Our Yearly Playlist

State Champs! Great way to end the year.

George & Summer Youmans

Reception Dinner

The Long Wedding Weekend Has Begun

The Friday evening welcome party that followed a day of golf that I mercifully wasn’t required to take part in.

#29 Done

#29 Done: Build a new website for LAFI

#20 in progress

#20: Read 30 Books Entertaining enough, but ultimately will be forgotten.

#62 Done

#62: Design new LAFI logo

Pizza for Mother’s Day

#68 Done

#68 Done. Gave up one seeing eye single in two near perfect innings in an epic 19 inning CIF playoff game. One game away from the finals for these wild cards.

Cinco De Drinko

#66 Done…Happy 12th, Hemingway!

#66: Celebrate Hemingway’s 12th

#61 in progress

#61: Eat at 10 new LA restaurants Loreto in Frogtown. Coastal Mexican. Excellent.

#23 Done

#23: Snowmobile

Sorry Mom, I’ll be fine. Took Brit on a run she wasn’t ready for. We got tangled up and my right hand took the edge of her skis. It was so warm that I wasn’t wearing gloves, so no bueno. On the plus side I got a look at my hand bones and they look super healthy.

Spring Skiing

On the road again

A beautiful day in the High Sierras.

#61 in Progress

#61: Try 10 New LA Restaurants N/Soto. Excellent.

#20 in Progress

#20: Read 30 Books Enjoyed.

#28 Done

#28: Getaway at the Vineyard What’s better than owning a vacation home? A friend who owns a vacation home. A beautiful weekend at the ever-evolving vineyard. We even got to squeeze in a few of Kaden’s baseball games.

Trying out the Rolls Royce of fishing waders. No better present for this 50 year old. Thanks Dad and Georgeanne!

A great low-key birthday weekend

Zoom call with buddies, dinner with dad and Georgeanne, axe throwing with friends, and a pool day cigar.

#22 Done

#22: Bake a perfect pizza Good enough that I’m not going to a pizza place that isn’t five stars.

Easter Came Early

With my sisters in town to attend Summer’s bridal shower, we used the opportunity to celebrate Kim’s and my 50th, as well as Easter.

Happy 50th Kim!

#61 in progress

#61: Try 5 New LA Restaurants Verse. A neighborhood spot with live music and great food.

First High School Bomb

Two way player!

#13 in Progress

Ingredients For the Marinade For the Stew #13: Prepare 10 Soups/Stews Delicious.

#20 in progress

#20: Read 30 Books Pretty spot on.

#51 Done

#51: Play Pickleball Celebrated George at his bachelor party and finally played some kickball. A lot of bros, but this house had no issue hosting us.

#61 in Progress

#61: Try 5 new LA Restaurants. Angler. A well deserved Michelin Star.

#20 In progress

#20: Read 30 Books As well written as this novel was, I just couldn’t love it.

Happy Birthday Tom

Not sure how I missed this, but happy belated birthday, Tom!

NYC

Managed to show Devin a few more of our favorite places in between the madness at Madison Square Garden.

And we win!

Marquette wins the regular season and Big East Tournament. Nice to see the Empire State Building lit up in MU blue and gold to honor the feat.

Looks like we’re headed to the finals

#40 Done

#40 Watch a sunset From the observation deck of the Freedom Tower. 40 Miles of visibility on this crisp March day.

#60 Done

#60: Have a drink in a bar over 100 years old Shared a pint of light and dark at McSorley’s Pub. 169 years old. If it was good enough for Abe Lincoln, it was good enough for us.

#74 Done. But not done.

#74: Big East Tournament We survive to play another day.

#46 Done

#46 Done, but still in progress: Visit an Island. Day one of exploring Manhattan with Sonia and Devin.

#20 in Progress

#20: Read 30 Books Didn’t do it for me.

Picked to finish 9th in our conference when the year started. As our point guard and probably Big East Player of the Year said back then, fuck ‘em.

#95 in Progress

#95: Build a TV wall display With nothing but rain in the forecast, figured I start an indoor project.