Alex’s spring training will come a bit earlier this year as he has been invited to the Cardinals major league camp.

#20: Read 4 Pulitzer winning/finalist Fiction Novels

A beautifully written novel about our relationship with trees. I took more away from the writing than the actual story. I also learned that even though a lot of people can hate a book, the author can still win the Pulitzer Prize.

Typical client dinner. Always the designated picture taker.

#45: Three Beaches. Incredible weather to start of the new year.

Beach hair

Kaden

#56: Bike ride in another city. Oxnard, CA

1. Sleep in a treehouse
2. Grow LA Fashion Insider
3. Ring in the New Year
4. Do something I wouldn’t do if not for this blog
5. Go to a Marquette game
6. Key West
7. Shot gun
8. Off roading
9. Stay at a top 20 US hotel
10. Go to a playoff game
11. Sleep in the desert
12. Visit an American City we’ve never been to
13. Visit a state we’ve never been to
14. Celebrate Sonia’s 50th
15. Go Skiing
16. Soak in a hot spring
17. Convert guest bedroom into a library/study
18. Pool Fence
19. Pay off Amex Business
20. Read 4 Pulitzer winning/finalist Fiction Novels
21. Read 14 additional books
22. Go to Wrigley
23. Travel with an empty suitcase
24. Five hikes
25. Go vegan for two weeks
26. Take the top off or sell the Bronco
27. Celebrate Devin’s 30th
28. Read a top 50 book of all time I haven’t read
29. Complete Spain/Portugal Album
30. Go to five live music venues in LA
31. Spend a day at a lake
32. Go to a baseball stadium I’ve never been to
33. Sleep in a tent
34. Draft our wills
35. Eat seafood seaside 
36. A look back on the ‘10s
37. Attend my nephew’s HS graduation
38. San Diego
39. Watch a sunrise
40. Watch a sunset
41. Star Gaze
42. Nap in a hammock
43. Lounge by 5 hotel pools
44. Attend a music festival
45. Three Beaches
46. Throw an Axe
47. New Orleans
48. See 10 New Movies in the Theater
49. Eat at Vespertine
50. Cardio
51. Train Ride
52. Kayak
53. New laptops
54. Have a picnic
55. Out of State Concert
56. Staycation
57. Dinner at home one full week (3 times)
58. Go to a Giants game
59. Have a drink in a bar over 200 years old
60. Commission a Pear Jam/MU Concert poster from 92’
61. Eat at a top 100 restaurant
62. Visit a National Park
63. Visit 3 Museums
64. Bike ride in another city
65. Deep sea fishing
66. Stay at a winery
67. Aurora Borealis
68. Set my watch to 5 different time zones
69. Fish a river or stream
70. Frame Pearl Jam posters
71. See 3 Plays
72. Buy a new suit
73. Have a Catch
74. Go to a professional sport match I’ve never been to
75. Finish first draft of novel
76. Go to an island
77. See Alex pitch
78. Five rooftop toasts
79. Garage Sale
80. Landscape the curbside
81. Art for the dining room wall
82. New car for me
83. Remove a tattoo
84. Go to a top 50 bar in the world
85. RV
86. Go to a Bears game
87. Celebrate Hemingway’s 9th
88. Host a summer party
89. Learn more Spanish
90. Palm Springs
91. New car for Sonia
92. Las Vegas
93. Add five vintage hard covers to the library
94. Weigh 165
95. Weigh 160
96. Plan a 2020 trip with my mom & Jim
97. Start second novel
98. Walk across a bridge
99. Family photo
100. Tour a winery

#91: Car Accident Free. Done driving for the year. Made it.

#73: Have a catch.

#65: Jet ski

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#56: Staycation in Oxnard, California.

Loved it. Not for everyone though.

#2: Grow LA Fashion Insider

I stepped back from the company to start writing again and the result was a second year in a row of growth. Hmm.

Last book of the year. A great writer.

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#48: I saw the first one when I was around 8 years old. I started sharing the folklore with the kids when they were around the same age. It took four decades, but tonight, I took in the last chapter of Star Wars with my adult children. The tear in my eye wasn’t for the storyline.

#20: It was obviously well written, but a bit old fashion for my taste.

#29: Complete Magnolia & Seoul Album

Took the kids to a business meeting.

Brit won him a big ball at her company party at Universal Studios.

Loved it.

Well written, but my least favorite of his.

Cool pic with a future hall of fame catcher.

Broke into our place to “inside job” the pot shop above us, but when they hit concrete our computers were their parting gifts.

#68: Set my watch to 5 different time zones.

For the first time in years we’re not getting on a jet plane for the holidays. That said, #68 is complete with six time zones.

Pacific Time: Los Angeles. Napa & Sonoma Valley. Las Vegas. Yosemite.

Mountain Time: Sun Valley, Idaho.

Atlantic Time: NYC layover

Central time: Dallas. Austin. Kansas City & Springfield, Missouri. Fayetteville, Arkansas. New Orleans.

Central European Standard Time: Madrid, Barcelona & Seville.

Western European Standard Time: Lisbon, Porto & Sintra.

Enjoyed it.

#75: Commit to a writing process

After a ten year hiatus, I’m finally writing like it’s my job again. Thanks to Sonia, I’ve been writing 40 hours a week since April. Hope to have a first draft of a novel next year.

Lost Spirits Distillery Tour

Thanksgiving prep.

Devin got the spare.

Coles French Dip, LA Car Show and Korean BBQ are a few of Devin’s favorite things.

Loved the writing. Not alone considering it won the Pulitzer Prize.

Grateful to spend so much time with this one.

Cruising around downtown.

It was probably the elephant research and subplot of this mystery that got me.

I didn’t love the book, but I loved the writing.

After a six year hiatus, one of our biggest clients (now 40 stores) came back to us.

Donna Summer at the Pantages. Fun night with my dad and Georgeanne.

First time golfing in four years. Last time golfing in at least the next eight. Loved the company though.

85 and sunny. Great place to nap in the backyard.

They’re very attentive now that we’re home.

Late night ice cream with the kids.

#21 Read 4 non fiction books

Some good nuggets gleaned from the letters of a man who loathed to speak of writing.

#90: Palm Springs

Best place to recoup from a vacation.

22 years is looking good on us.