Its kind of interesting to watch actually. I've seen marine one fly by before but never land on the south lawn. They always fly in twos, one with the president, one with a dummy. (hard to tell which is which) but today, the first chopper swooped down and almost landed then took off to let the second one land. You can kind of see the second one in this picture.
This a new path over an empty lot that used to be the convention center. Had lunch with an old friend from aarp today and then walked to the gym. On my way back to work I got stuck taking the long way around the whitehouse cause the prez was returning from the middle east and they close all the streets while marine one comes in
We were the first people on the plane this morning at 5:30am and the pilot invited the boys to the cockpit to sit in his seat and wear his hat. They also got to say hi to mom over the intercom. Much excitement for that early in the morning.
The boys taking a cruise in the estate wagon. Happy thanksgiving everyone.
We've been taking the boys down to an elementary to play most days and I snapped this picture of one of the walls around the grounds. Gil and I went to best buy this morning to boy a wireless router for the house. Adam and I are sick of stealing a fairly weak signal from the neighbor across the street. I've just finished a nice workout and I'm heading home to do the install while everyone else cooks. The weather is still great here but I noticed a nor easter heading up the east coast. I hope the trees in our yard stay standing.
After a hard day of wine tasting in napa. Terra Valentine was jiggy stop on Spring Mountain Road and Keenan was laid back like I remember it from last month. We are in Calistoga, at the Cottage Grove cabins. This is our third visit here and this time we are in the Tuscany cabin. Weve done the Nautical and Audobon cabins in the past and haven't found any misspellings in this one. More wine then a short walk to dinner. Good times.
Our second winery of the day. We had a nice time at Trefelthen and bought a few bottles there. We are on our way to St. Helena for lunch then up Spring Mountain Road to Terra Valentine. Should be jiggy.
Just got a nice, long workout in at the resort down the street from grandma and grandpas house. I have to make sure I'm in shape for the 14 course meal that adam, linda and nicole will make for thanksgiving. The Duritz's like to make a lot of different dishes and have a little taste of each which usually addes up to a streched belly. Can't wait. Off to napa tomorrow for a day of tasting.
We are up in Tildon Park taking a ride on the miniture steam train with Margo and her grandsons. Its a little foggy around here today but its pretty nice in general. I'm off to the clairmont for a workout after this ride.
We took a cable car to fisherman's wharf this morning and are having breakfast at Ghirardelli Square. The boys liked going down the hills and treated the trip like a rollercaoster ride.
The flight was good and I got a little sleep but went straight to bed after smooshing the boys. Nicole and I are having an early dinner with Jimmy T tonight then home to put the boys to bed.
So here's another google picture. A space invaders glass wall between a hallway and the restrooms. It just struck me as funny.
Its sunny here in mountain view today. This campus is unbelievable. All food is free including 11 themed restaurants sprinkled around the grounds. We ate at the tapas restaurant today. Snack bars in each building with every type of snack you can think of along with foos ball and pool tables. The campus is open 24x7 and has three gyms, locker rooms, and lounging areas. The restaurants serve breakfast, lunch and dinner so you really have no reason to leave. Quite the environment.
We are here at google and found these scooters for employees to whisk around campus on. Their are lots of buildings and I guess have roving scooters at each main entrance it increases effeciency. This place is wild and they don't like people taking pictures. I'll see what I can.
We are almost all boarded and I did get an upgrade so I may get some sleep. This is going to be a long week of three cross country flights. Sam joined me in bed this morning and started chatting about all sorts of things. The boy has a million questions. Dylan woke up before I left as well and we had some good wrestling time before the cab picked me up at 6.
Here's a ground level view of the courtyard on my way home. No more aia photos for a while, I promise.
The big courtyard tree is finally changing color and it seems that every tree in our yard has dropped its leaves in the past 24 hours. Dylan seems to be doing pretty well and looked much more awake this morning. The tooth fairy came last night and brought him money and a saiiboat. His little toothless smile is still cute but he asked Nicole this morning if his big boy teeth were here yet. I showed him a picture of me without a couple teeth last night and explained that they will come back.
Funny that this shredding truck pulled into the loading dock of a government building in my neighborhood right after the trumpin the R's took. Maybe carl is getting rid of some evidence.
I just got a call from nicole and dylan is doing fine. He's missing his two front teeth but he got thru it like a champ. Unfortunatly, I'm stuck at work today but I'm looking forward to giving him a big hug tonight. How bout that election? Good times...
