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Thursday, June 30, 2005
mr and mrs sandy pants
Here’s a quick recap from our time at the shore
the good:
-Chris and Becky are pregnant with twins.
-the Revs v. DC game was on TV for some reason and the Phillies were already done for the day so I got to watch the game.
-Our dinner for 20 of home made sausage, home made mustard and Osler potato salad was well received.
-Our dessert of Brigham’s milkshakes was also well received, and drinking them will help to fight off osteoporosis.
-Maureen and I won the water ballon toss.
-We got to spend a week with Fiona.
-I taught Connor about red tide.
-Reen and I got a wonderful evening swim in on Friday as we tried to stretch our time as far as we could.
-the Red Sox swept the series at Philly, 3-0.
-neither of us got sunburned.
the bad:
-the Revs lost the DC game 0-2, for their first loss of the season.
-I still couldn’t get vanilla ice cream on my donut for breakfast at Browns.
-My bathing suit went missing all week. Reen found it while we were packing to leave.
-The book I bought for the beach started to come apart at the binding almost immediately, so I had to kind of hold it half closed while I was reading it to keep from destroying the rest of it.
-Mike and I tied during our first mini-golf outing of the week, and then Reen, Nathaniel, Mike and I had a 4-way tie on the second mini-golf outing of the week.
the ugly:
-On the third and final mini-golf outing, I finished dead last with Mike taking this year’s crown by 3 strokes over Reen and Nathaniel.
Reen put some pictures up on her site. 0 comments
Here’s a quick recap from our time at the shore
the good:
-Chris and Becky are pregnant with twins.
-the Revs v. DC game was on TV for some reason and the Phillies were already done for the day so I got to watch the game.
-Our dinner for 20 of home made sausage, home made mustard and Osler potato salad was well received.
-Our dessert of Brigham’s milkshakes was also well received, and drinking them will help to fight off osteoporosis.
-Maureen and I won the water ballon toss.
-We got to spend a week with Fiona.
-I taught Connor about red tide.
-Reen and I got a wonderful evening swim in on Friday as we tried to stretch our time as far as we could.
-the Red Sox swept the series at Philly, 3-0.
-neither of us got sunburned.
the bad:
-the Revs lost the DC game 0-2, for their first loss of the season.
-I still couldn’t get vanilla ice cream on my donut for breakfast at Browns.
-My bathing suit went missing all week. Reen found it while we were packing to leave.
-The book I bought for the beach started to come apart at the binding almost immediately, so I had to kind of hold it half closed while I was reading it to keep from destroying the rest of it.
-Mike and I tied during our first mini-golf outing of the week, and then Reen, Nathaniel, Mike and I had a 4-way tie on the second mini-golf outing of the week.
the ugly:
-On the third and final mini-golf outing, I finished dead last with Mike taking this year’s crown by 3 strokes over Reen and Nathaniel.
Reen put some pictures up on her site. 0 comments
Thursday, June 16, 2005
beach bums
Summer is just moving along isn’t it? Heading to the shore on Saturday for a week. We’re really looking forward to it. I have been working hard on my mini-golf game so that I can successfully defend my title.
Lots of soccer news to catch up on. The Revs won 2-0 on the road against Kansas City. Great win to remain undefeated. They’ll face DC on the road this Saturday, not an easy match. Overshadowing MLS right now for me however is the Under-20 World Championship currently being held in the Netherlands. The US were drawn into a very tough group with Argentina, Germany and Egypt. Their first game was on Saturday against Argentina who has won 3 of the last 5 Youth Championships and knocked the US out in the last tournament. Well the Yanks managed a 1-0 victory which is just fantastic. Then they tied Germany 0-0 on Tuesday night to remain tied for tops in the group. Even bigger than getting good results against these soccer standard-bearers is the style with which the US youngsters have played. In both games, the US was clearly the superior team over 90 minutes. The creativity, confidence and skill on the ball that the next generation has been showing is just unprecedented in the US game. A win or tie against a listless Egypt team this Saturday will see the US through to the knockout phases where the boys could really make some hay.
If anyone is looking for gift ideas, I’d be game for some British Royal Navy Imperial Rum. It only goes for about $6,000 for the 4.54 liter bottle. I know there's a joke in here about the "impeccable taste of imperialism" or about ingesting "the power that subdued lesser peoples across the globe" but I just can't tease it out.
