#24 in progress. Got our Puerto Rican on at Sazon in Tribecca on Saturday night.  A hip and happening place with huge portions.  We both ordered the Pernil (pork), rice and plantains.  Slept well that night.

#78 Done. The street vendors are on every corner in the city and I always risk the consequences at least once a trip for a good dog. One dollar bought me a boiled dog with red onions. Healthy? No. Tasty? Absolutely.

#93 Devoured. Whenever someone compiles a top ten burger list, Peter Luger’s in Brooklyn is almost always high on the list.  Happy to say it lived up to the hype.

Enjoying the views of the Long Island Sound in Connecticut.

Sonia with Addie Lucey in Greenwich, CT

#24 in progress. Had Adrienne’s Pizza for lunch.  Located on Stone Street in downtown Manhattan.  Best pizza I’ve had.

http://www.viddler.com/player/440f310c/ #17 Complete. Enjoyed a game at the new Citifield in Flushing, New York. Dodgers beat up on the Mets.  The park itself is beautiful.  A much bigger Pac Bell without the views. The new stadiums continue to make Dodger Stadium a bit of a joke. (Source: http://www.viddler.com/)

#92 Done. It was a picture perfect 75 degree day in NYC and the park has never been better.

#24 in Progress. Ate Oysters at the Oyster Bar in the bowels of Grand Central Station.

Grand Central Station

Watched the sun rise from the East from our airplane to NYC.

One of the more surreal moments we had in Vegas last weekend is captured in this video. I’m quite certain half the people who saw this impersonator believed he was actually Michael.  To be honest, it was actually hard not to. He had the voice, look, mannerisms and weirdness factor down cold.  People were screaming and video taping his every move. And while this…

This is a picture of me with my college roommates and best friends, Packy Taylor (left) and Matt Lucey (middle).  It’s not a particularly good picture, but I prefer to post the more awkward ones when talking about my friends.  I believe this was taken in Matt’s room in our apartment senior year.  It’s hard to tell what time it is because Matt is…

#87 Finito. After dinner and a couple of drinks at Spago at Caesar’s Palace, we did a little window shopping at the Forum Shops.  As “luck” would have it, her favorite shoe designer, Giuseppe Zanotti, had a boutique and I, as I already mentioned, had a couple of drinks.  Long story short, Sonia finally owns a dream shoe.  Expensive? Yes. Deserved? Without a doubt.

#24 in progress. Ate at Tao at the Venetian. Impressive design, great people watching spot, so-so food. There were a thousand people outside just waiting to get into the club.

#32 Done. We saw Phantom of the Opera Vegas style. The sets were incredible.  The chandelier alone was a show stopper.  Best of all, I didn’t lose any money for the a hour and a half watching it.

Another pool day today in Vegas.  King James looked on with approval.

#45 Done.  Roulette is the casino’s best friend.  With the worst odds in Vegas, it’s a tax for people who are bad a math.  Although I am bad at math, I chose this goal for the thrill of the long shot.  After checking in, we found the nearest roulette table and dumped too much money for one spin on five numbers.  We played 8…

Vegas baby. We Just arrived at our Hotel, The Palazzo (the Venetian’s new one) and will strategize at the pool for a few hours. Numbers 32 and 45 will fall. Beyond that, anything goes. What happens in Vegas will be blogged in Vegas.

June Recap. While June was a month of big accomplishments, only two goals (#8 & #90) were actually completed.  However, celebrating Devin and my brother George’s graduation from high school with the family, as well as seeing Brittany graduate from middle school,  June just may turn out to be the most significant of the year.   And although not on the list, I finally…

Kids left for Chicago.  Time to knock out 30% of the list in one month.

#28 in progress.  Personally, I think Jon Claude Van Damn has made more socially relevant films than Sullivan’s Travels, but maybe that’s just me. I still don’t think it’s worthy of AFI’s top 100 of all time.

Finished up a fun weekend at the beach.  Brit’s team made it to the championship game, but came up a goal short in PK’s.

