Jets v Sharks

We went to see West Side Story at the Pantages Theater.    Matinee, on Dec.30th.

A good outing that the Holiday spirit enabled us to decide "what the heck let's spring for it" and get a set of 5 tickets.  The show was excellent. Such great casting and fine performances.  Hoping that Thomas and his middle school stage crew experiences are giving Thomas a good wide eye experience here.

Ryan says he liked it a lot.  Did not get the camera out.  Darn it.  And they both looked so good.

Then Dinner out for some Sushi.  Nice. Fun.

Merry Christmas 2010

It was good.  It was Cozy.  Everyone got a Stocking.  Even the Dog liked his Christmas Stocking stuffers!

Santa did his thing and put the Stockings out for the boys in the morning.  The boys forgot to leave out a milk for Santa.  Will have to give them a reminder to do so for next year.  Santa and Mrs Santa put in lots of extra time to get the stuff under the tree on Xmas Eve.  Need the nourishment.

Thanks to a visit form Trisha's brother we had extra love in the house.  We even made the journey out to Malibu to see the rest of the family later in the day.  Not quite Over the Hills and Through the Woods but a nice little vehicular drive.  Ryan used his new license to take his Chevy out and show it off to his cousins.  Both of whom were suitably impressed.

In the end.  Smooth Sailing.  Happy Christmas memories.  Many of the best gifts were clothing not toys.  We are all older now and appreciate the best gift of all.  Each other.

Lots of Love was Shared!

KL

(PS one of the side items was Thomas getting the fixi rims he just had to have on Xmas Eve.  He really is enjoying his fixed gear bike.  A fun bike that takes bike riding to a new level.  Fwd or Backwards.)

Let it snow

OK so we get our plans together.  Arrange a place.  Drive up in wild weather.  Spend three days skiing in Mammoth with the biggest dump of snow all season landing on us.  What?  Do it again?

Yes we would.  We had a great time.

I almost posted to my Twitter account a stupid line like "A snowflake went up my nose and I liked it" just after this photo was taken.  The snow started to fall hard and Big Flakes too.  We had to retreat indoors to finish the beer.

My new ski boots (merry Xmas to me) were great.  No bind or pinch.  Fit great.  Thanks to Doc's Ski Haus in Santa Monica and to a break in run at Virtual Snow with a break in routine that Bob Salerno recommended.  My boots worked great.  New Atomic Hawx.  Like the new flex grooves in them.

Next Xmas is new Ski and Bindings.

Special "Thanks" to the  Santen family who let us join them in their cabin/condo.

It was a good vacation.  Thomas on his snowboard did more skiing than Ryan on his skis. Wow was he doing good.  Carving it up.  Will have to make a video of that part.

Steep and Deep.  Just like Trisha likes it.


Ski Wish Was Granted.   A good vacation.

Keith

Merry Christmas to all.

Happy Holidays from the Boaters of Marina Del Rey...

As shared by Keith and Trish down at the docks.

It was a very fun evening.  "Just messing around with boats." is a famous quote that comes to mind.

And best wishes for a terrific new year.

Keith