Special interests
At Alta Mesa Memorial Park in Palo Alto, you can visit the burial sites of numerous Silicon Valley figures, including Steve Jobs, David Packard, and this man, a church friend, stand-in father figure, and beloved host of many summer pool days in Los Altos Hills.
Who is "Grandpa Ray" Heimsoth?
Who are the Bruins?
First during a business trip with David in the 1990s and then more recently on a cruise with the De La Os, Carrielynn has visited Japan and seen this longtime friend, a former college roommate.
Who is Toshiko?
Although it was supposed to take place in Maine, external shots for Murder She Wrote were actually filmed in this northern California town where David and Carrielynn got married.
Where is Mendocino?
After a visit to the Heimsoths' farm near Santa Cruz, Carrielynn should have plenty of materials to can and prepare this sweet spread, which often replaced jelly in PB+J sandwiches in the Haedtler household.
What is apple butter?
The town of Sisters, Oregon hosts an annual show exhibiting work from one of Carrielynn's most treasured hobbies.
What is quilting?
Just like at other high schools where she taught, Carrielynn taught English at Mountain View High School. During that school year, she was also forced to teach this course, where students were notoriously ill-behaved.
What is Yearbook?
Carrielynn has visited this white marble tomb considered one of the New Wonders of the World twice: the second time with David in the 2010s, and the first time while spending the summer in India in 1974.
Where is the Taj Mahal?
Babysitting arrangements and a substitute for weekly duties as cub scout master were among the many parenting logistics David figured out when he gave Carrielynn the gift of a surprise vacation to this destination.
Where is Hawaii?
Hamburgers, milkshakes, and antique shopping are some of the things on offer at Woolworth's Luncheonette in this Central Valley city, a frequent host of barbershop competitions.
Where is Bakersfield?
Jordan and Sarah took Carrielynn to Summit Avenue in St. Paul to visit the home of F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of this book, Carrielynn's favorite to teach.
What is The Great Gatsby?
This small liberal arts school in south central Michigan was where Carrielynn first attended college before transferring to U.C. Berkeley.
What is Albion College?
Carrielynn and Aunt Carol visited this place together in the 1990s, the same decade that control over this "administrative region" was transferred from the United Kingdom to China.
This was the name of the springer spaniel that the Haedtlers adopted in the early 1990s.
Who is Joyful?
This was the name of the Haedtler family's favorite Chinese restaurant, located on Mountain View's Castro Street until it closed in 2004.
What is Szechuan Garden?
What is 'Carrielynn's Capers'?
A high school in Cupertino where Carrielynn taught for one year and a resort in Glen Arbor where Carrielynn worked for one summer share this name.
Where is Williamsburg?
During their wedding ceremony, Carrielynn and David performed One Hand, One Heart, a duet that was originally sung by Tony and Maria in this musical.
What is West Side Story?
Different theories exist, but no one is really sure why this tea flavored with bergamot-- a favorite of Carrielynn's-- came to be named after a British prime minister from the 1830s.
What is Earl Grey?
This is the full name of the chorus that Carrielynn sings in.
A determination that Silicon Valley classrooms were underprepared for technological changes drove Carrielynn to convince Landels Elementary School to incorporate a typing instructional course by this name into classrooms.
What is "Talking Fingers"?
Carrielynn and David have enjoyed snorkeling in many tropical destinations, but they once had a scary experience when David lost a fin in this snorkeling destination off the coast of Queensland, Australia.
What is the Great Barrier Reef?
Before moving to 210 Ada Avenue, the Haedtlers lived in a home on this street in Mountain View.
What is Church Street?
Usually Grandpa Mac and Carrielynn were the only Thanksgiving guests who enjoyed this pie, a mixture of fruits, nuts, and spices.
What is mincemeat?
In March, Carrielynn went to Guatemala to participate in a writer's retreat hosted by this author, best known for publishing a truthful memoir about her controversial relationship with JD Salinger.
Who is Joyce Maynard?
Carrielynn's first teaching job was at a school in this small, northern California municipality.
Where is Clearlake?
On their cruise in August, David and Carrielynn revisited this town in France and sought to re-create their photo dancing on the bridge in an homage to the famous nursery rhyme and song, covered by Raffi.
Where is Avignon?
This was the board game that David and Carrielynn played late into the night on one of their first dates.
What is Trivial Pursuit?
Although turkey is usually served as Thanksgiving rather than lamb, this is the name of the nursery rhyme written by Sarah Josepha Hale, who also convinced President Lincoln to first declare what would become Carrielynn's favorite holiday.
What is "Mary had a little lamb"?
Each August in the 1990s, Carrielynn would return to Lansing, MI, where her Christian Science Association received instruction from this teacher and mentor.
Who is Marge Matchett?
Actress Selma Blair, former presidential candidate Mitt Romney, and Senator Elissa Slotkin are three notable alumni from these private K-12 schools near where Carrielynn grew up in Birmingham, MI.
What are the Cranbrook Schools?
When she visited this country, Carrielynn got to rediscover her passion for the javanese gamelan, an instrument she had first encountered while studying at U.C. Berkeley.
Where is Indonesia?
On their 25th wedding anniversary, David and Carrielynn returned with their children to this site of their 1985 wedding: a bed & breakfast on the northern California coast
Where is the Albion River Inn?
One of Carrielynn's favorite desserts originated in North West England. It consists of sponge cake and vanilla ice cream, covered in a sauce made from carmalized molasses.
What is sticky toffee pudding?