Okay, so now I’m being the slacker. Off having so much fun that I didn’t get to keep you all updated. Please forgive. We are back in the car to continue our roadtrip. And since De Ann is driving, I have the opportunity to catch you guys up on the latest happenings. I’ll make it quick, as De Ann already filled you on bits and pieces.
Day 9 – Sunday
Woke up early and spent some time hanging out with Harold, Leena, Jen and De Ann at the house. Harold, Jen and I headed out for an awesome lunch with Pam and her brother and dad at the Boiling Crab. For those that have never been, check out the menu and see what there is to have. You basically just order a bunch of food and tell them what kind of sauce and how spicy you want it. We went with the Whole She-bang (a combo of a bunch of sauces) and Medium temp. We had 4 lbs of shrimp, 2 lbs of crab legs, spicy sausage, corn on the cob, 2 lbs of crawfish and a ton of fun. They dump all of the food in the middle of the table, put bibs on you, and then everyone just dives into to piles, eating with your hands. The food is great and everyone had a great time. Harold, Jen and I headed back to the house and then spent the afternoon lounging by the pool – good downtime. Meanwhile, De Ann spent the day with her old friends from OC (I’ll let her tell you all about it.)
We all met up at the house, got cleaned up and then headed to the Auld Dubliner for a little music, a couple of drinks and a lot of laughing at people. Good times!! We took a cab back to the hotel and crashed out pretty quickly thereafter.
Day 10 – Monday
Memorial Day… a great day for parties, bbqs and general merriment! Today’s adventures took us to the home of Brandon and his 10 month old daughter Bella. Brandon’s place in Huntington Harbor provided a great backdrop for general laughter and BBQ fun. We got the opportunity to congratulate our friend Linda, who finished the LA Marathon that morning with a personal best time. She celebrated by drinking all of the bubbly she could find! J Various people fell asleep in the sun or on the couch and pictures were taken. Much food, including a great Bananas Foster courtesy of Greg, was consumed and then party moved into the house so that we could watch the Nuggets make fools out of the Lakers. Born and raised in LA, I have a soft-spot for the Lakers, but now that I’m in Denver, I’m trying to get into the local spirit. Good year for that with them… not so much with the Rockies. What can you do, right? After the beating, we headed back to the hotel and went to sleep early. Long day on Tuesday….
Day 11 – Tuesday
Up early and getting a bit of work done before all of our meetings. I wont bore you with the details (Nice change of pace, I know), but we ran from our lunch meeting with Mike Faddoul, over to visit with my good friends at Miramar Ventures (Patti, Bob and Bruce) and all of the H&S folks whom I haven’t seen in awhile. Always great to catch up. Then it was back over to South Coast Plaza for a quick drink with Greg Palme before he had a run out to catch his son’s playoff game (which they won 13-1 – kudos!!). We headed south to spend time with Jennie and Michael Boyer and their 5, yes 5 kids. 3 2-month old triplets mean that they are always on their toes. We were impressed with their calm demeanor, the relative ease with which they handle the trade-offs and taking care of the troop. Total rockstars, and we were still able to polish off 2 or 3 bottles of wine and catch up on old times. And then a surprise, late night visit next door brought us back in touch with the Tinseths. Elena and Andrew and their son live right next door and graciously stayed up late so that we could spend a little time with them as well. A long drive back to Irvine put us back at the hotel after midnight, in time for a few hours sleep before our next meeting and then heading out to Monterrey… but you’ll hear about that next time.
Have a great day and a great week everyone. Cant wait for the next few days of adventures, and hopefully we’ll have time to tell you all about it!
Until then…
