Our Yearly Playlist

I’m not jinxed. Giants win 7-1.

Waiting for a BP home run in the bay.

Calm before the storm. 3 plus hours early.

Can I get a Win?

3 games, 3 loses.

Final fitting before the big show next Thursday.

Celebrated the Giants win by taking Sonia to see two of my current favorite bands, Imagine Dragons and Awolnation. Great show, but I did feel a bit old.

Didn’t See That Coming

Giants win three road games in a row to oust the Reds. If I ever get another dog I will name him Buster Posey.

#20 in Progress

Or not. A chain of stores wants to carry Basically Me, however they want a deal. A deal that we will most likely reject. It looks like Basically Me will be better off dealing with the little fish in the sea rather than the whales for the foreseeable future.

Last shows of the year. Atlanta starts tomorrow, Dallas in a couple of weeks. After that, we need to get creative and make sure we can cover the overhead until the new year.

I hope this video is a hit, because the Giants couldn’t buy one.

#81 Done.

The other San Francisco Giants. Spent the morning walking through the Muir Redwoods a few miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge. “The redwoods, once seen, leave a mark or create a vision that stays with you always. No one has ever successfully painted or photographed a redwood tree. The feeling they produce is not transferable. From them comes silence and awe. It’s not…

Game One

Didn’t go as planned, but the Reds used a lot of pitchers to win this one.

3 hours before game time. A little late,but we’ll make do.

From Our Hotel Room

It’s Fleet Week in San Francisco. The Blue Angels continue to roar past our windows and over AT&T park. Can’t wait to see them fly over the stadium tonight. Go Giants!

Happy Birthday, Anna!

Happy 8th Birthday to my oldest niece!

#74 Failed

Today is the last day of the MLB season which means I failed to make it to Wrigley and see one of the Cubs 100 loses.

The new floor and chandelier have been installed finally making the kitchen complete.

The Lumineers is Brit’s discovery and now one of my favorite bands. Tonight we enjoyed their LA concert (their first sell out) at the Fonda Theater in Hollywood. I saw Pearl Jam at Marquette before they were “Pearl Jam”. This may have been Brit’s Pearl Jam.

This is getting out of control.

Spent the evening at David Murdock’s ridiculous estate for the Children’s Hospital charity event that has consumed Georgeanne’s life for the last few months. Seemed like a great success to me. Jason Alexander was the host. I clearly need the iPhone 5.

Hemingway Authors His Perfect Day

Did I mention our warehouse doesn’t have central air conditioning?

Behind the scenes

We spent the day shooting press for our upcoming fashion show during LA Fashion Week. Sonia survived her first television interview.

Our bamboo kitchen floor just isn’t cutting it, so out it goes. Now we need to replace it.

Clinched

#19 In Progress

Sonia and I will soon be empty nesters in our early forties. It would be a shame if we didn’t take advantage of our lot in life and branch out a bit. Making the top five neighborhoods we’d like to live in five years is the lower East side of Manhattan. Take this picture I took in Greenwich Village. What’s not to like? A…

We’re back. Just in time to watch Brit help her team to their league leading fifth win.

Rob Reiner is sitting in front of us. Everyone first associates “When Harry Meets Sally” with him, but it’s Spinal Tap, Stand By Me and The Princess Bride for me.

#79 Done

Enjoyed a picnic in Central Park.

This is a glimpse of the scene outside of the Apple flagship store today as the iPhone 5 goes on sale. I am merely a spectator and will wait until my contract is up in May.

The Burger Joint

Although #28 is complete, my quest to find the perfect burger remains. Our hotel is home to one of the better ones. To get to the The Burger Joint, you must pass beneath a curtain and walk down a dark corridor before finally entering this quirky eatery.

Sonia let me find my shawarma in Greenwich Village… So, I had to join her at Saks Fifth Avenue, home of the largest shoe floor in the country. No joke, the floor has its own zip code. Although there are a million places I’d rather be, it’s sort of cool to visit a Saks Fifth Avenue that’s actually on Fifth Avenue.

Dinner at Spice Market in the meat packing district.

An Unexpected Treat

Thanks to last night’s monsoon, the Yankees played a makeup game this afternoon and lucky for me, my buddy Matt was willing to play hooky for a few hours. It was a perfect fall day at the new Yankee Stadium. Thanks buddy.

#28 Done

The Minetta Tavern serves a fine burger. Top 25? Maybe. Top five I’ve ever had? No. But, I definitely enjoyed National Cheeseburger Day. Seriously, it was National Cheeseburger day. Look it up.

On Bleeker Street. Killing time before dinner, we enjoyed our time at an Irish dive bar populated by Asian Americans with deep New York accents. Lots of cool behavior that would have closed down an LA bar in an instant. Walking down Bleeker Street, there were more than a handful of joints I would have fought to eat at, but today is National Cheeseburger…

The calm after the storm. The Javits Center was 105 humid degrees during set up, perfect for a cool headed couple like Sonia and myself.

Waiting for our room to nap before booth set up.

Sonia and I took in the Book of Mormon with my Dad, Georgeanne, Sean, Kim, George and Rosie. Very funny. The Youmans boys minus Sean, so here he is on the phone.

Brit scored two goals and helped her team stay undefeated in league play after four games.

Photo Shoot at the house today despite record breaking temps.

This is getting ridiculous.

#3 Done

Sonia and I finally have our own private office with a gritty LA view. For the fourth year in a row, LA Fashion Insider, Inc. has grown. In the last eight months we have added one employee, moved into a 4300 square foot space and have increased revenues by about 75%. Unfortunately operational costs are rising even faster, so I’m not very optimistic about…

A documentary that follows the chef of an eight seat sushi restaurant tucked away in a Tokyo subway station that is considered to be the best in world. I need to try before he retires.

Both fantasy football teams performed well, Brittany scored four goals to help her team to 5-0 win and the pool was a perfect 82 degrees. Sunday, Funday.

Enjoyed Lawless. A slow burn of a movie.

Preparing Sonia for the zombie apocalypse.

All Sonia’s doing.

Finally tried Red O. Three out of five stars.