Hi Friends,
Another week has gone by and a lot happened this weekend. It was really fun seeing Jeff for a few days and Thomas' art show was a big hit. I'll try to keep it short but if you're reading this, you know me, I tend to ramble...
I took Friday off due to my awesome work schedule, which meant since Jeff was home for the week, we went bowling Thursday night. Normally this wouldn't happen with work at 6am everyday, but like I said, I took the day off. Nothing too special happened there, except I think we all drank 2 pitchers each, that definitely made our last game the worst one. In fact I think only one of us broke 100 in that last game....that's pathetic.
So Friday morning was hangover city at my house. After waking up and getting enough energy to walk out to the couch, I turned on the tv and took a little nap. It definitely helped, but didn't cure me. The night before we made plans to do things during the day, starting at 11, so at that time, my head still pounding, I went to pick up Jeff. We went up to Stanford and walked "the dish." Which is about 3.5 miles of trails through some hills with some pretty good views of the bay area. Normally we would walk a little faster, but we were both hurting a little bit and decided to take a nice and easy stroll. When we finished up there it was lunch time so we headed to one of our favorite spots, the Dutch Goose. It's a local favorite for burgers and beer, although we didn't have a beer during lunch, which was my fault. I needed a soda to completely recover.
A burger and fries later, we headed back to my house to drop the car off, filled up a red cup each with some leftover Snowshoe and started walking downtown. Bandera's was closed at 2:30pm so we went to the "new" bar, 1st and Main. We called Bryan around 3 to entice him to get off work and come meet us for a drink, which he did, and showed up around 3:30. A beer or two later, it was 5:30, and time to get going since we were meeting at 6:30 with our parents to go to the Boardwalk for dinner. Dinner was good as always but a little more low key than usual. I think that had to do with out previous 4 or 5 hours of drinking and being in the sun, tired us out a little bit.
Once we got back home we were rejuvinated and ready to make it a fun night. We just played some games for about an hour and then called a cab to take us to downtown Palo Alto to check out the bars down there. Well the cab took longer than expected, and we didn't end up getting to PA til around midnight, which actually wasn't that bad. It was pretty uneventful for awhile, and pretty quiet, but then we ran into some old friends at Old Pro and hung out for a bit. It came time to leave and we headed home.
Saturday was a pretty good day....I helped Thomas set up for his art show in the morning, but then we all went to Su Hong for lunch and that was delicious. We watched Me, Myself and Irene and I must say that is a really underrated movie. I've seen it before but there are some really funny lines in that movie. That pretty much consumed our afternoon until Thomas' show started at 6. That was a great time.
The art show had 3 sections of photos, all of which were really good, one of them so good I decided to buy it, and I really wasn't expecting to buy anything. There was wine and snacks and the whole thing turned into a huge social event. A ton of people came and some even said they were going to go down to PA later that night to check it out. We tried to tell them they'd be missing out by not going to 1st and Main (walking distance) but they wanted a better crowd I think. Either way the show ended at 10 and we all left to go downtown to the bar and that turned into a great time. A bunch of people showed up, drinks were bought, shots were taken, saw some old friends. I love that place. Walked home with the guys and parted ways as we passed by the houses, then called it a night.
Sunday was couch day. I rested all day and it was magnificent. We watched some golf on tv, Phil pulled ou the win which is cool, and I'm really excited for next week when Tiger is back. That should be very interesting. I really hope he completely dominates, but we'll see what happens. Later that afternoon we went over to the neighbors for a drink which was fun, I always like hanging out with them, and then just hung out until bed time.
All in all it was a really good weekend. Jeff unfortunately had to leave Sunday back for Michigan, but while I'm on the subject, if anybody knows of any jobs in advertising, please let me know. He's looking for something. It doesn't have to in California either.
Anyway that's it for now. Sorry it got long again, but nobody has complained yet so until somebody does, I'm just going to keep doing it how I want to do it. I hope you all are doing well and check back soon.
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Monday, February 23, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Valentine's Day Weekend and Snowboarding
Hi Folks,
Well President's Day weekend is over and it was a nice 3 day weekend to say the least. Friday afternoon wasn't that great trying to get out of the bay area and up to the mountains with all of the traffic, our typical 2 1/2 hour trip took us over 4 hours. We could've done without that. However we made it up to our cabin and were rewarded with some Snowshoe beer which is needless to say, delicious. It was nice after having to walk up and down our driveway since it was full of a few feet of snow.
