I hope everyone had a fantastic holiday season and that thus far the new decade is treating you well. Can you believe it was 10 years ago that we were back in Hanover for our very first winter at Dartmouth? Midnight snowball fights, sledding on the golf course, skating on Occom and, of course, skiing and skiing and more skiing. 


Tina Low wrote to say, “I have a somewhat belated entry for the alumni magazine. Jessica Walters just got married last August in her hometown of Seattle, in the Space Needle, to Mark Sabino, her delightful now-husband whom she met during her first year living in D.C. after graduating. So many congratulations to her!” Wonderful news, and, yes, belated submissions are always welcome!


I also heard from Alexis Jhamb. “Luke Turechek and I met up in Kathmandu in September after I came back from a two-week trek to Everest base camp and Luke was on his way to see the rhinos and tigers at Chitwan National Park. During our brief overlap we climbed the steps to the Monkey Temple (complete with monkeys), explored the alleys around Durbar Square and ate our weight in delicious street food. So nice to meet up with classmates in exotic locales!” Beware, if you google Kathmandu, you will end up adding Nepal to your list of future places to travel. Absolutely beautiful.


Hope to hear from some of you this year. All the best for 2010.


—Jill Haltigan, 6316 Riverfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15238; jill.haltigan@gmail.com