I guess the Lord must be in New York City

Heyyyy family. I'm officially depressed that you guys are all together playing with the babe this weekend, and my recent sightings of Collin Ferrell, Phillip Seymore Hoffman, and Mario Batalli in my neighborhood do not soothe the pain! I missssss you guyssss! But perhaps there is one sighting that makes being in New York well worth it:That's right, our main man Paul. Singer/songwriter from the internationally acclaimed duo Simon and Garfunkel. On Monday I went to the premier of a movie called Black Magic at the Apollo Theatre right by my work. It's a documentary that was made by one of our board members, and follows the Civil Rights movement through basketball. Our organization benefited from the ticket sales, so I was able to go for free. I love when my job has perks...tis rare. We also had a bit of a VIP reception here at the office right before the premier, where such greats as Earl "The Pearl" Monroe graced us with their presence. The movie follows the life of several such influential basketball players, most of whom attended all black universities in the 60s, and follows their struggles to progress because of segregation, in spite of their being the best players in the country. The movie is showing commercial free on ESPN (it's a 4 hour version, so Tivo it) on March 16 &17. I would definitely suggest watching it. You'll shed a tear.

Paul came to the VIP reception in our office, and then walked over to the Apollo. After the movie, I was able to get out before most of the crowd, and as I was walking down 125th street in Harlem, who do I see standing there in a beige trench coat and fedora but Mr. Simon, yes just standing there, all by his lonesome. The sidewalks were empty. While I felt the urge to break out in The Only Living Boy in New York, it was more like the sound of silence. We shared what I would like to call a moment as the only 2 (well plus my friend, but you know those things where everyone else disappears) people on this sidewalk in the city. You guys, it was sort of a big deal. Kendall told me he wrote the Sound of Silence sitting on his bathroom floor in the dark at age 14. Enough said...

So I guess I'll just be here....have fun without me. I miss you all deeply! I am so sad I'm missing this weekend. Everything in the city is great- I'm really looking forward to it getting warm again. Let's bust out that vacation jar and plan something!

(That's a picture of the Apollo and the street I work on. This Subway is no longer there....otherwise my struggles to find something to eat for lunch that isn't fried, or called Dunkin Donuts, would be alleviated) .

I also wanted to give a little birthday shout out to Risby. Peace and Love little one.

Reunited and it feels so good...

No...not Ty and Mom.



Ty and Me. For now at least :) That's MY boy.

Random moments from the last year

Fun going broke back for Halloween (R.I.P. Heath Ledger). If you look closely (and I know you already are) you can see just how short the cutoffs are and don't you dare bypass those handlebars.


Just during a friendly haircut.


This is the day I got punched in the face by my companion!

I went to Califonia with Mallory, Quinn and Mal's roomate Britney

Eating at Wahoo's in Laguna. The girls(and Quinn) were thrilled to be in the hometown of LP and their other friends from The LB the real OC.





Mom really wanted me to get a motorcycle so i did.

Axel and Rell WWF Style

Here is Axel getting pinned by his buddy Rell. Rell is a few months older and a few pounds bigger and has no problem using his size advantage against the Ace.

These videos are solid

Here's Axel eating some tasty "solids." I can't quite remember the concoction Shalaine whipped up. Similac formula mixed with rice and apple sauce or something. Anyway, whatever it is Ace man likes it. I'll also post one of him downing some yams.



Here are the yams. The angle of the camera is kind of bad because my hand blocks his face so you can't quite see how ravenous he is. Enjoy.

Super Bowl Sunday...and NO Church

Yes...they canceled church today. We got about 14" of snow this morning and I guess they decided it was too dangerous for us to walk across the street. You can see how disappointed we were. The word from the old-timers is this is the most accumulation we've had in Alpine in 25 years. So we hunkered down and did "projects". Berit actually went to a Super Bowl party with a bunch of her friends. Mom and I sat on the bed (as usual) and worked on photo albums. Now...if we just don't take anymore pictures for the rest of our lives, we'll be able to stay up to date!