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Monday, 7/25:
Up early to go rafting on the Animas (full name: Rio de las Animas Perdidas; translation: River of Lost Souls). Great trip, lots of fun. Water was about 40-45 degrees F, so definitely an eye-opener. Mostly calm trip, but some great fun rapids around the foot of Smelter Mountain, with much […]

Sunday, 7/24:
Slept in a bit. Read more of HPatHBP while Liz went out for a run. Delicious lunch at Jean Pierre’s with Josh, his dad, my folks, and Liz. Weather looked a bit off, so we put our hiking plans on hold. Liz napped while I finished Half-Blood Prince. Set […]

Saturday, 7/23:
Slept in a bit. Finished the Frank Herbert biography. Started Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Drove out to Holly’s place in the afternoon for the reunion BBQ; got a good bit of rain and lightning on the way out that threatened to make the event strictly indoors, but it cleared […]

Friday, 7/22:
Slept late. Lunch at Gazpacho’s. Drove Liz around town a bit. Got cleaned up and attended the reunion dinner at Bistro 701. Had a bit of a mind-bending time (being suddenly around a crowd of people I hadn’t seen for ten years was just plain weird), but good nonetheless. […]

Just back from a fabulous evening at the oogby/reasie residence, wherein tasty dinner was consumed, great conversation was had, and there was much Bitin’ Off Hedz.
Yes, we neglected to bring the bridesmaid dress that aquamindy was going to clear with reasie, as well as the Holly Hobbie drinking glasses that had been promised some aeons […]

Two bottles of not-so-tasty wine on Friday night eventually led to one that was happy, which ended up paired with grilled brats and Return of the King.
Slept in far past our originally planned time, then discovered that our lack of hot water on Friday morning was not a fluke, as the shower would only briefly […]

Had a long, long day yesterday. Up at 4:45 to be into the office by 6:00. Worked a full and busy twelve hours. Capped off the evening with a visit to oogby and reasie’s house for nummy dinner and geeky good times. Surprisingly enough, I won at Give Me the Brain […]

Whew! It’s been very busy weekend. I’m pooped!

Friday night - hung out at Varietals with the Cleveland Food & Wine Forum folks. Good times.

Saturday - Was moral support and peanut gallery for the class on French wine that Liz was running. It went really well. Yay!

Saturday afternoon - some errands, […]

Had a hot date with aquamindy last night (it’s so much fun having hot dates with your spouse!). Munchies at the Winking Lizard in Lakewood, then downtown to see Jon Stewart’s standup show. Had heaps of laughs, especially during his profound moral quandary about having a nine-year-old in the front row as he […]

Someone check the weather forecast for Hell, because we’ve had two gloriously sunny days in a row here in Cleveland, with temperatures in the low-to-mid-50’s. That by itself is absolutely delightful, but what’s really astounding is that it was this nice on a weekend. The universe just isn’t supposed to work like this!
After […]