This morning while we were eating breakfast, Carly's sister Erin was heading out for work when the Google car/tracker/video camera equiped/street view/maps/thing was taking pictures of our neighborhood. Of course, we all rushed out of the front door but the car was long gone. I went back in the house and quickly grabbed my camera and ran around aimlessly thinking it would be cool to get a shot and luckily the car came back around and I got this beauty. Note, you can't see the 'Google' placard on the side of the car, but if you look carefully, you can see the cameras on top of the vehicle.
Good day to you all!
- Auto industry bailout to be voted on today.
- Follow the 8.5 trillion debt rabbit hole!
- Sabathia inks deal with the Yanks. What was all that talk about wanting to be a Dodger, again?
- Riots+Molotov cocktails = Greece!
It's almost been a week since we have step foot back in southern California, and we have hit the ground running. We landed late last Wednesday night in Santa Barbara, went straight to the hotel after securing a rental car and put our tired heads right to sleep. The next morning Ian and I had a nice continental breakfast while the better half had to endure* a day of work at the office. After a tough morning of reading the news and hanging out with Ian, I successfully handed the baby off for a lunch time swap so I could play ultimate (this was my wife's idea -- really). I then played a rousing game of ultimate, which mostly consisted of Troy running my ass into the ground until I had no life left in my lungs. We somehow won the game, which had nothing to do with me, and had everything to do with Pinto:). To top it off, the day rang in at about 70 degrees, not too shabby! Given the news that Portland will be in the 40's this week, I'll take that trade off any day.
Later on in the night we went to a 20th year anniversary/reunion party for SS downtown at some cafe that we had never been to. The night was filled with old friends, stories of the past, and of course, many adult beverages**. As we closed down the main party, we decided to pull a night cap at the adjacent State&A restaurant. There, we told more stories (mostly incoherent), consumed more beverages, and somehow, around 1am, found our way stumbling back to the hotel.
On Friday, we left for San Luis Obispo after work, but first made a short pit-stop at my Dad's house in Santa Maria. While we were there to celebrate my sister Sarah's 13th b-day, I know that my Dad was really excited to see the little one, so it was a win-win situation! On Sat/Sun in SLO, we sat back and relaxed at Carly's parents house as they soaked in some much needed face time with Ian. We are back in SB for the week and am really enjoying spending time with familiar faces in a familiar warm climate.
* Carly really misses the little guy during the day!
** Yes, the dude had a few white russians!!
Yes, the news we (MC fans, of course) all have been waiting for! Here's a snip-it of the following AP story:
“Kellogg will use its understanding of the cookie category and distribution infrastructure to expand sales of Mother’s Cookies. The company said it plans to reintroduce many of Mother’s Cookies most popular cookies. Its brands include iced animal crackers, sandwich cookies and wire cut cookies.”
I had the melody from this skit stuck in my head this morning after I watched the repeat this past weekend. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did!
Let's get this party started right before any us declare an official case of the "Mondays." Here is a brilliant new song from a talented group called +/- (plus/minus) - snowblind.
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