#15: Try 6 downtown coffee houses

Colab Coffee on 8th Street.

#47: See 10 Movies in Theatre.

Pretty good.

Truth be told, I left my wife and son at the bar once the tarps came out in the tenth in order to tend to my precious Hemingway and Rio, but I am very happy for my family and friends.

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Two years of marital bliss.

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#91: See Five Local Bands

#58: Have a drink in a bar over 200 years old

Lafitte’s Tavern in New Orleans.

#77 done: Explore a new Nawlins neighborhood.

Eating our way through the Garden District.

Charred Oysters

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Brittany ended her season with a 0-0 double overtime tie.  An apropo ending as soccer is about little victories made in the middle. I was surprised that I was mostly able to keep my emotions in check. After all, last night was likely the conclusion of a seventeen year shared experience with my daughter. While the sport offered a perfect medium for a father and daughter to form an unbreakable bond, I’m excited to move on to the next chapter.  I thought I’d be a mess, but today I am beaming with pride.

#65: Migrate year one of the blog to this site’s archives

I finally moved two and half years of content over here so that I can look back at posts like this one in April of 2009 when I reported on getting my first passport at the ripe old age of 36.  I guess I’ve been around since then.

The last night before game day for these seniors.

#16. Open up the kitchen

#17 Remodel Master Bathroom

#100 Remove the fire place in the den

We need to focus more on demolishing our debt.

#10: Try all of LA’s Most Iconic Burgers

Pie N’ Burger

Back to back wins, but too little too late. Last game of Brit’s collegiate career is  on Thursday.

Warm night dinner in late October.

Brit made her way back onto the field after a two game hiatus due to injury and helped her team to an improbable 3-0 win over UC Santa Barbara. Only two games left.

Three of us loved the outcome.

An evening of Corn Hole.

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All of the Hall of Famers in the building to celebrate the 50 year anniversary.

Giants lost, but we got some good shots for Basically Me. Whatever.

#10: Try all of LA’s Most Iconic Burgers

Welcome home snack at Apple Pan.

#86: Five rooftop toasts

One last happy hour in Honolulu.

Riverside lost to Hawaii 2-0 and remain on life support. Brit hurt her other foot and will likely be out again. Such is sports.

Enjoyed the sunset after watching the Giants beat the Mets in a thrilling wildcard game.

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The pregame smiles didn’t last long as Riverside lost 2-0 to UC Irvine. Brit played a great first half before re-injuring her ankle. With only 7 games left, her only option is to try to play through pain and be better at 60-70% than a 100% freshman or sophmore. It’s the year of adversity. My daughter has proven she can handle it. Me? We’ll see.

Watching Vin Scully’s final broadcast. Happy it’s against the Giants in San Francisco. Vin was the voice of my early childhood and the best to ever do it. And he’s rooting for the Giants in the wildcard to boot.

It was a disappointing start to the conference season as Riverside lost 2-1 to the champs. Unfortunately the score does not indicate it was a good match. Riverside’s defense was pretty bad and the offense rarely got the ball. Brit had a couple of nice plays and proved to the coach that’s she’s ready to be back in the starting line up, beginning tomorrow against UC Irvine.

It’s been a rough non conference for Brit due to her injured ankle, but she finally managed to get back onto the pitch last weekend against Seattle and Bakersfield in hopes of better preparing herself for conference play. The Highlanders take on the conference’s three time defending champs in Fullerton tomorrow. Brit isn’t 100%, but she has eight games left to leave it all on the field.

#19: Read 10 New Books.

It’s number 11 on the year actually. Happy to be ahead of my regular pace.  Ready Player One is for the fantasy, eighties nostalgia crowd, but it was very well done.

Another great festival.

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Took a day off from the festival to throw dice,eat a good meal and wear nice shoes.

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