back at the beach (briefly)

I was home for Christmas and am back in Deutschland already. That felt like entirely too short a trip. Still, got in most of the important things: a walk to the beach; a bike-ride on the boardwalk to visit King Neptune and pick up sandwiches from Taste; a solid amount of Christmas shopping (oh, U.S. dollar, how I love you); the inaugural trip to Virginia Beach's shiny new Trader Joe's; plenty of cooking and eating and of course, lots of time with the family, Sunny included. Had to miss out on my grandmother's 85th birthday dinner at one of the taverns in Colonial Williamsburg, which was a bummer -- damned snow. Still, good trip overall, and it was so good to be home.