More Beach Soccer.

#8 Done. Six months into the year and we have surpassed last year’s “sales”. We can now say we have officially grown our business.

Happy Birthday Dad!  Hope you get everything you asked for.

Netflixed The Wackness. I liked it.  None of you I know would feel the same way.

#28 in progress.  Sunset Boulevard is a great movie.  A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent-film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.  A true Hollywood Horror.

http://www.viddler.com/player/a6e20aba/ Happy Birthday Mom.  Here’s some video of her 60th in Tahoe that I cut together in the form of a horror trailer. (Source: http://www.viddler.com/)

Happy Father’s Day. (pictured: three generations of Kenwoods)

#24 in progress.  Celebrated our 12 year anniversary at the new Boa in Hollywood.  Lots of celebrities.  Fun place to people watch.

Like any Apple addict I dragged the family to the mall at 6am to wait in line for the new iPhone 3GS.  Five hours later we had our crack phones.

#12 in progress.  The not so little girl graduated from middle school.  Time to invest in a shotgun.

http://www.viddler.com/player/ea265139/ It’s been five days since I completed my 365 photo diary project, and while I still have the urge to digitally capture the highlights of my day, I’m glad it’s over.  Between June 12th, 2008 and June 12th, 2009 I posted over 1700 photos to my flickr account. Among the highlights captured were a couple of friend’s weddings, a father-son trip to Yankee…

The quest for perfect teeth is a bumpy one.  For the third straight week, Brittany’s check up has resulted in unexpected oral surgery.  Despite her toughness, tears followed. Maybe slightly crooked teeth aren’t so bad.

Happy Birthday to my Aunt Ona today.  Here is a picture of Devin posing with her graduation gifts to him.  Cash and condoms.  Gotta love her.  Devin’s grandfather, a very religious man, is staying with us for a few weeks and thought the colorful pleasure pack was a box of gum.

Brit’s team won the Santa Monica Beach Tourney this weekend. Brittany bruised her right foot, so she used her left foot to score a bunch of goals. Always a great way to spend the weekend.

Saw Pixar’s Up today.  Very good.  The four minute montage in the beginning is one of the best I’ve seen.

Beach Soccer

http://www.viddler.com/player/19d80a90/ A short video from Devin’s graduation.  Thanks again to everyone who came, especially my sister, Michelle, who was down here to celebrate our brother’s graduation a few days ago, then flew back home to Washington to devote a couple of days to fight cancer, then got back on a plane to be here with us last night.  Awesome. (Source: http://www.viddler.com/)

We moved another step closer to #11.  Devin is a grad.  Despite a painfully awkward and boring ceremony, we were proud parents and grateful to have so much family in attendance.  I’ll post a video tomorrow, but thank you to everyone who helped make this night special for us.

I finally got around to seeing the latest James Bond flick, Quantum of Solace.  I know some Bond fans were upset, but I like the direction they’re taking the franchise.

#24 in progress. We took a few clients out to the new downtown restaurant, Rivera.  A latin fused tapas joint with great food and even better drinks.

The inspiration for this blog was a photo diary project I started on June 12th of last year. I vowed to take at least one photo a day for 365 days and post them to my flickr account for a few friends and family to follow.  I’ll write more about it once it’s completed in five days, but until then feel free to take…

Saw The Hangover.  Funny.

A beautiful day at the ballpark.

We attended our final High School baseball banquet dinner with Devin.  He was given the Golden Glove award as the team’s best defensive player.  #8 made us proud.

#90 Done.  George’s graduation brought the family together giving me an opportunity to play with all of my nieces and nephews. Best game of the evening was beaning each other with ping pong balls.

My “little” brother graduated.

#22 in progress. Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller is a half fiction, half autobiographical account of the author’s life as a struggling writer in Paris.  It was first published in 1934 in Paris, but didn’t hit America until 1961.  Its publication in the states led to an obscenity trial that tested many American laws on pornography. Although it depicts frank and graphic sex, it is by…