Moving halfway through September and trying to get to right now before right now is next year.
Let’s make it quick….
I’m going to try something different here – and add all the images at the end…
I’m also going to avoid writing about all the nights of sitting around watching 30 Rock, going for the fine dining experience at El Pollo Loco, and making decisions like Ramen with or without egg.
Just the good stuff for you…
Wednesday September 23rd it’s off to Hawaii for fun, snorkeling, and Angel’s 3rd Birthday Party. We enjoy the sun and food and weather for a few days, then back to LA.
October 2nd we head out to Vegas for Audra and Brennan’s wedding.
Just, well, fantastic. Great people, great night.
October 10th we head over to the Marriott hotel, near LAX to see Weezer play a Hot Topic private party. Good times, busted ukuleles, and trampolenes.
13th, Dinner at Daichan with Paul & Kana
16th, just the 2 of us… (la la la) …. At the Tam O’Shanter.
21st, we meet up with Amy and Michael at Blvd. 16 – good conversation and great food.
23rd – Paul and Kana come by, and we all sit around, playing with dogs.
Then the 24th, and I head over to Shearin Manor to help Karen and RJ out with the massive Halloween decorating. Melodi and Ray are there as well, so we manage to get a lot done before Shelley picks me up, and then it’s off to the Palladium to see them Weezers again, and then a quick stop by Malo to wish Tomi a happy birthday.
October 30th,
Shelley and I get all dressed up as Edward Scissorhands and Lydia Deetz, and pull in 50 bucks for our office costume prize.
Legion and Elsie arrive for some Halloween hijinks.
Off to Damon’s, and then to Pasadena for some old town haunt – basement building ghouls and creeps and screams.
October 31 –
The four of his go to Karen and RJ’s and hand out candies to thousands of kids, dance in the graveyard, mingle with zombies, and then after it’s all over go to in-n-out with Paul & Kana.
Nov. 1 – brunch at the 101 diner with Elsie & Legion, hang out at the house, play with them dogs, then they leave back to canadaland.
Nov. 4 – Time for DEVO doing their Freedom Of Choice album – New Waved goodness.
Nov. 8 – Head out to meet Jon & Holly & friends at the Metalocalypse / Venture Bros. Premiere party – the geeks shall inherit the earth.
Nov. 13th – time for New York City – arrive a little late and then rush to Nobu to meet up with Tori, some sushi, then off to Otto’s Shrunklen Head for drinks.
14th – Metallica at Madison Square Gardens. Night one., then to the fancy shmancy after party and meet up with Jamie and Ted,
15th. Tallica Night 2 – and then home the next morning…
16th… off to the Silent Film Theatre to see Withnail & I with Jon & Holly, and a few charming words from the Director, and then… burritos.
20th – off to the Palladium to see Mastadon and Dethklok regin supreme. Live action cartoon death metal, and it’s pretty awesome.
Nov. 21 – Shag opening, hang out with Heather & Adam, and Tina and Nathan, look at the art and arty, then off for Thai food.
Nov. 25th, off to Vancouver – hang out with the family, see Legion and Elsie, do some shopping, discover JapaDogs, eat sushi at Zen, and a real homecooked American thanksgiving dinner (in Canada where it’s not thanksgiving).
Then back to LA on the 28th
December hits, and it’s off to Vegas for a little drinking, a little neon, and a little heavy metal.
Dec. 4th – Vegas – dinner at Delmonico with Karen & RJ, then meet up with Nadia & Aaron for a couple of drinks at Nobu
Dec 5th – breakfast with Nadia & Aaron at the Hash House, and then for our 5 year anniversary – celebrating with dinner at Nobu and then Metallica with K, R, N & A.
Back home….
Dec 10, why not, some more metallica – with Jon, and end up hanging with him and members of Dethklok, Slayer, Machinehead, Children of Bodom… and then end up watching the show from the pit. A nice stage side view.
Dec 11th, the PFM holiday Party – at Rusty’s surf ranch. Aloha style.
Dec 12th, up to SF, hang out a bit and then end up going to see Metallica at San Jose – last show of the tour – some more stage side action for the ex avoidance factor, then back to LA Sunday morning.
Christmas hits, get out early on the 24th – dinner with Erin & Anitra at the Valley Inn – then home for champagne and cupcakes and some pyjama tv watching. Just the 2 of us.
Dec. 25th – off to brunch at the Smokehouse with Amy and Michael, then off to Aunt Karen’s for the Family Xmas Dinner, then back to end the food filled day with some champagne and juk at Tina and Nathan’s
Then we slip quickly through the week and hit New Years…….
And on with the Pictures…….
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