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This week we attended an event as a family at the Long Island University Tilles Center for the Performing Arts - beautiful venue, by the way. It was in Brookville, so a bit of a drive, over an hour for us. It was a fireside chat interview live with Katie Ledecky - the all time female GOAT of long distance swimming. It was hosted by well know NY sports caster Bruce Beck. It was a fun event.

The famous novel turned 100 recently,

"The tempo of the city approached hysteria. Stocks reached record peaks & Wall Street boomed a steady golden roar. The parties were bigger, the shows were broader, the buildings were higher, the morals were looser, & the liquor was cheaper." // The Great Gatsby



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And the Christmas Tree is up in our house. Everybody so happy and gathering around it today as Nicole finished setting it up with all our ornaments from over the years. The girls are excited.

As Laia and Sofia still in their pajamas watch the parade in the downstairs living room while multi-tasking on their iPads of course

This weekend we attended two swim meets, one for Sofia (Patriot Games) and one for Laia (SCC Turnkey Distance).

It was only Saturday so we had most of the weekend available to us. I was on the stands for Laia's meet and was able to take a few shots. She raced the 500 yard freestyle event, and did well, moving up very close to a BB time.