We began the convention meeting up with Mark Buckner for dinner. He met us in the hotel lobby. We quickly checked in and went to Open City where we had tasty pizzas outdoors ( Read more... )

Robert and David came by for dinner on Tuesday night since C4 was again cancelled. Patrick went with the Irish flag colors and we had orange salmon, white potatoes and green beans ( Read more... )

On Sunday we were invited to a get together with a few of the neighbors on the block. When our paving project was completed we gave a party. Jim & Lorraine probably would have attended but they were out of town. They hosted this one along with Cindy ( Read more... )

Jacqueline and Andy were planning to take Andy’s family to Blue Man for Xmas. The parents are both dealing with health issues at the moment so we were asked to take their spots. Patrick had taken me to the show when we first started dating.

We went out for Chinese in Boston and then over to the theatre. Andy’s brother Ryan and his girlfriend ( Read more... )

Monday I filed. Patrick and I played Thurn & Taxis during the Bachelor and then we caught the end of True Beauty ( Read more... )

Our friends Daniel and Ted flew in for the weekend. Daniel recently returned from living in Israel for two years. They went to the protest while I continued to study ( Read more... )

Our friend Francis came into town to hang out with a new buddy from camp. They arranged a brunch at Elmo (along with a session of Nude Yoga-for those interested). It was a mini camp reunion with me and Patrick, Francis and Mark, Robert & Kevin, (G)erman & Philip (also from Ottowa), and Colin and Dr. Larry.

I guess I should consider our recent trip to San Francisco the vacation of this year. Being unemployed, I did not arrange any major excursion. We chose to attend the gay west coast advanced and challenge fly-in because of various friends that we knew were planning to be in attendance. I checked in with my friend Rob and he agreed to host us for ( Read more... )

Karian set up a group luncheon and we went back to Brooklyn Heights to see what everyone's been up to since getting canned last Summer ( Read more... )

After camp, we drove to Hazleton to meet my mom and her work. We met a few of the women that she works with. Went to her house and took a nap. We then took her out to the Powerhouse for a birthday dinner. Gene declined due to back problems.

Two Wednesdays ago we had our ‘thank you’ dinner from the Big Apple Ranch. A bar/restaurant across the ( Read more... )