Okay... ! am going to have to drop the pretense now. This next bit is strictly domestic ... in fact, sounds like domestic bliss! I received a nice note from Lisa (Gurevich) Sabin , who has been married to "the wonderful Marc Sabin" since 1997. This past March Lisa and Marc welcomed the birth of "the most beautiful and joyful little girl in the world: Miss Sophie Regina Sabin. She brightens our every day." Congratulations, you two! In 2003, after six years living in New York City, Lisa and Marc moved an hour up the Hudson River to Cold Spring, NY, which she describes as "an unbearably charming village" in the Hudson Valley. Lisa continues singing a lot of jazz, musical theatre, and inspirational music, and recently started a career as a voice-over artist. She writes, "So as I am changing a diaper or mopping a mouth it is not unconm1on for me to hear myself on the radio advertising carpeting or an upcoming horse show in Peekskill." "Such is my life at present! I miss my darling Trinity and always get a pang when I drive by on 1-84 and see the chapel, luminescent on the horizon ... For years after I graduated, I had this recurring dream where I show up at Trinity and check my mailbox. For a long time I remembered the box number and the combo. Now the combo has faded, but I still know me box. But that fantasy was shattered to bits when l visited campus and found mat not only was Mather renovated beyond recognition, the mailboxes were ripped out and replaced with swanky modern ones with numbers that actually make sense! What has become of our lovely chaos? Much love to all, from one who is feeing old 1" Old? Let's not get ahead of ourselves-there will be plenty of time for getting old. But the mailboxes gone? Outrageous. It's seems like a missed opportunity, though, to have not auctioned those boxes to nostalgic alumni . We could have used them to store ... um ...junk mail. Perhaps they could have included some vintage flyers for a party in the Washington Room or some nef.1rious goings on in The Cave. Or maybe even a package slip! Next up, I've got a pile of news from Boston which isn't international but still maintains a bit of that English colonial era charm. Liz (Wiegand) Couchon notes that she has "been fairly preoccupied with my life during the past 15 months as I had a baby six months ago." Anna Elizabeth Couchon was born on April 23, 2005. Since Liz and her husband also have April birthdays, she notes that they are now entirely a "diamond family!" Indestructible, for sure, but it sounds expensive to me. Liz is back at work at M FS in Boston (still there after 11 years!) and is fortunate enough to have her sister take care of Anna . Liz, Tyler, and, now, Anna live in orth Attleboro, MA, with Cookie, the car. Congratulations, Liz and Tyler. Not far away-in Brookline-all is well with Britt Stockton and her family. Little Teddy turned one in November and his big brother, Brodie, is two. They continue to love Brookline-especially during the beautiful fall. "Eventually," Britt says, "we'll have to get a house in these parts, but that requires either a lotto windfall or some major Home Depot know-how. In any case, it's fun to run into Nicole (D'Avirro) and [husband] Murali and their adorable Maya Rose. I'm still at home full time with the little ones with no plans to return to hospital life anytime soon." Britt had the chance to catch up with Nancy Sweeney during her annual trip home to Dedham, and "she remains hilarious and fantastic. Jason Slavick is still in the area, directing his pants off, and doing some world traveling." Grace (Cragin) and Grover Heintz are still in Boston with their almost two year old, Stuart (a little girl), and baby numero dos is due to join them in mid-February. Grover still works at Loomis Sayles while Grace
remains at Bain & Co-and I am happy to report mat all is well with them. Moving south to New York, which most would agree is a very international city, we can check in with Pam and Chris ('92) Foster and congratulate them on the birth of Abigail on May 17. "She and big sister, Emma, are doing well," writes Pam, "and I had a ton of fun during my well-timed sunm1er-long maternity leave." Also in New York, Nicola and I caught up with Jennifer (Hardy) and Andrew Van Hook for dinner in November and I got to meet little Charlie for the first time-and a handsome fellow he is. I was impressed to note that not only is he growing and developing quickly, but though he is but a few months old, he already cooks his own dinner and pays the household bills. Charlie's parents continue to thrive as well and were looking forward to a family-fiLled Thanksgiving ... for me first rime acting as hosts at their country estate. A bit further south, Ran Barton writes with exciting news: he and his wife anticipate the arrival of a daughter right around New Year's. Their two sons are five and three and are both "eager to have a little sister, although I am sure the reality of the baby will curb their enthusiasm pretty rapidly. It's been a long, hard pregnancy, so delivery day cannot come fast enough." Ran noted that Steve Curley had a daughter, Enuna, this summer, and that Steve and his wife, Erin, report that all is well in Arizona. Ran also "had a chance to visit Jon Piper up in Concord, MA, this past spring and admire his two beautiful daughters (Courtney and Lindsey) and the house he and Kristin have built up there." This past September, Ran, Tony Canata , and Steve Tobey mer up in New York, "rooting for the Red Sox while they beat the Yankees in a petfect day game .. . and then enjoying the views fi:om Steve's new apartment. Steve seems to work like a dog, but I think he likes it. Tony is lawyering away up in Massachusetts, and seems to be on top of the world." And last-but certainly nor least-Sara (Titus) '94 and Piper Skelly welcomed Jackson McRae Skelly to the world on November 1. I had a chance to see them just before the baby was born and they are happily ensconced back in Chicago in a lovely HQ in the city. Now that Action Jackson has entered the world, they are even more delighted ... congratulations to the two of you, and thanks for leaving Nicola and me officially the only people in the entire world without children. So, international or not, there's the news for now. If you have news of your own, or would like to drop a dime on a friend, please send me an e-mail at your convenience. If you don't have any news, you've got another three months to figure something out. Also, please make sure that your contact information is up to date with the alumni office, so that you'll receive my quarterly reminder e-mail. That said, I hope that you fare well until next time.
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