Saturday we went up to Bear Valley to get some snowboarding in and it was some of the best snow in the last 10 years. In fact the only other time I can remember it being that good was back when I was still skiing, which was actually more than 10 years ago, so maybe I can't count....Anyway, waist deep powder is so much fun. It sucks when you fall on a flat spot and have to dig or "swim" yourself out, but when you make a turn and the snow fluffs up into your face, there's nothing quite like it. Other than the fantastic snow, that day was pretty uneventful, especially for being Valentine's Day. I didn't have a Valentine this year, but luckily Jamie and Megan were there to keep me company. We all hung out together which was really nice, plus Jamie brought Rambo and there's nothing better than Rambo on Valentine's Day, haha.
Sunday was round 2 for skiing and it was almost a complete white out on the mountain. The snow was once again amazing, but it was tough to see past about 50 yards. We bundled up and boarded for a few hours, but called it quits around noon, mostly due to the lack of visibility, but also because there's only so much discomfort you can handle. Either way the mountain is getting a ton of much needed snow and it is so much fun. The rest of that day was nice, I didn't get a nap which could've helped, but Jamie and I watched Eurotrip while Megan napped and that's always a good movie to see. That night we bbq'd a tri-tip which was pretty tasty, and then just hung out all night. The club was closed so we didn't walk down there to party, just had a few drinks at the cabin and played some games. It was nice.
Monday came and we cleaned up and headed home. It was a very good ski weekend, but not much happened other than that. Nothing too exciting to report anyway. Now it's just back to work for the week, but thanks to my awesome job, I'm able to take this Friday off, which means only a 3 day week for me and another 3 day weekend next weekend! I won't be heading up to the cabin though, Thomas is putting on his art show Saturday night and pretty much the entire city is invited. It should be fun. If you'd like to check out the information for his art show, please click here.
So stay cool California, and you too Frank.
Well President's Day weekend is over and it was a nice 3 day weekend to say the least. Friday afternoon wasn't that great trying to get out of the bay area and up to the mountains with all of the traffic, our typical 2 1/2 hour trip took us over 4 hours. We could've done without that. However we made it up to our cabin and were rewarded with some Snowshoe beer which is needless to say, delicious. It was nice after having to walk up and down our driveway since it was full of a few feet of snow.
Saturday we went up to Bear Valley to get some snowboarding in and it was some of the best snow in the last 10 years. In fact the only other time I can remember it being that good was back when I was still skiing, which was actually more than 10 years ago, so maybe I can't count....Anyway, waist deep powder is so much fun. It sucks when you fall on a flat spot and have to dig or "swim" yourself out, but when you make a turn and the snow fluffs up into your face, there's nothing quite like it. Other than the fantastic snow, that day was pretty uneventful, especially for being Valentine's Day. I didn't have a Valentine this year, but luckily Jamie and Megan were there to keep me company. We all hung out together which was really nice, plus Jamie brought Rambo and there's nothing better than Rambo on Valentine's Day, haha.
Sunday was round 2 for skiing and it was almost a complete white out on the mountain. The snow was once again amazing, but it was tough to see past about 50 yards. We bundled up and boarded for a few hours, but called it quits around noon, mostly due to the lack of visibility, but also because there's only so much discomfort you can handle. Either way the mountain is getting a ton of much needed snow and it is so much fun. The rest of that day was nice, I didn't get a nap which could've helped, but Jamie and I watched Eurotrip while Megan napped and that's always a good movie to see. That night we bbq'd a tri-tip which was pretty tasty, and then just hung out all night. The club was closed so we didn't walk down there to party, just had a few drinks at the cabin and played some games. It was nice.
Monday came and we cleaned up and headed home. It was a very good ski weekend, but not much happened other than that. Nothing too exciting to report anyway. Now it's just back to work for the week, but thanks to my awesome job, I'm able to take this Friday off, which means only a 3 day week for me and another 3 day weekend next weekend! I won't be heading up to the cabin though, Thomas is putting on his art show Saturday night and pretty much the entire city is invited. It should be fun. If you'd like to check out the information for his art show, please click here.
So stay cool California, and you too Frank.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Cabin
Hello All,
Well I'm heading to my cabin tomorrow which should be a ton of fun. They're getting all sorts of snow up there, finally, and I'm really excited about going boarding. I haven't gone since New Years so it's about time to get my butt up there. I just hope it's not too crowded, but with it being President's Day and all, I'm sure it will be. It's cool though, I'll deal with it.
Jamie and Megan are joining me, so it's just the three of us for a few days. Obviously we'll be on the mountain during the days, but the way we ski is early in the morning, then get home early afternoon in time for a nap before dinner. So if you're looking for me on the mountain don't bother after 2pm, we'll be gone by then. But check the backside mostly, with a few Porridge Bowl and Monte Wolf runs in there, perhaps Grizzly if it's nice. Anyway I hope everybody has a great weekend and maybe I'll see you at Snowshoe. Cheers!
