Our first visitors for the year were Lyra, Merode and Max. They drove down from SFO and spent the weekend. Lyra stayed on for another week, and although we didn't have awesome LA weather, it was better than Manhattan.

On Presidents' Weekend, at long last, we held LimmudLA 2009. Karen and I were both involved in the organizing (with a great group of volunteers), and 700 people enjoyed the 3-day event. Here's Ethan with the chocolate chip challah he made.