Kudos to us for only taking ten years to discover that one of our greatest cities is less than two hours away by CRV (new car!). A nice weekend of reconnecting w/ old friends and checking off another stadium (with the Reds in town, no less).
Rookie pitcher Travis Wood took a perfect game into the ninth, but the Reds couldn’t put a run on the board to get him a much-deserved win. Reds lost 1-0 in the 11th. Roy Halladay is a monster.
In less than five weeks, Will’s newborn son will be traumatized nightly with this Philly Fanatic in the crib.
Thank you, anonymous friend, for slipping me a ticket to the Seinfeld/Springsteen show at Carnegie Hall last week. Four Bruce songs sans E Street and a solid hour of all new Seinfeldian observations made for an NYC night to remember.
Still at the top of his game.
Our twelve-month-in-the-making group expedition to California wine country came and went without a hitch. Stellar pre-planning (thanks Mr. and Mrs. Serpent), good peeps and great wine made for a fun-filled week. Plus, having Joe around never hurts.
Mandy and a future glass of Cab Sav.
Eleven people, massive house, vineyards as far as eyes can see on all sides, infinity pool, tennis courts, party van, and lots of booze. Um yeah, life didn’t suck.
Cool lighting effect. This is at a private tasting in the dungeon of a 12th Century Italian castle turned winery. A personal favorite of the dozen or so that we hit.
Group shot in the barrel room after a private tasting. Birthday girl, Brianna (brown dress) planned a perfect four-day itinerary, while Joe (left) made sure VIP treatment was standard at every stop. Awesome week. Thanks to all!
more Napa here.
I’m way behind on this one, but you probably aren’t paying too close of attention — so with that said - just last night Mandy and I got back from seven nights in San Francisco and Napa Valley! Here’s part one of the trip. The occasion: Brianna’s 30th b-day extravaganza. Bri, thanks for supplying an excuse to spend a week in one of the country’s most fantastic destinations.
Wouldn’t be SF w/out major cloud cover.
Sean hooked us up with two nights in his company’s killer apartment, complete with perfect view of the rock. This was taken from our roof deck (admittedly a bit zoomed, but still…).
Prisoners at Alcatraz.
more SF pics here. Napa coming soon…