Well I'm heading to my cabin tomorrow which should be a ton of fun. They're getting all sorts of snow up there, finally, and I'm really excited about going boarding. I haven't gone since New Years so it's about time to get my butt up there. I just hope it's not too crowded, but with it being President's Day and all, I'm sure it will be. It's cool though, I'll deal with it.
Jamie and Megan are joining me, so it's just the three of us for a few days. Obviously we'll be on the mountain during the days, but the way we ski is early in the morning, then get home early afternoon in time for a nap before dinner. So if you're looking for me on the mountain don't bother after 2pm, we'll be gone by then. But check the backside mostly, with a few Porridge Bowl and Monte Wolf runs in there, perhaps Grizzly if it's nice. Anyway I hope everybody has a great weekend and maybe I'll see you at Snowshoe. Cheers!
Monday, February 9, 2009
Washington DC and York, PA
Hey Boys and Girls,
Well it's Monday night, so I thought I'd reflect on last weeks happenings. Shouldn't be too long, but we'll see where it goes once I get started...
Obviously during the week last week was pretty boring, for you guys that are reading my blog, since I just worked. So we'll skip to Wednesday afternoon when my dad and I flew out to Washington DC to visit my brother for the weekend. That day was also fairly boring and uneventful, nothing cool happened at the airport or on the plane. We didn't get in til after midnight so we were both pretty tired. Anyway Erik picked us up and we made it back to his place to crash on his futon and air mattress.
Thursday was full of errands. We borrowed the Shuckley's car (you like that Jimmy?) which was a huge help to us, and ran errands for Erik, picking up stuff at Costco and doing laundry. Things that are tough for him in the city without a car all the time. We also went out to Arlington National Cemetery to say hi to Grandpa which was nice. That night we went out with Erik's graduate school friends for a free happy hour, and then of course went big after that. I don't even remember where we had dinner, but I know we ended up at Old Glory in Georgetown which is always a good time. Jill hung out for a bit but then pulled a Jason Bourne and disappeared without telling anybody. Oh well. Somehow we made it back to the hotel and crashed after getting some late night pizza.
Friday was hangover city and I was the mayor. It was tough, but we pulled through and ran some more errands, then hung at the hotel a bit and watched a movie while we rested. It was nice, We watched "You Don't Mess With The Zohan." Not a great movie, but it had some funny parts. That night we met some good family friends and went to dinner at Peking Gourmet Inn, it has the best duck in the world. It's delicious. After that we tried to go out but just weren't in the mood, so we called it a night.
Saturday for some reason my bother and dad wanted to get out of the hotel and do stuff, instead of being lazy, but it was a really nice day so I complied. We went to the Museum of American History at the Smithsonian and checked out some cool stuff. After that I convinced them to rest and watch a movie, which they later agreed we should have done all day. We opened a bottle of wine while watching, and then another, and another. We watched the Narnia sequal which was just ok too, not great. But the wine was delicious, as always. For dinner we met up with Jimmy and Tammy again, went to Ruth's Chris for a nice steak. The food was amazing but the service was pretty bad. Didn't bother us too much, we were having a good time. From there we went out and tried to get the night going by taking some shots, but that just turned out to be a bad idea. Got home soon after that and went to sleep.
Sunday we had to wake up early to take my dad to the airport which wasn't very fun, but it was something we had to do. Then Erik and I ran some more errands that afternoon and picked up my rental car which I needed for Monday. That night was just some dinner and we watched 3:10 To Yuma, Erik hadn't seen it before. Then crashed at his place again.
Monday morning came and I had to drive up from Washington DC to York, PA. It's about 2 hours north and a really beautiful drive (if you bypass Baltimore and go the scenic route). I went up to our BAE facility there to meet with a lady who was training me on a new computer program we have. I'll be the resident expert at the Santa Clara site. When that was over after a few hours, I drove back down to Baltimore to catch my flight home that afternoon. Of course it was delayed and I'm still not home yet. As I type this I'm sitting in the Denver airport waiting for my connecting flight to take off.
All in all a good weekend. Nothing super crazy to report, nothing bad either which is good. This week at work won't be too great, especially tomorrow considering I'm getting in late tonight, but I'll make it work.
I hope you all are enjoying the blogs, let me know if they are too boring or if you want other things to talk about. I'm sure now that I'm getting back to town I'll update it more than just once a week so keep checking back if you'd like. Until then, be excellent to each other, and party on dudes!
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Well it's Monday night, so I thought I'd reflect on last weeks happenings. Shouldn't be too long, but we'll see where it goes once I get started...
Obviously during the week last week was pretty boring, for you guys that are reading my blog, since I just worked. So we'll skip to Wednesday afternoon when my dad and I flew out to Washington DC to visit my brother for the weekend. That day was also fairly boring and uneventful, nothing cool happened at the airport or on the plane. We didn't get in til after midnight so we were both pretty tired. Anyway Erik picked us up and we made it back to his place to crash on his futon and air mattress.
