Bears

Vacation is over. Got off the plane at O’Hare about 9pm on Saturday evening; took a taxi home… yes, a taxi! Probably the only time we take taxis; they’re right outside the airport waiting… easy button. May be a few … Continued

OK, OK… since I’m out here, let’s talk a little bit about the “Bay Teams”. On our cable car ride East down California, we ended up not that far from the Bay Bridge. From there, we’re not that far from … Continued

OK, let’s wrap a little sports into the vacay. After a trip to the Monterey Aquarium, on the way to Carmel, we took the 17 mile drive, which lead us right by… Pebble Beach. Time to hit some golf balls! … Continued

I guess I should have titled this “above the boardwalk”… There is no “under” when it comes to the Santa Cruz boardwalk, at least not from what I could tell. There is of course the beach, which runs parallel to … Continued

Flying into San Francisco on Monday morning brought back some memories… Way back when, this was where the first flight with our son landed; it wasn’t supposed to be that way. Now, almost 13 years later, we were actually scheduled … Continued

Easter on 4/20… Hippity Hop. There’s a joke somewhere in there, especially when you factor in the fact that April 20th was also the day Adolf Hitler was born. I’m not a history aficionado by any means, certainly not a … Continued

Lately, meaning over the past few years, I see people bitch about the time change. The “spring ahead” and the “fall back” where we lose and gain an hour respectively. Why do we do this? It throws our schedule off, … Continued

Looked in the sock drawer the other day; there they were, two mismatched socks. Do I wait to find the match before I wear them? Is there a match? They were the last two white socks left before laundry is … Continued

Can you believe I’ve never been to the race track? I’m kind of shocked myself. Considering the degenerative aspect of my competitive nature… yeah, never been to see the ponies, or the dogs for that matter. I guess this is … Continued