#67 done. Made a more conscious effort to strike up a few conversations with people unknown.  Mostly good results.

Saw 127 hours. A good stripped down movie.

Table is set. 

Visiting with my Aunt Ona

Mom & daughter

Pre turkey apps.

Happy 20th Birthday, Devin!

Brit had her end of the season club soccer season.  Now it’s high school soccer for the next three months.

Tried a new paella recipe and earned rave reviews.  I was even able to keep it down while watching the Marquette game.  

Commiserating our loses over some sushi before heading home.

On the strip.

My favorite

Kicking back here for the weekend.

Fall production is finished. Time to kick up the feet and take a breather. Spring begins on Monday.

Although last game’s four goal performance was outstanding, today’s loss to Goliath was perhaps Brit’s best.  After battling their gold opponent to a 0-0 tie in regulation, Brit’s team lost in PKs. 

In addition to producing our clients’ clothing lines, Sonia and I have decided to design and produce a few pieces to test the waters.  This Missoni print dress and skirt is Sonia’s first design.

More time spent at places like this means less time living la vida loca.  Last year I completed 80% of the list. This year I’ll be lucky to hit 60%. With that said, here are the things that will definitely go down as an incomplete.

1. (8) Host a summer party.  Summer past us by in a blur of textiles. 
2. (29) Take Devin to a Giants game.  It would have been epic, but game six never happened and the opportunity passed us by.
3. (35) See a game at Petco park. 
4. (40) Catch a game at Wrigley Field. Missed a summer trip to Chicago for the first time in many years.

That leaves 43 possible goals left to complete in less than two months.  If we can knock off 29 of them we would claim a 75% success rate. 

Brit scored four goals including this header to lead her team to a 5-0 victory.  With this win, the Sherman Oaks Extreme finish the season in second place with a 7-1-3 record and will at the very least be a silver elite team next season. 

Brit didn’t need to play the full game as her team won 6-0.

October Recap.

Although I knocked nothing off of the list in October, I got something that I had been waiting for since I was about eight years old… A World Series Championship. It was 1981 when I first became a Giants fan.  It was probably only my second or third baseball game ever at Chavez Ravine when the decision was made.  Brimming with excitement, I was watching the Dodgers take batting practice and cheering for home runs when my dad leaned over and explained that we were Giants fans.  From that point forward, Dodgers were booed and Giants became my heroes.  Needless to say, it was a pretty good October.

And this is how we kick off November.

Not sure why, but I did.  California is the Titanic, but I hated no candidate more than the other to send down with the ship.

Awesome!

Game 6 tickets put to good use as a coaster.

Giants win game four. Up 3-1, they are one win away from being World Champs for the first time since 1954. The question is, if you had tickets for game six, do you root for them to win game five?

Brit’s team played the first two games of league cup and finished with a win and a tie against two very good teams. Hopefully it was enough to advance as a wildcard to the next round.