http://arewemarried.com A road trip across the country to visit our marriage Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:39:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hello, everyone! I have missed you all, and must convey my apologies for our seeming abandonment of this blog. We are still here, still watching the world of marriage (and other LGBT) equality. We've taken the holiday season to reinvest in our lives at home in Seattle. We've seen friends, put ... http://arewemarried.com/2010/01/17/2k10-a-breakthrough-year-or-more-of-the-same/ When we got home, there was a card waiting for us. It was from a relative of one of ours. One side of our family, mine, is almost entirely Catholic. The other side, Ami's, is mostly Mormon. I'm not going to identify the relative who sent the note because much as ... http://arewemarried.com/2009/11/30/thinking-of-you-more-encounters-with-family/ [caption id="attachment_876" align="alignleft" width="400" caption="Welcome to Oregon"][/caption] Greetings from Portland. The other Portland. We're precariously parked in a lot nearby--I say precariously because we paid for one spot, though technically our rig barely squeezes into two. Also, the spot we chose was the only one in the lot that had two ... http://arewemarried.com/2009/11/24/oregon-the-last-state/ [caption id="attachment_860" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Cheese Store of Silverlake"][/caption] We left the Silverlake neighborhood of Los Angeles in the afternoon, in the last hour of pink-sienna-magenta sky before twilight. I'd sampled amazing Italian olive oil at The Cheese Store of Silver Lake, taken a delightful turn through the ReForm School, and eaten the best gelato of my ... http://arewemarried.com/2009/11/16/searching-for-a-protestant-pope-in-fresn/ Sure, it's cheesy, but I've been known to say that my soul lives in New Mexico. My marriage, on the other hand, does not. Before I talk about these two states, however, I want to talk again about Border Patrol. As we made our way on I-10 and then I-8, we were ... http://arewemarried.com/2009/11/15/marriage-and-other-lgbt-equality-in-new-mexico-and-arizona/