Joined a Supper Club. Tonight was a rare champagne pairing dinner with electric harp entertainment. The champagne was worth the price of admission.

Just finished season three of Peaky Blinders on Netflix. So good. It is truly the golden age of television. The Sopranos took on film and it has been a blood bath ever since. Here are twenty TV shows in no particular order that have aired in the last few years that I believe to be better than 99.9% of the movies released on the big screen.I could probably do forty and still be in that percentage.

1. True Detective (Season One)
2. Fargo (Season One)
3. Fargo (Season Two)
4. Breaking Bad
5. Better Call Sal
6. The Honorable Woman
7. House of Cards
8. Mr. Robot
9. Game of Thrones
10. Silicon Valley
11. Narcos
12. Homeland
13. Shameless
14. Daredevil
15. Ray Donavon
16. Vinyl
17. Bosch
18. Walking Dead
19. Treme
20. The Affair

See ya desert.

Mom’s trying to out flex her daughter.

First tennis, now bocce ball. I’m finding new ways to humble my daughter.

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#42: Lounge by 5 hotel pools.

This is what it looks like hanging with a college student.

Palm Springs has a way of doing that.

Another Napa shipment just in time for National Wine Day.

I always knew I’d be hired by Warner Brothers, just not for selling dresses.

• A just reward for the muscle pain.

I almost died.

Medieval torture.

#47: See 10 New Movies in the Theater

Good enough not to leave.

#27:Sell the Bronco

Gave it its first wash of the year, but even with a jump it wouldn’t start. My guess is that a spider infestation is the culprit.

#96: Turn my office back into a guest room

Spa at 104 degrees + Giants vs. Cubs = A Fine Night. Too bad Arrieta ruined it with a rout against the Giants.

#60: Eat at a top 100 restaurant

The Restaurant at Meadowood is #71 on Pellegrino’s top 100 restaurants in the world. The space was beautiful. The service was impeccable. The food was hit and miss. The tasting menu was basically everything I would never ordered if given a choice. Cabbage and cod, not so much.

You know it’s a magical place place when they have sidewalk vineyards.

A quick stop at Bouchon Napa for some oysters before hitting the vineyards.

Sonia got to hang with one of her two children on this fine Mother’s Day.

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#97: Remove a tattoo

Only 20 months to go.

The desert took its toll.

Day 2. Chris Stapleton was the highlight.

Little Sis.

Getting Dusty.

So many videos to choose from. Chris Young, Sam Hunt, Eric Church. But, who is more country than Snoop?

#42 Lounge by 5 Hotel Pools

La Quinta resort in the Desert.

That guy from The Sapranos gave us spaghetti sauce. Typical Burbank night. 

They finally opened a Nashville style hot chicken joint in LA. Long line, but worth the wait.

Tailgating with a bottle of Pride Cabernet.

#19: Read 10 new books. Not as interesting as I was hoping.

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#87: Restructure/negotiate all monthly bills

Sonia managed to get Directv to add the MLB package and reduce our monthly bill by $40. It will be Giants and Cubs all summer long.

The Highlanders finished their Spring season on a high with another two wins.  While the competition may not be what it will come Fall, this team looks better than last year’s.

The jalepeno and green curry yellowtail at Animal was a huge hit.

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And we got bracelets.

  
It’s game day, which can only mean one thing. Brit woke up with Strep and severe shin splints. Nevertheless, she managed to play about 50 minutes and had a brilliant run and assist for the first score of a 3-0 shutout against UC Bakersfield.

  
Watched my wife work out than ate and spent the day poolside with Rio.

Happy she gets the student-athlete thing.