Tim’s all 40 and stuff!
Monday April 14, 2008 at 1:10 am | Filed under Friends, Trips
Tim’s 40! Can you believe it? Well believe it cuz for the occasion Chip & Drifty rocked The Lucky Labrador in Portland last weekend. The three of us flew up to catch the gig and bookended it with a nice visit with my mom and sister. But back to the gig. Chip & Drifty packed the house and then blew the roof off the joint with a new arrangement of “Church!” Excellent stuff. Happy Birthday Tim!
Birthdays Dinner
Monday November 19, 2007 at 11:17 pm | Filed under Friends, Me
Over the past few years we’ve gone out for a dual Birthday dinner with Tim and Shana (the birthdays being mine and Shana’s). We haven’t quite managed to match the one a couple of years back when we went to The Hobbit, but this year we came close. Before we left for dinner we started off with a cocktail and Tim and Shana got me a gift… wait for it… A BACON WALLET! I’m not even going to explain it because you’ll want one and I’m not giving you mine so just deal with it and keep reading.
A little early for both of our birthdays, we went to a place in Brea called “La Vie en Rose” which means “Life In Pink” in French. You guessed it, they serve French cuisine. Correction… awesome French cuisine! They serve a fixed price menu based on the main course you choose, then you can pick an appetizer and a dessert. Monique and I were the meat lovers and both had cuts of beef: filet mignon for me and a black pepper steak for her. Tim and Shana both had the salmon as their main course. The appetizers were great as well… Tim got mussels (and thankfully shared!) and I had spanish ravioli filled with crab meat and drenched in some kinda yummy sauce. We also got a plate of cheeses and I hadn’t heard of any of them before: Etorki, Saint Andre, Morbier, and Saint Agur. I don’t know which was which, but there wasn’t one we didn’t love. Dessert was this huge cart of French pastries that we all got to choose one from. Not a bad choice among them, but my favorite was the raspberry tart that Monique picked. Sounds cliche, but it really took me back to Paris. The whole place did, really. The only thing missing was a slightly less pregnant wife, some coffee, and a big communication barrier.
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Halo Nite!
Sunday November 4, 2007 at 10:51 pm | Filed under Friends, Gaming
Last night we had a bunch of friends over to play some Halo 3 for our second “Halo Nite” event. The last one was back in 2004 and it was a generation ago for the game as well as the Xbox. This time we had about 20 people show up, 13 of those were players. Add to that two players in Colorado via the magic of the internet. We played from 6pm until 3:30 in the morning! (although we took quite a few breaks for pizza and other socializing) It’s incredibly fun to talk about the map we just played, and Halo 3 has a cool theater feature where you can watch the entire battle you just had, it’s great!
Again for this Halo Nite, I made some “dogtags” for everyone. Here is a sample:
Another thing we stopped playing for was something I’ve been working on for some time. It’s a green screen studio in our garage! I’m still learning, so these photos aren’t all that clear, but it was really fun to mess around with between fights.
As was the case last time, Halo Nite was a lot of fun. Thanks to all that came and made it such a great time. It was nice to get the gang together and blow stuff up before our bundle of joy arrives. I’m not sure when the next chance we’ll have for something like this!