In celebration of our 3rd year of marriage, Reen and I made a long anticipated visit to Blue Ginger on Wednesday night. That meant a healthy 90 minutes in the car each way, which is quite a bit for a Wednesday evening. When all was said and done we had a very good meal. But saying that feels like a bit of a disappointment. I guess we were expecting to really be blown away, like we were when we ate at Morimoto in Philly. The restaurant space itself along with the food were very good, but not exceptional. The service was very good and we got to see a fair bit of the celebrity chef as he visited around the dining room. In all, it's the kind of place where you’d head to have a really nice dinner, but perhaps not worth 3 hours in the car on a weeknight. I’d be curious to hear from other folks about their impressions. Maybe we just didn’t order well. Who knows. 2 comments
Summer is just moving along isn’t it? Heading to the shore on Saturday for a week. We’re really looking forward to it. I have been working hard on my mini-golf game so that I can successfully defend my title.
Lots of soccer news to catch up on. The Revs won 2-0 on the road against Kansas City. Great win to remain undefeated. They’ll face DC on the road this Saturday, not an easy match. Overshadowing MLS right now for me however is the Under-20 World Championship currently being held in the Netherlands. The US were drawn into a very tough group with Argentina, Germany and Egypt. Their first game was on Saturday against Argentina who has won 3 of the last 5 Youth Championships and knocked the US out in the last tournament. Well the Yanks managed a 1-0 victory which is just fantastic. Then they tied Germany 0-0 on Tuesday night to remain tied for tops in the group. Even bigger than getting good results against these soccer standard-bearers is the style with which the US youngsters have played. In both games, the US was clearly the superior team over 90 minutes. The creativity, confidence and skill on the ball that the next generation has been showing is just unprecedented in the US game. A win or tie against a listless Egypt team this Saturday will see the US through to the knockout phases where the boys could really make some hay.
If anyone is looking for gift ideas, I’d be game for some British Royal Navy Imperial Rum. It only goes for about $6,000 for the 4.54 liter bottle. I know there's a joke in here about the "impeccable taste of imperialism" or about ingesting "the power that subdued lesser peoples across the globe" but I just can't tease it out.
In celebration of our 3rd year of marriage, Reen and I made a long anticipated visit to Blue Ginger on Wednesday night. That meant a healthy 90 minutes in the car each way, which is quite a bit for a Wednesday evening. When all was said and done we had a very good meal. But saying that feels like a bit of a disappointment. I guess we were expecting to really be blown away, like we were when we ate at Morimoto in Philly. The restaurant space itself along with the food were very good, but not exceptional. The service was very good and we got to see a fair bit of the celebrity chef as he visited around the dining room. In all, it's the kind of place where you’d head to have a really nice dinner, but perhaps not worth 3 hours in the car on a weeknight. I’d be curious to hear from other folks about their impressions. Maybe we just didn’t order well. Who knows. 2 comments
Monday, June 06, 2005
hole in the ozone
As we were enjoying yesterday's weather in the 80's, we headed to the beach where I had to put sunscreen on my head. Not the face part of the head either, rather more in the top/rear area where my lovely baldspot has been making a home for itself. I've been thin back there for a while now, with my first concrete realization coming when we got our wedding photos back a few years ago. There's definitely some pride lost when you have to smear SPF30 on your noggin and to add a second layer of annoyance, I'm not completely bald up there yet. So I'm left to work my way in there, smearing my hair with goo until I reach my head. And we all know how well suncreen and body hair go together, very fetching. Next time I'll bring a hat. 1 comments
As we were enjoying yesterday's weather in the 80's, we headed to the beach where I had to put sunscreen on my head. Not the face part of the head either, rather more in the top/rear area where my lovely baldspot has been making a home for itself. I've been thin back there for a while now, with my first concrete realization coming when we got our wedding photos back a few years ago. There's definitely some pride lost when you have to smear SPF30 on your noggin and to add a second layer of annoyance, I'm not completely bald up there yet. So I'm left to work my way in there, smearing my hair with goo until I reach my head. And we all know how well suncreen and body hair go together, very fetching. Next time I'll bring a hat. 1 comments
Friday, June 03, 2005
two day work week
Our visit to MD/VA was quite enjoyable. The wedding was good fun and it was also great to be with Matt and Kristen and see their new home. Rumors of Kris’ pregnancy have been confirmed which is just thrilling. They’ll be the first of our non-family friends to have a kid. We chose to avoid DC and so didn’t get in to Ben’s, but we did manage to do some good eating anyway. Matt gave my sausage the royal treatment, as he is wont to do…and we did some other good grilling. The highlight must be John’s fried chicken. The chicken is brined overnight and then soaked in buttermilk. What’s that you say? Certainly good steps to follow before frying chicken, but nothing new really? Well tell me how this pair of dungarees fits you: once the LARD is heated up, he slices up about a pound of COUNTRY HAM and renders that in the lard until it’s all crispy like bacon. Remove the ham and add some BUTTER. You are now ready to fry your freaking chicken. Can you say oganoleptical bliss? I knew that you could. The four of us ate 14 pieces of chicken, to say nothing of the wine and the biscuits and a sort of maque choux but with okra in place of the peppers. Are you getting a hint of what I was talking about last week?
