Our Yearly Playlist

Four clients in a week, four expensive dinners. I think we may have lost money.  

Took a client to Bottega Louis in downtown. Great place.

8 games at once is how I spent my Sunday.

Spent an early morning in Newbury Park to watch Brit’s team serve up a 4-0 whooping. Brit scored twice and the team is 2-0.

Netflixed the Green Zone. Sub par reviews kept me from seeing it in theaters, but I liked it.

Brit had two assists to help her team win the first game of the season, 2-0.

August Recap It has recently become clear that #1 makes everything else difficult to get to.  Other than a sunset and a bottle of wine, the list took a back seat to textiles.  There are certainly worse problems to have, but I’m sure going to miss having an Old Style at Wrigley.  What’s Done… #12. Caught the sun setting over the horizon on Pismo…

The defending champ makes his pick for this year’s team.

Netflixed Greenberg. Meh.

There she goes. First day of 10th grade. 

Brit’s team lost 3-2 in the finals.  Refs were ridiculously bad, but the girls weren’t as sharp as the previous three games. Brit had a great tourney with four goals and three assists. Our tournament season is now finished as league starts up next weekend. 

Famous pismo beach chowder for lunch.

Brit’s team went 2-0-1 to win their pool and make the finals. They’ll play an undefeated team this afternoon.

#25 done. Had a nice pinot from a local Arroyo Grande winery.

#12 done.

Our first game was a rematch against the best team we’ve ever played (they knocked us out of the State Cup in the semis). This time around Brit’s team won 2-0. Brit scored both, the second was probably one of her best goals of all time.

Playing in the vineyard covered hills of Arroyo Grande. Beautiful day.

#57 done. Pismo Beach.

At Pismo Beach, about an hour north of Santa Barbara.

Cleaning out the closets. Can you spot Bella?

Back in the high school gym for Brit’s 10th grade orientation .

Like most people who read, I finished The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and really liked it. The writer, Steig Larsson wrote this, his first novel, as part of a trilogy that was published after his death.  His trilogy has sold over 30 million copies and continues to climb.  Ain’t that the pits.

For reasons unknown, I decided to cook some Paella tonight. Despite having no clue how to go about it, both Sonia and Brittany gave me a big thumbs up. 

Another Vegas weekend in the books. When you’re flying in, the place seems so small, but once you’re on the strip, every hotel feels like a mile apart. Everyone has their own Vegas. It’s a place where you can do anything. Well, we pretty much have our Vegas routine down. We stay at a nice enough hotel with a great pool. We do a little…

Pre craps dinner

100 degree night

For the kids.

On the strip.

Making the heat work for us.

Not cool

Summer is raging this week as we are expected to hit triple digits through Friday.

We finally had the first beach day of the summer.  

And there he goes. Bought Devin a car and his freedom today. Now, he can complain about gas prices like the rest of us.

I was sweating and wearing a hat. Sonia was fresh from the factory floors. But, we were in the neighborhood, so we had dinner at Crustacean, in Beverly Hills.  They probably thought we were Hollywood types.

Netflixed Kick-Ass. Outside of maybe George, none of you will like this.

Some friends of ours bought an old blues bar that has seen better days.  Last night we gave it a private sendoff before the remodel. 

Netflixed The African Queen.  Dialogue between the two was great at times, but the movie as a whole was just okay in my humble opinion.

My grandfather voted for Senator Ted Stevens in every election beginning in 1968. This is the only letter I currently have, but there were several between them throughout the years. 

We need a bigger office.

After putting herself through Fashion & Design school, I’m not sure our employee Annie thought she’d become a sample model.

Brit’s team lost in the semis 1-0 to a premiere team after an errant pass from our own defender to our goalie. It’s a one mistake game.

Between games at Newport Beach

Showcase tourney in Irvine for college scouts. Brit’s team is the lowest ranked as a silver. They play two silver elite teams, then two premiere teams tomorrow.

July Recap Said happy birthday to Sonia, Sean, George, Georgeanne & Matt.  I also hit up Vegas a couple of times, set up a downtown office and, along with my brothers, finally took my Dad to a ball game in San Francisco on our own dime. Oh, and Pebble Beach was pretty cool, too. What’s done… #1. WIth a healthy buying agency chugging along,…

Hard to get any work done with this one hogging up my desk space.

Took my girls out for dinner to Cecconi’s in West Hollywood. Great food. Unfortunately Brit has expensive tastes and will bankrupt her future suitors. 

Discussing Devin’s future with Sean at the Fizz.