SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

Priceless

Visits

I had two great visits recently, seeing Lynn & Ryan Pescherine and the Barney family. Had a great time catching the sunset, having dinner and playing with Ryan, who is the spitting image of his Dad, Mike. Had the Barneys in for Memorial Day weekend where we hit the beach everyday, checked out some estate sales and took Maddie on her first ocean kayak.

Travel

Lots of good travel recently and some memorable meals. For business, have been to Vegas, Boise, Pittsburg, Phoenix, and the Netherlands. In Vegas, hooked up with the annual UCD Pike trip and drank nonstop with Keeler, Peters, Oard, Straw and Fordiani primarily at Mandalay Bay. Spent a great Saturday in perfect weather poolside in a cabana drinking from morning to morning. Had some great meals at Burger Bar, Border Grill, Lotus of Siam, Golden Steer. In Pittsburg, hooked up with an old PSU friend, Dave Hogg, for a great dinner at Kaya one night with another good meal at Seviche another night. Recently back from a week in the Netherlands, where I attended a 6 hour mtg. I spent the rest of the weekend in Amsterdam with a great Indonesean dinner at Temple Doploe and an Ethiopian dinner both in the Rembrantplein area. Also, had a great 4 day weekend driving up the coast wine tasting in Santa Barbara and Paso Robles, hitting 13 wineries and several great meals. I highly recommend Paso Robles wines,
Artisian restaurant and the Villa Nel Mondo B&B in Paso. Home for a few weeks to get in a few camping trips before heading to Japan. Here's a few pictures from my travels. Enjoy

Just back from a 2 day trip to Vegas where I had an amazing dinner at Mix on the 64th floor of THEHotel next to Mandalay Bay. Its a Michelin star restaurant by Alan Ducasse with a $14M price tag for the decoration. The adjacent bar also has an outdoor section with an amazing view of the strip so I highly recommend dinner or a drink. I also had a great dinner the next night at Michael Mina's restaurant, Nobhill Tavern in MGM. Recently back from Japan, where I had some great dinners. Off to Boise this week, then Philly in two weeks.

Happy New Year

First buiness trip came three days back into the new year with a trip to the consumer electronics show in Las Vegas. Coincidently, the major porn convention is at the same time and just happened to be at the same hotel I was staying at, the Venetian. AllI will say here, is it was an amazing site. Had a good dinner at Diego's in MGM and partied the night away at Lavo in Venetian Palazzo. I saw some crazy things. I don't make this stuff up.

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Happy New Year

Sorry for the lack of posts but I suspects no one reads this anymore anyways. Lots of travel recently with trips to Altanta, Chicago, and Boise for work. Spent Thanksgiving in Arkansas visiting the Isolas and my godson, Jack. Just back from a week and a half celebrating Christmas & New Years up in Nor Cal visiting my family & friends. Was able to see my two borthers, two nieces from Oregon, Tony & Mona Keeler, Tony & Caroline Baldini and Mike Asport & Renee. Hope you all have a great 2009 and we can spend time together in the upcoming year. Best Wishes.