Our friend/customer Robin invited Phil and me over for dinner on the 4th.  Robin spent all week preparing, making the desserts a couple days in advance. We were asked to bring potato salad. It fell to me Sunday night to peel a whole bag of spuds and make up a potato salad ( Read more... )

I met James at my first Fiesta de los Osos in 2003. We shared a bed. The language barrier kept me from really getting to know him, but we did form a bit of a friendship. We chatted on B411. The past couple years I lost touch with him as he seemed to distance himself from LiveJournal ( Read more... )

Well, I just made a reservation at the Marriott for the piping conference. The benefits of being in the same hotel as the conference versus staying with someone nearby were in favor of the hotel. Since workshop sessions start at 8:30 on Saturday and 9:00 on Sunday, it would just be too much of a hassle to wake my sorry ass up early enough to drive ( Read more... )