Room with a view. Back in Vegas.

Happy Birthday to my niece and nephew.

Enjoyed dinner and the Lakers game with my Dad where we talked about the Clippers.

Dedication. Playoffs brings out the early in her. Unfortunately, the Packers were too much for the Bears.  But, there’s always a silver lining…. I don’t have to rewrite Cheeseheads.

Netflixed Knight & Day. An entertaining action movie.

#48 done. More and more restaurants are opening in downtown L.A. and for us, Sugarfish is one of the most welcome.  A traditional sushi restaurant that makes it all about the quality of the fish. There were a couple misses, but most of the sushi would just melt in your mouth. I don’t normally eat salmon sushi, but I’ll order it every time at this place.

#16 in Progress. Read The Girl Who Played With Fire. Didn’t like it as much as his first one, but still very good.

When friends open up a gastro pub within walking distance of your home, you tend to discover fewer eateries. This hit home last night when I noticed their computer system had a Ken & Sonia comp.

#50 done. We thought we’d have to get on a plane to accomplish this one, but Summer broke out in January in L.A., so Sonia and I spent the day poolside at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood. It was the only way I was going to get over one of the the worst losses in MU history.

Said hello to Marquette Alum, Dwyane Wade moments after the lowly Clippers destroyed them. 

And that is why we live here.

Brit’s team got thumped 10-0 and high school soccer will kill me. But, at least we all know this will be the final season. It’s all club from here on out.

All is right again at Marquette after our boys throttled 11th ranked Notre Dame by 22 points. Playing 7 ranked opponents in 8 games. So far, so good.

#2 in progress. So far, so good, but… Getting our line sold in places like Montana, Alaska, and Wyoming, may be a Herculean task. 

Saturday morning viewing. I liked it.

Brit had a hat trick in the first half to secure a 6-0 win. Still…

After a month off from soccer to recover from a pulled hammy, Brit returned to her High School “team” to play one on eleven against another school. The other eleven beat her 5-0. 

#7 in progress. The New Year’s weigh in. 

2010 In Review

After giving up the list for the first three months of the year, I realized that the push it gave me/us to live a more eventful and productive life was worth the effort to resume it. 2010 was the year that our business transitioned from being a buying agency with little risk to a design and production house with a large payroll and overhead (at least for us). And although it was a necessary step in our eyes, meeting payroll was the main reason we didn’t swim with dolphins in the Caribbean or drink tea with monkeys at a Buddhist Temple in Bhutan.  After completing 80% of the list in 2009, we managed to complete just 53% in 2010. With that said, we probably wouldn’t have done a quarter of that if there was no list, so none of us here on Beverly Glen are complaining. I suppose the highlight was getting engaged after a thirteen year courtship on a hill overlooking London.  As for a few other highlights, here are my top ten from the year in no particular order.

1. Spending Mother’s Day with My Mom
2. Seeing Marquette Play followed by a dinner with buddies.
3. Christmas Eve at Dad’s.
4. Pebble Beach with my Dad and brothers.
5. Set my watch to Big Ben
6. Trip to Nashville
7. Vegas. 5 times.
8. Premiere League FA Cup Championship at Wimbley Stadium in London.
9. Brittany’s 15th in NYC
10. World Champion San Francisco Giants

#10 in progress. One of the better movies I’ve seen in the theaters for awhile.