Happy 4th of July eve!  Tomorrow we celebrate our nation’s fight for independence with BBQs, pool parties, and fireworks—and oddly enough lots of hot dogs.  Apparently, Americans consume over 150 million hot dogs on July 4th.  Pretty impressive.Our forefathers fought for independence from outside and

Weekend in NYC with the Kids My family and I recently spent a weekend in New York City, and we packed a lot into a very short period of time. A boat ride around the Statue of Liberty, the Museum of Modern Art, Frozen the Musical, a “bubble” show, Gulliver’s Gate, delicious lunches & dinners, […]

Summer has officially begun, and our kids are super busy.  Right after school let out, we went down to visit grandparents in Williamsburg.  We went to Busch Gardens and stayed until the park closed, then got up early the next day to be at Water Country at park opening, then saw movies and local sights.  […]

Yesterday, Washington D.C. hosted its first major pro-sports team championship parade in 26 years. Not since the Redskins won the Super Bowl in 1992 have Washington fans been able to celebrate their team reaching the pinnacle of their sport. As a lifelong fan of the Capitals (and all local DC teams), I felt I had

Since Sarah called me out on song references in her last post, I thought I would stick with the theme. I could remember the name of the song “Reunited,” but I couldn’t remember the artists. In my defense, the song was released in 1978, and I was only one-year old. Google quickly informed me that […]

Nathan always references cool songs in his blogs—the only one that came to mind for this blog was Olivia Newton-John’s “Physical”.  Not exactly a cool song, but I digress… Recently, I followed our usual Meridian advice to clients and started to review our own estate plan.  I hadn’t really looked at it

“Turn and face the strange. Ch-ch-changes.” It’s hard to say exactly to what David Bowie was referring in his song Changes. Not surprisingly, I am going to use some of this great song’s lyrics and try to tie it back to the markets. As I have said in a previous post, you’re welcome for putting […]

As a new mom, I am so looking forward to what I consider to be my first actual Mother’s Day. Even though Grace was born on April 22, and I experienced my first Mother’s Day shortly after she was born, we were all too exhausted to celebrate it. So, I can’t wait to see what […]

For most people, tax season officially comes to an end today, April 17th. All of us have the weekend and a Washington D.C. holiday to thank for the extra two days. Because the traditional April 15th fell on a Sunday this year, that would have pushed the tax filing deadline to Monday, April 16th. However, […]