I'll Be Back!

OK, so I've been getting some slack about not updating this blog recently....trust me, it's been on my mind but life has been soooooo busy lately! But I'm forcing a few minutes out of my day to briefly say that I will get back to a normal writing schedule again soon!

Here's a few highlights though:
I'm kicking butt on my fundraising goal for the Marathon so THANK YOU to all of you that have donated (you know who you are). But I've still got a ways to go so don't forget to donate if you haven't!

Thanksgiving on the Cape was awesome! We had more than 21 friends and family come down (most of whom spent the night), and we ate, drank and played some games by the fireplace. More details and photos to follow.

I held the first ever "Freedom Trail Pub Crawl" in Boston in honor of our friend Mimi visiting from California. It was great, though we didn't really make it past Fanueil Hall.... Those are pictures I'll make available soon as well!

Our house is under contract in Vermont - Yay! Keep your fingers crossed that there are no glitches!

The Red Sox are still working on signing D-Mat, but I've warmed up to him joining The Nation now and am confident Theo and the Trio will git it dun!

More to come soon.....I promise!

Holidays Approaching!

Well it seems like we're officially immersed in the holiday season. We will be hosting 20 people for Thanksgiving on the Cape in just under 2 weeks - WOW! I think a good portion of them are staying at the house too. Dad, I think you may have had the jacuzzi shut down a bit early ;-)

But seriously, hanging with the predominantly McCormack clan, as well as a few folks from the "left coast"(Mimi, Laura and her companion), will undoubtedly prove to be a great time. Did I mention there would be at least 5 dogs too? Can't imagine life without them. What bums me out a little is that the holiday season passes by quick enough as it is and this year, it will probably pass even more rapidly. It's the busiest time for me work-wise. Our biggest event, Macworld, is the first week in January and having to manage the more than 600 media who want to attend just to hear what weirdo Steve Jobs will pontificate about this year can be daunting. It's a good thing though - job security!

On another note, Sandy and I had a date night last night. We went to a restaurant called "Toro" in the South End and if you couldn't guess, their specialty is tapas.

The food was wonderful! Had a nice glass of rioja to go with it too. I spoke in Spanish to the waitress and the first thing she asked me was where did I learn Spanish - they always ask me that. The reason is since I learned spanish from actual spaniards, and my spanish speaking friends are from Spain, I speak with the castellan accent which is very unique to that country. People pick up on it immediately and it's kinda cool because it's like the "real" spanish versus south american spanish or latin american spanish. I know, sounds snobby but hey, it's the spaniards that ingrained it in me!

Anyway, in addition to the holidays, ski season is upon us and we were up in VT last weekend so I could attend the annual ski patrol refresher. I'm volunteering this winter, mostly because I really like it and I get to ski alot for free. Sandy likes it more because she just ski's for free without having to patrol this year (after 6 years, she's done patrolling). One of the perks of volunteering is a season pass for immediate family and spouses, so there you have it, free skiing. So now, between trips up there to volunteer and my marathon training, this winter will be very busy! And speaking of marathon training...stay tuned for an email about my fundraising page soon!

Red Sox: The Sox wisely decided not to pick up Keith Foulke's option and Foulke wisely decided not to pick up his option to stay with the Sox. He did help us get a World Series Title so we we'll leave it at that. As for the Japanese phenom Daisuke Matsuzaka (D-Mat as he's already being to referred to) that teams are paying upwards of 20 million just to negotiate with - I say let the Yanks have him. Look at Detroit - I don't think any of the hurlers on their roster makes more than a couple million a year and they crushed the Yanks on their way to the world series. I'm sure the Red Sox did due diligence by bidding but as nice as it would be to have the guy, I don't think it's worth what it will cost. BREAKING NEWS: Uh Oh, just saw a report on ESPN that teh Red Sox may haev posted the top bid......let the games begin!


Oh yeah, the best for last - we re-signed Alex Cora! (insert extremely sarcastic facial expression here.)

So that's it for now - beautiful day here in the Metro Boston area and we recently were told we can leave by 3:30 today! See ya!

First Halloween in Southie

So we had our first Halloween in Southie and boy what a blast. My God Daughter Emily, her brother Ayden and mom Tammy came over to trick or treat. Dad couldn't come with them because he was working - bummer, Dad! Emily was a skeleton, Ayden was a Power Ranger, and the rest of us were basically just a bunch of idiots!


What we quickly found out was that you don't wait for the kids to ring your doorbell in southie. Everyone just sits out on the front steps and waits for the kids to come by. It was great! We had candy, cocktails and lots of good laughs on H street last night. Even hung with our neighbors and took tours of our respective houses. John the firefighter has a really big plasma TV with HDTV. I need to get HDTV.



Mimi and Pop (Ayden and Emily's grandparents) also showed up for a little while too so they could see the kids all dressed up. Then we went out so Emily and Ayden could have their own fun. We heard the hot spot was a couple of blocks away on K street so we made our way over there and it was like a huge block party!

The only other place I've seen that kind of foot traffic on a sidewalk was during rush hour in NYC! It was crazy and festive and fun - all kinds of scary costumes and houses totally decked out with Halloween decor. We were very tempted to stop in the Quencher Pub for a beer, er, I mean rest because the kids were starting to look tired. But we decided to forego that idea and go back to H street. We got there, hung out on the steps for a while longer, had some pizza, put silly costumes on the dogs and took pictures, and then called it a night. We really like Halloween in Southie!