2024 – The Chicken Scratches

2024 First Annual Singapore Book Club Alumni Meeting (Oct)

by Ray WhydeOctober 27, 2024December 1, 20241

When we lived in Singapore (2014-2016), we joined the Friends of the Museums’ Couples Book Club. In October seven couples from that book club gathered together in Istanbul for another meeting. The couples: Susan and Woody (US), Pat and Ray (US), Gloverson and Annelise (US/Brazil), Gulcin and Phil (Australia), Jenni and Eric (US), Jane and Sunder (SG), and Elise and Renato (US). The idea for meeting in Istanbul came about because a few of us wanted to meet Gulcin and Phil in the city where Gulcin was born. Once we decide on dates (11-18 October 2024), other couples gladly decided …

by Pat & Ray WhydeMarch 31, 2024June 30, 20240

Along with friends we had travelled with to Sweden and Norway, we decided to spend 2 weeks in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico in 2024. None of us had ever been there, but some of us knew friends who had. We flew in from Kansas City (MCI), Baltimore (BWI) and Salt Lake City (SLC), meeting at the Queretaro (QRO) airport, where we were met by a van that took us to San Miguel, a drive of about 50 miles. Along with arranging for the transportation between the airport and San Miguel, our friend, Etarae, had led the effort to find …

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2024 First Annual Singapore Book Club Alumni Meeting (Oct)

San Miguel de Allende, Mexico (March 2024)