OLD Family Timeline

2017

Sep’17

Noah Gilstrap starts college at U Penn

Oct’17

114 Warren St. – shoring up the front of the house

12 or more concrete piers replace crumbling brick to hold up first floor structure.

Oct’17

Travel – Netherlands – Belgium – Germany

2018

Jan’18

114 Warren St. – demolition and framing of new “sun room”.

Feb’18

Travel – Road Trip – Florida, New Orleans, Gulf Goast

Mar’18

114 Warren St. – kitchen remodel complete

The architect for the new sun room made some suggestions for rearranging the kitchen. Though we rejected her suggestions, we…
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Mar’18

114 Warren St. – move in to new room.

Mark and Karen did the interior trim and painting, then the contractor came back to install the flooring. Now except…
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Apr’18

Tennis – Mark starts tennis lessons

Lessons with Saif Ali at Total Tennis in Saugerties. Learning top spin strokes and more.

Apr’18

All 2.2 billion Facebook users received a notice entitled “Protecting Your Information.”

May’18

Travel – Netherlands – Lisbon – visit with Torrey and Jane

Jun’18

Travel – bus trip – NYC – Atlantic City – Cape May – Philadelphia – NYC

Organized by Jeannette Gilstrap, 41 mostly old farts took a ride to Atlantic City, then on to Cape May and…
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Jul’18

Karen exhibits at Exposure 2018 at PRC Boston

22nd Annual Juried Group Show at the Photographic Resource Center Opening July 12, 2018 at Lesley U. gallery at the…
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Oct’18

Travel – Netherlands – Sicily

2019

Feb’19

Super Bowl and Florida, Cousins’ Dinner…..

Drove to Cambridge for Super Bowl weekend. Then flew to Jacksonville FL. Stop at Kennedy Space Center. Much more interesting…
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Apr’19

Philadelphia – Noah and Washington DC trip….

Drove to Philadelphia. Quick walk about with Noah at University of Pennsylvania. Then on to Silver Spring MD to visit…
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Sep’19

House begins impeachment hearings into Trump

Nov’19

1st Case of COVID 19 in China – November 17, 2019

First reported case of COVID-19 virus in Wuhan, China. Not acknowledged by Chinese government for weeks.[note]https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/13/first-covid-19-case-happened-in-november-china-government-records-show-report accessed 5/5/2020[/note]

2020

Jan’20

Leiden, Vienna, Leiden, Morocco, Leiden – December 2019 -January 2020

INCOMPLETE AS OF 1/21/2020 Tuesday 12/17/2019 Finished packing, turned water heater to “vacation”, left for Berkeley Heights at 11:10 am…
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Jan’20

Karen publishes Still Stepping: a family portrait

After several years of work Karen published book, Still Stepping: a family portrait.

Jan’20

RBC closing – next steps

on the Riverside Business Coach website 1/15/2020 Mark announced: Riverside Business Coach is closing its doors. After more than 15…
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Jan’20

January 19, 2020 – first COVID-19 case in US

"On January 19, 2020, a 35-year-old man presented to an urgent care clinic in Snohomish County, Washington, with a 4-day…
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Jan’20

2nd Trump Impeachment Trial in Senate Begins