Rooftop Happy Hour

DC loves it's rooftop bars. Here is one of it's most recent. El Centro DF.

The Bishop's Garden

After a wonderful run down to, through Georgetown, and along Potomac via the C&O trail I sat here and prepped for a couple a case studies that I'm teaching in week three of the program.

It's sunny with crisp and clear Blue skies and a glorious 84 degrees. Nice.

Israeli - Palestinian Forum

After a brief ride on the 36 bus from NW DC will arrived at the Ronald Reagan Building for a great forum on Middle East Policy at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

My home for the next month

Getting down to business

The students have arrived and the program is in full swing.

Some highlights of the day;

First case study taught
"Ethical Problems in Public Careers: Lying". The students were sharp and I barely had to say anything the whole class. Yes, you read that right. They pretty much self moderated, a very good sign. I can not describe the pure bliss of watching smart, engaged, and open minded students discuss things of substance. It's why I love education.

"The pursuit of the Russian Visa"
I'm inching closer to acquiring my visa for my trip to St. Petersburg, Russia at the end of the July. Nerve racking, but quite fun. If it were easy I wouldn't be interested in going.

Trip Planning, Taking advantage of what DC has to offer
Tuesday morning I'm leading a group of students to attend a forum at the Woodrow Wilson Center in the Ronald Reagan Building for a panel discussion titled, "An Israeli-Palestian Agreement? What's Possible and What Isn't". The panelists are;

Shai Feldman
Director of the Crown Center for Middle East Studies
and Professor of Politics, Brandeis University

Hussein Ibish
Senior Fellow, American Task Force on Palestine

Aaron David Miller
Public Ploicy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center

Moderator, Jackson Diehl
Deputy Editorial Page Editor and Columnist, The Washington Post

Link

Some of the other faculty are taking students to two different events at the Brookings Institute, one on social networking and the other and technology and innovation. The last group is headed to the Senate for a hearing on Libya and War Powers. You know the typical Tuesday morning at SPS.

Watching USA v. Mexico in DC

The crowd at the Laughing Man Tavern in downtown DC is rabid for the the match.

The National Cathedral

The view from my summer residence. Not bad, not bad at all.

Maryland Blue Crabs

If it's late June then it's Crabfest for Sanko! It's Summer in DC.

The view of Lake Erie from ZeBros

A trip to Barcelona.., New York

After a nice workout at the Pennbriar, Big Mike and I took a trip to Westfield, NY to check out the Pinehurst Golf Club. It's owned by a great friend of mine's brothers. Really nice course and clubhouse. They bought it a few years ago and have really done a nice job fixing things up. It's just off Route 20, north of Westfield, NY. 

After a nice visit with Pete's brothers, Nolan and Dewey, we took a 5 minute trip down the road towards Barcelona, NY on lake Erie.  We had lunch at a nice little place called ZeBros. We had rumaki as an appetizer and then split a muffaletta. Great food and service, great view. 

Here is the view from the patio, very nice indeed.

Sent from my iPhone

A day in Erie

Great day today. Long workout at the glenwood Y, first weight workout without my trainer since August, went hard. Then running errands with my Mom and my Granpa Kerr. We met my dad for lunch at Sara's Eatery near the beech. Then a nice visit with Grandma Steph.

I then cooked dinner for some of the Erie group and some of the their families. Good food and conversation; better people. I've known these people since grade school, and they still put up with me?!?

Here's a little photo of my high school. Have I ever mentioned that I went to a school in Erie called Cathedral Prep?

Father's Day

Great day with the family. Took a morning run on the bayfront in cool 65 degree weather. Then a visit with Grandma Steph at the hospital, she's doing fine for 94 yrs old just getting some new meds under control. Then a day at Uncle Ron and Aunt Kitty's pool for a picnic. Good food, great time, awesome family!

On the way to visit Grandma Steph my dad and I stopped by Grandpa Steph's grave. Miss him but he led a great life. I got to spend the day with my Dad and Grandpa Kerr.

Shout out to all my family, friends, and former students who are Dads. Happy Father's Day. Proud of all of you!

A working happy hour on south main

On my last afternoon in Memphis for awhile I enjoyed a few beers with Johnny as we reworked some History curriculum for the H.

Hitting the road

We the summer officially begins for me. I'm off to Erie then DC and Europe. I'll be posting regularly for anyone who cares.

I'll miss Memphis and it's people but not it's oppressive heat. BTW, the high in Erie today is 74.

Pete

Sent from my iPhone

Nerd Alert! Visualizing Early Washington: A Digital Reconstruction of the Capital ca. 1814

Very cool stuff for the history, geography, and map nerd types!

Sunset on the Mississippi

8th Grade Trip

After the Cubs 11-1 trouncing on the Mets the crew got a photo at the "Friendly Confines" of Wrigley Field.

After the game with watched the end of regulation of the Bulls v. Heat game in the halls of Wrigley with thousands of other screaming fans.

Good times.

A few must see Griz videos

No, my obsession with all things Grizzlies has not subsided, in fact it's grown. It is hard to measure the collective good will that the playoff run provided this town. It's reallyhard to quantify in words. Here is a great video that sort of sums it up.

Awesome video



I nice one, although I we can skip the "Walking in Memphis". Me, I'd would have used something from the movie, "Hustle n' Flow".



Pete out

The rising Mississippi River

Link to photo of Flooding on Riverside and Beale Street.

http://twitpic.com/4upqrs

Sent from John Stephany's Old iPhone

Go Grizz, the King says let's TCB