Matt has an XBOX and we played TopSpin a few times. I really liked it and hope that Matt can come over some time so we can play again.
I caught another fishy last night. Moved up from the “tiny” striper category to the “middling” variety. Just under 2 feet long and 3-4 pounds. Good fun.
When we got home on Wednesday I realized that I had screwed up the VCR and hadn’t taped the Revs game. In hindsight I should have taken this as a sign and let sleeping crappy soccer games lie. But instead, with some careful help from Maureen so that I could avoid seeing the score, I managed to watch the game on the computer…and see the Revs submit a steaming pile of doo-doo in place of a soccer game. They tied a very bad team 0-0 at home. The US v. England match was a bit better, with the US losing 2-1. Over 90 minutes the Yanks held their own but their finishing was dismal, except for our boy Dempsey who had the lone goal (sadly not off a Ralston cross). Reen and I will be back at Gillette tomorrow night to see the Revs host KC, which means that we’ll have to tape the world cup qualifier. A win over Costa Rica would put the boys in great shape to qualify for Germany 2006. 1 comments
Our visit to MD/VA was quite enjoyable. The wedding was good fun and it was also great to be with Matt and Kristen and see their new home. Rumors of Kris’ pregnancy have been confirmed which is just thrilling. They’ll be the first of our non-family friends to have a kid. We chose to avoid DC and so didn’t get in to Ben’s, but we did manage to do some good eating anyway. Matt gave my sausage the royal treatment, as he is wont to do…and we did some other good grilling. The highlight must be John’s fried chicken. The chicken is brined overnight and then soaked in buttermilk. What’s that you say? Certainly good steps to follow before frying chicken, but nothing new really? Well tell me how this pair of dungarees fits you: once the LARD is heated up, he slices up about a pound of COUNTRY HAM and renders that in the lard until it’s all crispy like bacon. Remove the ham and add some BUTTER. You are now ready to fry your freaking chicken. Can you say oganoleptical bliss? I knew that you could. The four of us ate 14 pieces of chicken, to say nothing of the wine and the biscuits and a sort of maque choux but with okra in place of the peppers. Are you getting a hint of what I was talking about last week?
Matt has an XBOX and we played TopSpin a few times. I really liked it and hope that Matt can come over some time so we can play again.
I caught another fishy last night. Moved up from the “tiny” striper category to the “middling” variety. Just under 2 feet long and 3-4 pounds. Good fun.
When we got home on Wednesday I realized that I had screwed up the VCR and hadn’t taped the Revs game. In hindsight I should have taken this as a sign and let sleeping crappy soccer games lie. But instead, with some careful help from Maureen so that I could avoid seeing the score, I managed to watch the game on the computer…and see the Revs submit a steaming pile of doo-doo in place of a soccer game. They tied a very bad team 0-0 at home. The US v. England match was a bit better, with the US losing 2-1. Over 90 minutes the Yanks held their own but their finishing was dismal, except for our boy Dempsey who had the lone goal (sadly not off a Ralston cross). Reen and I will be back at Gillette tomorrow night to see the Revs host KC, which means that we’ll have to tape the world cup qualifier. A win over Costa Rica would put the boys in great shape to qualify for Germany 2006. 1 comments
