We began the year
celebrating Dianna's mom's 80th birthday. The Chilson Center
provided a terrific venue for more than 100 guests to celebrate Prissy's
life. Mom enjoyed her many guests, sharing stories and watching
the video collage. The food was delicious. Dianna, Gogo and
Marph did a great job making this surprise party so special.
Paul enjoyed two trips
to Japan so far this year. The first trip involved Osamu-san and Masa-san helping him deliver product demos to hundreds of Sony engineers
in a revolving door of visitors! Afterwards, they had a terrific
dinner. The next trip, Paul met up with Kevin, Green Plug's VP
Engineering who never ceases to amaze me with his talents. Masa
took us on a fine tour of Tokyo Tower. Then, we had drinks at the
top of the Prince Shinagawa Hotel. We had dinner together and
Willie joined us, which was so much fun having him with us. Wigs
chose a terrific place that served the cuisine of Kumamoto, Kyushu.
Paul got to enjoy a jump
rope physical education day with Louie and his classmates. What
fun! Paul has enjoyed breakfast and an ice-cream social with
Little Michael and bike rides with Kylie, our wonderful goddaughter.
We also enjoy spending time with Nic and his beautiful baby girl,
Madisyn, who has the biggest brown eyes. Madisyn's baptism was so
beautiful and Nic prepared scrumptious Mexican food. (Dianna and I
took home leftovers and ate them for a week!)
Dianna, Prissy, Aunt
Cathy and Paul rented "Valentine," a cool red and white Ford Flex that
we drove to visit family in New Braunfels. We rented a great house
on the river and had many fine home-cooked meals.
Paul had a drink at
Hennessey and then a great dinner in Manhattan Beach with Bryan
overlooking the sunset on the beach. Eugene, Janelle and my family
and I had a fabulous meal at Hong Kong Flower Lounge. We also had
a great time on a Friday night at Hola in Burlingame. Before
returning to CO, Paul had a terrific lunch with the People's Choice at
Le Ceval.
We loved having Louie
visit with Jordan and watching them swim and play together. Jordan
got his first real netbook PC and we love Skyping and emailing with him.
Louie came out to celebrate Uncle Gary's birthday at Stella Alpina.
Dianna, Mom, Aunt Joyce, Matt, Jason, Cris, Jordan, Louie and I
celebrated Gary's birthday having a fabulous meal, using a ridiculously
large gift certificate Frank and Karen gave us.
Dianna and Paul made a
delicious fish bbq dinner with the Merrills, including red-pepper
calamari, sesame encrusted soy tuna with wasabi and lemon-butter-garlic
swordfish with cayenne pepper and onion powder. Grilled shrimp,
Jambalaya and assorted grilled veggies made for a feast.
Ralph treated Paul to a
fine breakfast in lower Manhattan and then gave him a terrific tour of
the new Freedom Tower construction and surrounding area. Paul also got to visit with
Brad, enjoying a fine meal at Putanesca on 8th Avenue in mid-town.
Later, they saw the Enron musical on Broadway that was very well done.
Before Paul returned from NY, he had to have dinner at Da Marino in the
theatre district, where they made him a delicious grilled calamari
vinaigrette salad.
Dougie earned his MBA
this May and Ros celebrated in style with a great party. Dave's
bbq ribs, Gogo's fried chicken and Bob's brisket were highlights.
As usual, Dianna and I were the last to leave we had so much fun.
Dianna and I have had so
much fun making exotic meals in the great kitchen she designed for us.
Come visit and let's give it a workout.
Jason planned a surprise
50th birthday party for Cris at Bocce's in Campbell. Friends and
family had a wonderful time playing bocce and enjoying the great food.
Dianna and I have had a
lot of fun visiting the Merrills at their campsite with their huge RV
and watching the parade of boats on Horsetooth. We enjoyed Gogo,
Martha, Jess, Jason, Renee, Angel, Kylie, Jourdan, Aunt Cathy, Uncle
Richard and all our guests for the inaugural Jenn-Air barbecue feast on
the 4th of July. It rained so hard at night, though, that
fireworks were postponed until July 5th.
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