Class Note 2001

Hello, ’01 family. I hope you are all enjoying a wonderful spring. A lot of goings-on in California this winter. Before the weather turned warm Evelyn Chen spent a week skiing at Lake Tahoe, where she met up with Bernette Tsai, Andy Kim, Masashi Kiyomine, and Wendy Yu ’02. The snow was not great but the company made it well worth the trip. Matt Kuhn, his wife, Alecia, and their lovely daughter, Edie, 3, welcomed little brother Albert “Albie” Milo to the world in January. Albie arrived at an opportune time, as Matt recently wrapped the sixth and final season of Fresh Off the Boat, a network comedy series that he was co-showrunning for the last two seasons. Also in Los Angeles, Jenny Alden and Kirk Spahn ’99 welcomed their second son, Axton Ellis. On hand to great little Axton were big brother Alden Charles, 3, and new puppy Flash.

Not everyone is in L.A., though. Shazia Omar is running yoga retreats around the world; Spain in March and Thailand in October. Her first novel, Like a Diamond in the Sky, was recently rereleased for its 10th anniversary. Abraham Mahshie is on the move again. When we last heard from Abraham, he was in a cabin in North Carolina writing about Spanish bullfighters. He has since spent four months following Donald Trump around Mar-a-Lago as a political reporter and is now in Washington, D.C., covering the Pentagon and trying to figure out how it all fits together. Marcella Gift shifted from her career in finance to start a business, a footwear line called Emme Cadeau. Her goal was to create a shoe line that was comfortable, colorful, and had lots of charisma. Her shoes were used by Andy Hilfiger in his New York Fashion Week show last September and have been worn by Wendy Williams on her show many times.

—Rachel Milstein Sondheimer, 143 Branchville Road, Ridgefield, CT 06877; (203) 645-693; rachel.sondheimer@gmail.com