Jax and me at Duboce Park
“The Sniffer” is on the loose! …
Posts from ’09
Dickens Fair
What a surprise: to enjoy dressing up and pretending the Cow Palace was 1800s London. All silly good fun. We all promised to do it again down the road (though we still haven’t). Anthony went as a downtrodden fop. I’m a snoot with a pipe. John, a poor Dickensian lad. And Matt a dandy. Thank god we live in the era of the iPhone and all this is just pretend. …
Christmas party in Aptos
Such a sweet time at the uncle and aunt’s place near Santa Cruz. My back was killing me after the drive, but Uncle Steve gave me his ice pack belt for the drive home. A lifesaver! …
Darryl’s birthday at Ubuntu
Most amazing, memorable meal I’ve ever tasted. …
Thanksgiving hike
Matt, Jax, and I take on Pulgas Ridge trail (on the peninsula) before snarfing turkey and cranberry sauce. A mellow, beautiful day with my two favorite guys… …
Star Trek exhibit in San Jose
Antone and I geek out by going to the Star Trek Exhibit at the San Jose Tech Museum. Was so interesting to see the actual costumes and phasers. They’re so much more polished looking when you see them on TV. Made me realize that old shows were just so homemade, in the era before CGI. The scale of the sets (like the Bridge) were smaller than I thought they’d be, too. Really fun, especially with Antone geeking out as much, or more, than me. …
Montara Beach
Just Jax and me. And the sun and surf. …
New Orleans
First time. …
Wakeboarding
Up at the lake. …
Sunday Streets The Mission
Me and the gang biked/walked about 4 miles of streets shut off to cars all Sunday afternoon. …
Sibley Volcanic hike
On the trails in the east bay with the boys. Darryl, Matt, Jax, Anthony and I go looking for this hidden Alameda County caldera. Hot as hell up there. …
Cataract Falls
Darryl, Matt, Jax and I hike all the way up to Cataract Falls in Marin. Amazingly beautiful country. Few people on the trail, dog-friendly. I want to go back and do it again. …
Copperopolis with Luke
Luke makes a visit down to Copperopolis to see the grandfolk and try some lake wakeboarding. …
Visiting the aunt and uncle
Jax and I finally get down to Santa Cruz (well, Aptos, really) to see their new place. And walk the dogs along the cliffs over the Pacific. And then have some awesome Mexican food, natch! …
Alice in the Bay Area
Matt’s mom is in town for some visitin’. …
Birthday bash
Our annual March event, featuring the fortysomethings: John, Lee, Patrick and Steve. …
New flooring
Finally got new flooring installed throughout my house. …