Class Note 1998
The holiday season is coming up, and it seems like our class has lots to be thankful for this year! Thanks to everyone for getting in touch with news—keep it coming!
We have a few new members of our ’98 family to announce! First up, Marisa Howe and Kyle Marchesseault ’99 welcomed their second child, Tyler (9 pounds, 11 ounces), on July 7. Marisa and Kyle’s daughter Eleanor, who’s 3 1/2, is being an awesome big sister. Marisa is working as an immigration attorney in Boston, and Kyle is working for the corporate office of Staples in marketing. Their clan is living in Newton, Massachusetts, these days. Congrats, you guys!
Dan O’Neill and his wife, Liam, also had a baby boy, on July 28. New son Carter (8 pounds, 15 ounces) joins big brother Kellen to make this a family of four. Dan is a lawyer at Davis Polk & Wardwell in N.Y.C. and the fam just moved out to his hometown of Pelham, New York. And this is where it gets kind of awesome: He ran into fellow ’98 Danielle Guthrie Johnson at their new neighborhood block party—and she and her family live only a few houses away! Nice touch, I think. Congratulations to the O’Neills, and “hi” to the Johnsons! Next up for our growing family: Becky Rottenberg Goldman and her husband, Mattis, welcomed Judah Samuel Goldman into the world on August 11! Becky and Mattis just moved back to D.C. after a couple of years in L.A. Congrats on the new addition, Becky, and on the big move!
Finally, I also heard from Rachel Federman, who wrote in with some great news. Rachel has a new blog for you guys to check out: hers! The URL is http://lastamericanchildhood.blogspot.com. Rachel reports that the blog covers “the bizarro world of the stay-at-home-mom scene and trying to squeeze in a freelance writing career.” Rachel’s been doing program design for nonprofits, as well as writing “various little books on things like Jell-o shots and music trivia.” In fact, she reports that, “The Spanish insults book I collaborated on should be in Urban Outfitters soon—pen name Rachel Perez because editor wanted it to sound more authentic. Ha!” Rachel would love comments and thoughts from her classmates, so check out the blog and see for yourself!
—Jo Weingarten Golub, 93 Arlington Ave., Kensington, CA 94707; jgolub@kvn.com
