#30: Go to 5 live music venues in LA.

Mumford and Sons with the fam at Banc of California Stadium.

Lunch in Malibu with Mom, Kaden and Kennedy.

A worthy successor to Larsson’s trilogy.

Air conditioning went kaput, so the dogs were outside early.

Celebrating the July birthdays.

#48: See 10 New Movies in the Theater

Loved the ending.

You’re so old this glacier isn’t there anymore.

Beautiful evening in Pacific Palisades.

Hollywood days and nights for Sonia’s 49th.

A Bronco kind of weekend.

#20: Read 8 Fiction Novels

Tenth one to date.  It was entertaining enough.

#32: Go to a baseball stadium I’ve never been to

Hammons Field. Home of the Springfirld Cardinals. Unfortunately, Alex was a late scratch after feeling shoulder discomfort during warm ups.

#63: Visit 3 Museums

Bentonville, Arkansas is home to Walmart and the Walton kids love art, so we went to three museums. Crystal Bridges, our hotel (also a museum: and the Walmart museum.

BBQ pit stop at Jack Stack in Kansas City.

The heartland.

#28: Read a top 50 book of all time I haven’t read

I completely understand why this would be considered a top 50 book, but if you read modern novels, it takes to much effort to enjoy.

#89: 5 Masterclasses

Another great class with novelist, David Baldacci.

Sleepover for George’s bday weekend.

#88: Host a summer party.

Over heated the pool to 103 degrees, but it made for a great late night spa.

Escaped with plenty of time left on the clock.

USA from henry james on Vimeo.

Spain, France and now England. The women have run the gaunlet to get to the finals.

Paul from henry james on Vimeo.

77 and Paul still has more energy than me. A three hour show.

#43: Lounge by 5 hotel pools

The Palazzo in Vegas.

From Ciprani in Vegas

IMG_0027 from henry james on Vimeo.

Another quality start, but the bullpen blew his win against the Astros excellent AA team. Fun watching Alex face World Series MVP George Springer.

Great to see my good friend Jeff and his son, Charlie from Chicago. Hemingway was particularly happy to see, Charlie.

#20: Read 8 Fiction Novels

Excellent read.

After a hellish trip to Midland, Texas, Alex finally made it to the team’s hotel around 3am. He made his Double AA debut later that day in what was arguabley his best minor league start to date.

Alex was introduced in his first professional all star game, but was told he wouldn’t be pitching because he was moving on up. He’ll pitch Monday for the double a Springfield Cards.

Kershaw v Lester should have been a pitcher’s duel but….

#89. Complete 5 Master Classes

#66: Visit a winery

Enjoyed a supper club weekend in Kenwood and Napa.

The level of personalization is amazing.

Used to live here, but this may be just the second time I’ve landed at the Santa Rosa airport.

#48: See 10 New Movies in the Theater

Great movie.

#30: Go to five live music venues in LA

Our club hosted an evening with Michael McDonald and it was pretty awesome.

#20: Read 8 Fiction Novels

Good writer, but this one was hard to get into.

Alex made the Advance A Ball all star game. A well deserved accomplishment.