
Dinner our last night at K-Paul's....


Big Sky, Montana


Lone Mountain, Big Sky, MT....
beautiful picture taken at sunrise by Mike.


We headed out to Big Sky, MT, one of our favorite places to visit, to join Laura's parents for a week of skiing. We arrived on 2/21/10 and were greeted by this beautiful view of Lone Mountain.




And a cold Fat Tire....yum!


Cocktails at Lone Mountain Ranch...before dinner at Buck's T4.



Our first day of skiing was sunny and beautiful!







Drinks at Andiamo, mountainside, then we headed to MR Hummers. Classic Big Sky restaurant, owned by Bernie, long time friend of my Dad's.


Skiing day 2: we couldn't wait any longer and headed up the Tram to the top of Lone Peak...the views were beautiful and the skiing was great!




Tuesday night we had dinner at Rainbow Ranch, and a beer and watched the olympics at the Corral.


Another beautiful Big Sky stop, the Pinnacle.

Wednesday night, cocktails at Moonlight Basin, and then had home cooked spaghetti in the condo!



Mom's traditional picture at Moonlight...


4th day of skiing, 3rd and final time up the tram, this time we headed down Marx....awesome!


Lunch at Moonlight
Moguls...


Dinner at the Cabin...love that place!

What a fun trip had by all!
Welcome back to MI Mom and Dad! (they were lucky enough to stay 2 weeks!)

January and February were busy months....

...so busy we didn't take any pictures. We worked pretty hard those months, often opposite schedules, and were so excited to finally have a much needed vacation....Pics from Big Sky and New Orleans to come!