Miami Seminar

This past week was our Winter quarter Miami seminar and we both flew up to Miami to work the seminar and get some much needed shopping done. Scott who taught the seminar flew up on Wednesday while Katie came up Friday afternoon. Wednesday was a national holiday in the Cayman Islands (Ash Wednesday) so the seminar ran from Wednesday afternoon through Sunday morning. It was the first time Scott had taught the full seminar so it made for a long weekend. We stayed at a Courtyard by Marriott just across from Dolphin Mall which made the shopping very convenient. For field trips, the seminar students went out to an Indian Reservation, volunteered a morning at a homeless shelter and met with the Miami Dade Public School Board for presentations on Urban schools. The rest of the seminar was spent in class sessions at the hotel in a meeting room. Saturday night we completed that days sessions at 5 in the evening and we took advantage of the early finish to the day to go to something called a Cinebistro where you order a full meal and watch a movie (we saw Slumdog Millionaire, which was quite good). The seminar ended Sunday at noon and we spent the rest of the day running errands and shopping. We flew back Monday morning and are looking forward to seeing Scott's brother Kevin this Friday for a visit.