Happy 2003!

Los Altos, California Mark, Christine, and Jared came over to the Bernard and Liz’s for New Years Eve. Most if not all of us have ceased to find the club scene worth pursuing on a New Years, so we were quite content to watch the excellent Monsters, Inc. and...

I returned…

Los Altos, California I returned to The Island, the Steeler bar I frequented some three plus years ago. Turns out they’re now a Vikings bar. Losers. So I ended up this morning at Knuckles, a sports bar on El Camino where we watched the Steelers come from behind...

Brian and Debbie

Los Altos, California It took some tricky scheduling, but we were able to meet with our friends Brian and Debbie and their daughter Erin for breakfast this morning. As per usual, our “breakfast” meeting stretched out to about six hours, but that qualifies...

The Lilly clan assembled

Los Altos, California The Lilly clan assembled today for their traditional, massive post-Christmas get-together. We started off split between men and women, as the ladies gathered at Christine’s house to hold a “California” baby shower for Erin....

Christmas part 2

Los Altos, California After a very enjoyable Christmas part 2 morning with Mark, Christine, Jared, Joe, Helen, Bernard and Liz, Erin and I visited this Smiths this evening, and, at long last, met Jennie’s beau, the elusive Jon Morton. Jon’s an IT Help Desk...