7/27: condo

As a lark I rented a 2-bedroom 2-bath condo for my brother, Chris, and myself and our little holiday in northwest Arkansas.  It turns out that it was so much better than getting 2 separate hotel rooms--a great setting to celebrate my brother's birthday a little early.  And then I realized that it was just the sort of thing that Chris' mother would have done, and I was glad to have followed in her footsteps.