Even more of Mason

Okay, I know I'm getting a little crazy about this but here are even more pictures of Mason.

Hope all is well with everyone!

Kelly and Mary

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More of Mason

Just a few more pics. Some of you may enjoy the picture of Mason and GrandMary.







































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Baby Robinson

Mason Reed Robinson arrived today, August 14, weighing in at 8lbs. 8ozs.
Tina and Mason or doing well.



























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Paris

Paris is a big place with lots of people and lots of sights especially when you're standing with the gargoyles at the top of Notre Dame.

See you soon.

K & M

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Moving Day

Our last move today. We're off for our last three nights at Le Meridien Etoile, a deal we found on Travelzoo. Hopefully it has a little more room than the one we've been in for the last five nights.
We did our last day at Roland Garros on Friday. We saw Jelena Jankovic easily beat her third round opponent in two sets and then we watched Youzhny go down in an emotional match against Montanes. The second set was probably the best we saw during our three days. Mary also got to see her heart throb, Tommy Haas, play one set of doubles.
In the evening we went to the Louvre. We spent most of our time in the Denon and Richilieu wings. It is an enormous place! We saw The Mona Lisa, but Mary wasn't too impressed. I couldn't get a good picture but I got a good picture of the people taking a picture of the Mona Lisa. We saw Vermeer and the Venus de Milo.
The next day we went off to the Chateau du Versailles and after spending an hour and 15 minutes in line we got into the "chateau"...decadence to the nth degree. No wonder the people had Louis and Marie guillotined. Pretty impressive stuff though and in the gardens we were there for the fountains, as they don't have them on all the time.
In the evening we went to Montmartre and the Sacre Coeur. So, first the state decadence and then the church decadence. A very beautiful and peaceful place, though. The stained glass, for me, is second only to Marc Chagall's in the Frauen Kirche in Zurich.
We ate in a little pizzeria with the Barcelona/Man U European Cup final on. The waiter was very much into the game. Then the metro back and a little rose wine night cap. C'est finis.

K & M

Location:Rue de la Ferme,Boulogne-Billancourt,France

Jour deux a Roland Garros

A lot of today was spent recovering from the heat and length of yesterday. We got there for the first match on Court 3 which was Florian Mayer against Alejandro Falla. Falla won it in four. We also got to watch Mardy Fish for a few games and a few games of Baghdatis' match. We felt that we should get over to our assigned court where we saw the last few games of Verdasco finishing off Malisse. After that we watched Daniel Nestor/Max Myrni take Gael Monfils/Ouhanna and beat them in two sets. There was a small Canadian contingent at the match including Davis Cup captain, Martin Larendeau. I was feeling kind of lousy by this point and it was getting cold so we returned to our hotel where I crashed for a couple of hours and Mary went out to get some food and drink but still managed to fit in a little clothes shopping.
We haven't decided whether we'll do our 3rd day at tennis yet. Not a lot of good matches on the outer courts, but of course lots of good ones on Court One where we no longer have tickets. Oh, well, the luck of the draw. Maybe we'll just start our exploration of Paris.

K & M












































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Location:Rue Castéja,Boulogne-Billancourt,France

Roland Garros

Our day was pretty much taken up with tennis. We got to Roland Garros for the matches starting at 11:00 am. We strolled the massive grounds with all the people (lots of kids as there's no school on Wednesdays). We watched Tipsaravic's match for two sets and then we took in a lot of doubles for the rest of the day. The lines for the singles matches tended to be very long so we avoided them. We saw Dolgopolov and Malisse win their match and we saw Isner and Querry lose theirs. We looked in on a Kivitiva/Stakovsky match and watched a set of Tipsarovic and Troicki playing doubles. After a beer and pizza we ended the day watching Jarko Nieminnen and his partner lose their doubles match. Tomorrow we have Court 1 seats where we'll see 2 women's singles and 2 men's singles. It was a very hot day and fun just wandering around the grounds.

Take care.
K & M






































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Location:Rue Castéja,Boulogne-Billancourt,France