For my birthday this year, Jen presented me with a few different options to celebrate.
One was a long weekend snorkeling in Mexico. Another one was doing a bunch of local tourist things
and the last was a trip to Atlanta. She was very cute and made a presentation for each option.
Each one was very intriguing but as you can guess by the title of this post, I chose Atlanta.
Jen showed me the good life by booking our room at the Ritz-Carlton in Buckhead. We toured all over Atlanta
and as fate would have it, Pat was actually nearby and spent part of the weekend with us. Lot's of fun!
Happy Birthday to me!
Just a quick day trip to celebrate Valentine's Day and run around
Cincinnati. I tried to shop at Burberry again and again no luck!
Anyway, it was fun to hang out at reminisce about the few years
we spent up here.
During our ski trip to Utah, our West Coast friends expressed a great interest in going to the
Kentucky Derby. Jen can not pass up an opportunity to plan a trip, so it was immediately
in the works. Everyone flew in a day before and we showed them around our home town. We even watched a documentary on Derby
that was showing at our local theater. On Derby Day, we took
a shuttle up to the Derby and had a pretty wild day. The next day, after recovering Todd, we
toured a bourbon distillery and had a bourbon tasting contest of our own (Congratulations, Kelly!)
Anyway, it was a blast and I hope we can all get together again. Maybe another ski trip! (Yes, I am feeling well.)
Jen and I were approached by a young up and coming artist in our town who wanted
to do our portraits. We had some time and so we went ahead and posed for him.
They turned out great!
Amy, Marc, Megan, Jen and I all went up to the Jersey house for a long weekend.
We didn't have the best weather in the world but we had fun anyway! After Marc and Amy left,
we took a day trip to New York. We hung out in Bryant Park, as usual, took a boat ride
and toured NBC studios. The next night, Jen and Megan were going to a Yankees game and
that I wasn't invited. So I packed my bags and hit the road back home. At least they took some good pictures!
Yes, you read right! Jen and I went into a cage and witnessed great white sharks in their natural habitat (aka in the ocean)
just like shark week on Discovey channel. We flew out to San Diego where we got picked up in a van and rode to Ensenada, Mexico.
After that we took a 20 hour boat ride to Guadalupe Island where the sharks like to gather to feast on seals. They put the cages
in the water, we put our on wetsuits on and climbed right in. I can't put into words how amazing it was, so its probably best just to
check out the pictures!
