Washington Square

Late Night

Wandering the village in the wee hours.

I’m not a doctor

But, I think I see the problem in Sam's X-ray.

Mood

Sam fractured his thumb this morning. Fortunately the fracture is just the tip of the thumb, so no joint or ligament damage. It does mean no golf and video games will be tough to play for the next 4-6 weeks. He says it hurts a bit but he will be fine.

Island Green

A replica of the 17th island green at sawgrass. Half of us landed safely on this pretty hole.

Irish Open

The boys, Mike and I played our annual team golf tournament last weekend. As you can see, Sam and Mike won again but the runners up got hats this year too. The winners hats have bottle openers built into the brim, which could come in handy.

Casa Luna

Great after dinner craft cocktail bar with service that needs work. Fun times with Mike and Carrie.

Weekends with Buddy

Got buddy out for a 4 plus mile walk today and Nicole took him out for 5 yesterday. We do our best to burn as much puppy energy we can on the weekends. Ken and Anne tend to keep the walks shorter and this dog can go and go.

One More

Dipped into the 40's last night and decided to get one more fire in for the season. Probably won't see this again until October.

Joseph

Someone I've worked with for over 25 years but lives and works remotely from North Carolina these days came to town for a staff event on Wednesday. Great catching up with him.

Momma Bear

Mother's Day is this weekend and one boy is home. Next one arrives in a week.

One for the road

One last radio show before summer break. The boy has stored all his stuff and he and momma have a flight home tomorrow. Stay tuned for day and time for next year's show.

Team

National Champion

Exciting weekend for this guy.

Cocktail

Bartending without shirts seems to generate more tips.

Black Bear Strong

The Black Bears had two wins today in the National collegiate 7's rugby tournament. They have a semi-final match tomorrow and hopefully a game for the national title after that. All of this happening about 25 miles from home in Maryland, while I'm in Des Moines at Drake Relays. Nicole had the team over for dinner tonight. She made a lot of food.

Bartenders

Sam's first real day as a bartender. He should try harder not to be a tender and customer at the same time.

Drake Relays

The injured Drake throwers volunteered for the hammer retrieval duty for the premier competition. Basically, they get the hammers once thrown and get them back to the throwing cage. Adam (left) also sang the national anthem to open the evening session of the relays.

Spotted Cow

Sam is visiting southern Wisconsin this weekend with his friend Austin. Here they are visiting the famous brewery and home of Spotted Cow beer.

New England Wide Conference Champs

The black bears win all 4 games in Springfield Mass and the 7's conference championship. Next stop, Nationals in Maryland.