Thursday was full of errands. We borrowed the Shuckley's car (you like that Jimmy?) which was a huge help to us, and ran errands for Erik, picking up stuff at Costco and doing laundry. Things that are tough for him in the city without a car all the time. We also went out to Arlington National Cemetery to say hi to Grandpa which was nice. That night we went out with Erik's graduate school friends for a free happy hour, and then of course went big after that. I don't even remember where we had dinner, but I know we ended up at Old Glory in Georgetown which is always a good time. Jill hung out for a bit but then pulled a Jason Bourne and disappeared without telling anybody. Oh well. Somehow we made it back to the hotel and crashed after getting some late night pizza.
Friday was hangover city and I was the mayor. It was tough, but we pulled through and ran some more errands, then hung at the hotel a bit and watched a movie while we rested. It was nice, We watched "You Don't Mess With The Zohan." Not a great movie, but it had some funny parts. That night we met some good family friends and went to dinner at Peking Gourmet Inn, it has the best duck in the world. It's delicious. After that we tried to go out but just weren't in the mood, so we called it a night.
Saturday for some reason my bother and dad wanted to get out of the hotel and do stuff, instead of being lazy, but it was a really nice day so I complied. We went to the Museum of American History at the Smithsonian and checked out some cool stuff. After that I convinced them to rest and watch a movie, which they later agreed we should have done all day. We opened a bottle of wine while watching, and then another, and another. We watched the Narnia sequal which was just ok too, not great. But the wine was delicious, as always. For dinner we met up with Jimmy and Tammy again, went to Ruth's Chris for a nice steak. The food was amazing but the service was pretty bad. Didn't bother us too much, we were having a good time. From there we went out and tried to get the night going by taking some shots, but that just turned out to be a bad idea. Got home soon after that and went to sleep.
Sunday we had to wake up early to take my dad to the airport which wasn't very fun, but it was something we had to do. Then Erik and I ran some more errands that afternoon and picked up my rental car which I needed for Monday. That night was just some dinner and we watched 3:10 To Yuma, Erik hadn't seen it before. Then crashed at his place again.
Monday morning came and I had to drive up from Washington DC to York, PA. It's about 2 hours north and a really beautiful drive (if you bypass Baltimore and go the scenic route). I went up to our BAE facility there to meet with a lady who was training me on a new computer program we have. I'll be the resident expert at the Santa Clara site. When that was over after a few hours, I drove back down to Baltimore to catch my flight home that afternoon. Of course it was delayed and I'm still not home yet. As I type this I'm sitting in the Denver airport waiting for my connecting flight to take off.
All in all a good weekend. Nothing super crazy to report, nothing bad either which is good. This week at work won't be too great, especially tomorrow considering I'm getting in late tonight, but I'll make it work.
I hope you all are enjoying the blogs, let me know if they are too boring or if you want other things to talk about. I'm sure now that I'm getting back to town I'll update it more than just once a week so keep checking back if you'd like. Until then, be excellent to each other, and party on dudes!
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Super Bowl Weekend
Howdy All
I hope everybody is recovering nicely from Super Bowl Sunday, even though the Steelers won, it was still a great day. Yes, that’s true, I was hoping the Cardinals could pull off an upset, and they almost did, which made it a pretty exciting game. The day in general was an overall success. I think the first beers were cracked around 2:30, still fighting my hangover from Saturday’s wine tasting/going out in SF. So here’s a recap.
Friday was fairly low key. After putting in 49 hours of work last week, I was exhausted. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to break any records or anything; I know many of you work way more than that, but it’s still a lot, and it made me tired. So that night I went to our local “beer and pizza” place, nicknamed The BW, but otherwise known as The Boardwalk. Sorry Santa Cruzers, not the Beach Boardwalk, this one is in
Saturday morning came early as my dad and I needed to catch an 8:15am train up to
A few hours later two other friends, Bryan and Andrew, drove up to
Sunday morning came and hit us all like a ton of bricks. Headaches all around, somebody was drinking water from a soup bowl, and we passed around the bottle of Advil. The drive home didn’t help us feel better, but since we got home early, there was time for a couple hour nap before the super bowl, which pretty much saved me. About 15 people came over for the bowl, and there were tons of food and drinks to go around. Nobody was super drunk, everybody just enjoyed a few throughout the game and it was a great time. Played a little catch at halftime in the front yard with Thomas and Adriana, always fun to do while it’s 70 degrees out. After everybody left and we cleaned up, I was tired. Went to bed around 9pm and just immediately fell asleep. It was a much needed rest after a long, but very fun weekend.
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