Well that was a huge mistake.

Can’t go to Chitown without a couple of dawgs from Gene’s and Jude’s.

Sonia, Brit and I joined a good college buddy and his family at Joe’s Seafood, Stone Crab and Prime Steak to help him celebrate his 40th. Sonia and Brittany ate and ran to see Beyonce perform from her cousin’s luxury box at the United Center. I was luckily not invited.

Love this city, but 95 degrees and deathly humid.

You can still get a decent meal on a domestic flight. Virgin Airlines.

#52 in Progress

I learned nothing.

Happy 18th to My Little Girl

My daughter is now an “adult”. Bittersweet.

#76 Done

Enjoyed the gourmet Mexican restart, YXTA, our tenth new restaurant of the year.

#6 in Progress

Dropped Brit off at UCR for orientation. Less than a month to go. The other girl is Brit’s future teammate and roommate.

#58 Done

Enjoyed a showing of Bill Murray’s “Stripes” at the LA Historic State Park on the outskirts of downtown.

#68 in Progress

Tried the Dirty Sanchez burger (ground beef, pastrami) from the El Burger food truck.

#67 in Progress

July 6, 2012 July 6, 2013 It will take a miracle to meet last year’s numbers, but at least our Facebook fans are still increasing.

#6 in Progress

We’re getting closer.

#53 In Progress

Much like The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons, The Inferno was a fun read.

4th of July

Other then Devin stepping on the scorching hot grill and barbecuing his foot, it was a great 4th.

Beating the Heat

As long as George is around, I will never be a favorite uncle.

#19 Done

I never said it had to be a good beer. We messed up the yeast part of the equation which resulted in a flat, bitter brew.

Beautiful night at the ballpark with Sonia, Georgeanne and my Dad. Giants lost by a couple of inches.

#11 Fails

Although I think it would’ve been a cool project, remembering to take a one second video every day became too much of burden.

Summer Weekend. Food. Pool. Bronco. Repeat.

Happy Birthday, Mama

Thank you for introducing me to nature and sparking my love for animals. I probably never would have cared to travel to Africa if it wasn’t for you.

Their choice for dinner, our choice of movie. Kids picked better.

First time I’ve done this in well over fifteen years.

Father’s Day dinner.

Happy Birthday, Aunt Ona!

Happy Birthday to my Aunt Ona. Thank you for teaching me and giving me everything most adults at the time deemed inappropriate. Love you.

#17 in Progress

Beers are bottled. Two weeks away from a tasting. Not optimistic.

#76 in Progress

Enjoyed the newly opened Hinoki and the Bird in Century City. chili crab toast, beef tartar and baked yam.

Africa

“To see ten thousand animals untamed and not branded with the symbols of human commerce is like scaling an unconquered mountain for the first time, or like finding a forest without roads or footpaths, or the blemish of an axe. You know then what you had always been told — that the world once lived and grew without adding machines and newsprint and brick-walled…

Watching TV for the first time in over ten days, but my mind is on the plains watching the sunset.

This is it

Hard to describe this moment. I’ll try to in the next post. We were both a mess. So much harder to say good bye to Africa and our guide, Aloyce, who spent at least eight hours a day with us over the past eight days giving us an experience that has forever changed our lives.

Last Morning in Camp

The wildebeests have arrived in camp.

Last Evening in Africa

No, it isn’t our honeymoon, but everyone here at Singita continues to make us feel like we’re staring in Out of Africa. Never have experienced such service, warmth and flat out magic than here at the Sabora camp.

I’d shower three times a day with this view.

In the Village

Sonia and I toured the local community that has gone from a poor village to a prosperous one with several schools and successful businesses because of the partnership with the Grumeti Reserve. We met with a local farmer who invited us to his home and showed us around his poultry farm. He and his sons seemed genuinely happy to have us and gave us…

Slept in and watched the sunrise from the tent.

One of my favorite shots. A double exposure accident.

I’ll lose the weight in July.