soccer and other spring fun

Spring is finally here and we've been making the most of it by playing lots of soccer. This year I'm captaining the GW alumni team which has kept me extremely busy but the roster is finally in order and we had our first game Saturday. The alumni league is one of my favorites because the people are great and because we (usually) get to play at Hains Point, an island in the middle of the Potomac surrounded on the weekends by sailboat races. It also happens to be where Sohail and I got engaged.

Sohail getting a shot off (relatively graciously!).
After our game we were linesmen for the following game. It was a great way to spend more time in the sun and scope out our future opposition.

After the soccer games at Hains Point we went to watch the Madrid - Barcelona game. I think we may have been the only non-Spaniards there.

This tree is at the entrance of our building and make me happy every time I walk by.
Anyone know what it's called?

Sunday Sohail and I decided it was about time we got a bookcase / tv stand for our apartment so we spent most of the day running around Ikea and then started putting it together.

The bookcase is a work in progress... It's about a fourth complete now.

Last night I made Shakshuka - an Israeli dish with tomatoes and poached eggs. Yum!

Very happy in the kitchen.