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#30: Spend a day at the lake
#64: Jet ski

Spent an unplanned day on the lake with our clients. It’s been a long time.

A good BBQ should always have a line.

The diet is on vacation.

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The 5BB is actually 5KO.

#47: See 10 New Movies in the Theater

Liked the first one better, but it entertained.

#57: Revisit the Hermosa early years

Spent a lot of time here in the early 2000s, but not too much in the last decade. Breakfast at the Good Stuff. World Cup at Malloy’s. A bike ride along the Strand. Drinks at the Poop Deck. A Philly Cheese Steak at Mike’s. A perfect ten kind of day.

#13: Try 10 of Gold’s top 100 LA restaurants

Cassia in Santa Monica. Sure Sonia spilled her wine all over me, but it was still top notch.

#19: Read 8 Fiction Novels

Enjoyed

#43 Attend a music festival

Arroyo Seco in Pasadena for the weekend. The Bangles, Capital Cities, Los Lobos, Gary Clark Jr., Robert Plant and The Kings of Leon to bring it home.

Alex continues to crush it and earned his first player of the game tonight. Brit is supportive, but “secretly” hopes he doesn’t get called up to the next level before her trip out to Peoria.

#47:  See 10 movies in the theatre.

We saw the first one when Brit was eight. Fourteen years later number two. It was cute.

#95:  Weigh 175lbs

Down from a two year high of 186lbs.

His favorite strawberry rhubarb pie with all five of his children.

A beautiful day in Malibu.

#20: Read 4 Non Fiction

Completely changed my world view perspective.

He helped guide many trips of ours. A great writer of food, travel and people.

Hardest part of this Keto diet is turning down all of the event appetizers.

Barely left the back yard this weekend. Hemingway had his first post surgery swim.

Took out his old carrier and he was quick to jump in, ready for travel.

#13: Try 10 of Gold’s top 101 LA Restaurants

Petite Trois opened in the Valley. New favorite brunch spot.

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Great way to start a relaxing weekend.

#19: Read 8 Fiction Novels

Number one read book last year. Plot seemed a bit forced to me.

#70: See a play

Dinner and a show with my dad and Georgeanne. Movie was better, but a cute play nonetheless.

#19: Read 8 Fiction Novels

Lots of characters, hence the title. Once I got to know everyone it was a good read.

Hemingway loves Amazon Prime.

#24: Visit a Hemingway Haunt

Finally ate at Hemingway’s favorite LA restaurant, Musso & Frank. We added a visit to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s favorite watering hole, The Frolic Room.

#13: Try 10 of Gold’s top 101 LA Restaurants

A big French lunch at Petite Trois.

Stitches are out, but the news was not good. The surgeon was able to remove the tumor with large margins, but the final pathology report revealed that the mast cells had penetrated the deep margins into the muscle, so there is a flip of the coin chance that it will recur within a year.  And if doesn’t recur in the same spot, he’s likely to form another one somewhere else. Hemingway has made it clear that he would like to forgo any future surgeries and radiation treatments.  We’re going to focus on reciprocating the love and attention he gives to us.

#13: Try 10 of the Gold List

Alimento in Silverlake. Norther Italian. Pretty good.

#20: read 4 non fiction books

Another good read from Lewis. A better inscription.

It took a bit of effort getting here, but it’s been well worth it.

#47: See 10 New Movies in the Theater

Brit and I took in the latest Avengers movie to cross of this goal. We were entertained.

Heal, boy.

Hard to describe in pictures since flash photography isn’t allowed, but Lost Spirits is a rum distillery that basically built Disneyland’s Pirates of the Caribbean ride in a downtown warehouse that revolves around their distillery tour.

Celebrating my former writing partner’s 45th at the New York import, Employees Only.

Hemingway is back home. I will spare you the sight of tumor removal as it is pretty large and gruesome, but hopefully he will heal quickly.  He’s ready to put two time cancer survivor on his resume.