Archive for July, 2007

Mothers Will Use Any Excuse

Saturday, July 14th, 2007

So, as I mentioned, I got the news of the birth of my nephew while I was in Munich. Rest assured, I was only vacationing, I have not returned to live there. A few days later I was in Slovakia for Joerg and Stanka’s wedding. In my hotel room I got to […]

“Ich bin Oncle!”

Thursday, July 5th, 2007

I was standing in a laundromat in the Harras neighborhood of Munich when I got the news in the form of a voicemail from my younger sister. Our sister Prameela had delivered a baby boy. As I jumped up and down with a delighted grin on my face “Ich bin Oncle!” was my […]