Dinner at the Coronado Room

I just returned from a road trip that I took across Arizona with my mother for her birthday. We hit the Grand Canyon and Monument Valley. All in all, a great adventure. Great sights, fantastic weather—but every time we reached a new town, we had to find a decent place to eat. In the Grand Canyon gateway town of Tusayan, we chose poorly. (more…)

The Nyveen Name

In university, I took an interest in my family tree. Searching the web, I found names of ancestors and cousins that I never knew I had. As my tree grew, I began to wonder where the Nyveen family name came from. What did it mean? Who was the first to use it? (more…)