Our Yearly Playlist

Tower Bridge.

#13 Done. Enjoyed the gloomy charm and a pint at the Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese in London. It’s been around since just after the great fire in 1666. Oliver Goldsmith, Mark Twain, Alfred Tennyson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Dr. Samuel Johnson are all said to have been ‘regulars’. The Cheshire Cheese Pub is famously alluded to in Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities: followingCharles Darnay’s acquittal…

Toured England’s most sacred of places, Westminster Abbey. Cameras weren’t allowed inside, but I’m not sure pictures would do the place justice. It’s truly awe inspiring. Most of England’s Kings and Queens are buried here beginning with Henry III. Saint Edward the Confessor was buried here in 1072.  In addition to all of the royalty, the tombs of Sir Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin…

Had a meal at Joel Rubicon’s, L’Atelier in Soho, London. Damn good.

This is probably where Keats wrote poetry.

I recently read a quote by some dude smarter than me who said, “We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.” Moved, I decided to share this sentiment with Sonia while here in London since I like to pretend I’m a character in a Hemingway novel.  We took the Tube outside of the…

Never met a stranger named Kenwood, but there’s a street sign in every city.

At Trafalgar Square.

An early morning walk through Green Park in Mayfair.

At Buckingham Palace. Too early for the tourists. A picture perfect day.

#9 Up and Running. We cashed our first check on the manufacturing side. Hopefully it’s just the beginning.

Had lunch with my Dad today at Tom Colicchio’s, Craft in Century City. After a few Kusshi oysters, I tried the Quail with wild blueberries.  Not a huge meal, but perfect for a guy trying to balance a love affair with food and clothes that fit.  Very good meal.

#7 Done.  

Part of Sonia’s Mother’s Day Breakfast. Egg and Bacon stuffed peppers.

BBQ

Netflixed… Enjoyed.

Making a run for the playoffs.

Happy Mexican St. Patrick’s Day.

April Recap Time flies when you’re having fun.  Turned another year older last month, but other than a bad back I don’t feel any older.  Brittany on the other hand… Anyway, we finally managed to knock a handful of goals off the list. What’s done… #2 – It only took two months to try twelve new restaurants. Surprised? Neither are we. #9 – Started…

#2 is complete.  Took two months to complete what I thought would have taken at least six.  Here is the list. Bouchon The Edison Delphine Thompson Hotel Downtown Taco Truck The Lazy Ox Canteen The Boxwood The Library Bar Lucques Bastide The W Church & State

Not only will this oil spill likely kill the profits of some of our largest clients, it will probably devastate the oyster industry.  Son of a…

#58 Done. The backyard is ready for a few BBQs and a nap or two.

Braces.

First official pic with the new camera.

#34 done. Went with the Canon Rebel T2i.  Can’t wait to learn how to actually use it.

A perfect Farmer’s Market morning.

#2 in progress. Tucked away in an old biscuit factory in the industrial part of downtown is the little French bistro, Church & State. Best French Onion Soup ever. Very good food. Maybe great.

Got the new iPad….iLove.

It’s like Christmas Eve.

Marquette area bar, Hegarty’s Pub, poured its last stout last night making it the final bar of my youth to be shot in the back of the head by the Man at Marquette.  #75 will now consist of me touring a local Dairy Queen where I will try to picture the spot where Matt passed out while standing up and managed to stay upright…

#2 in progress. We had a great dinner at Bastide in Beverly Hills last night.  Bastide is one of a handful of five star restaurants in L.A and it didn’t disappoint.  The ambiance was top notch and the food was very good. But compared to the other five star restaurant we tried (lucques) it didn’t hold up.  

#37 in progress. The S.Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2010 were announced today. Denmark’s Noma was ranked number #1.  I’ll have the following eight U.S. restaurants to choose from. Alinea in Chicago, Illinois; Daniel, Per Se, Le Bernardin, Momofuku Ssäm Bar, wd~50 and Eleven Madison Park in New York; and The French Laundry in Yountville, California.

#36 in progress. My men’s line will be named after my namesake.

#9 Complete. We have officially expanded into the world of manufacturing.

Netflixed An Education. Love movies that inspire me to write. 

Netflixed Where the Wild Things Are. A decent movie, but it couldn’t touch the book.

Making Brit and her friend eat oysters. They like.

#20 in progress. Sun. Lounge chair. Kindle. Pina Colada. Pool. No Complaints.

Found some warm weather.

Looks like a nice day to watch a softball game, but it’s damn cold. We’re going to chase the Sun soon.

#67 in progress. Sonia and I watched the Laker game at Rocco’s last night and struck up a conversation with a man from Nashville.  Turns out he was a songwriter and owned a successful music studio.  He even worked with Ann Marie Boskovich, so small world.  He offered to give Devin an internship and invited us to the lake when we make it out to…

Brit’s team won their quarter-final game and made it to the final four of State Cup where they lost to a gold team 3-1.