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  • WB Ski Trip to Utah – 2024

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    WB Ski Trip to Utah – 2024

    I haven’t skied with this crew since our big trip to Austria in 2020. Looking back, we used to go to Utah pretty often together. We had 3 bluebird days at Canyons and Deer Valley. Somehow we managed to get on the mountain earlier on the morning we flew in than on the day we were staying 15 minutes away. This is not a first-chair group.

    As always, we enjoyed the turkey chili and several great meals around town. Hope we can get back on an annual schedule with this group (and our missing team members). We’re coming up on 50 years of friendship next year.


  • Ski Week in Tahoe with Moons – 2024

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    Ski Week in Tahoe with Moons – 2024

    We were thankful to spend most of ski week up in Tahoe with the Moons. We had a couple powder days and a couple groomer days, which was perfect. The kids have yet to outgrow each other, but they may have outgrown us as they often preferred skiing with their friends on the mountain. Thanks, Moons, for another amazing week together.


  • U of M Ski Trip to Vail – 2024

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    U of M Ski Trip to Vail – 2024

    Had another super fun trip to Vail with the Michigan crew. We were missing a few team members, but those who made it went as hard as they could, which means slow and steady. The snow was great and we covered the entire mountain.

    Durbin and Allard finally broke their winning streak. I’m not sure if unfeated is a word, but that’s what Lamar and I were. We visited some familiar establishments and everything was going smoothly until we made a wrong turn into The Red Lion on Saturday night. The Euchre tournament was suspended due to too many injured players.

    It’s been an exceptionally amazing year to be a Wolverine (basketball excepted), but it’s always great with these guys. I’m already looking forward to next year. GO BLUE!


  • Long Weekend in Tahoe

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    Long Weekend in Tahoe

    Our ski season is off to a slow start. There wasn’t anywhere worth going during the holiday break, so we enjoyed some down time at home with Luna. Thankfully we finally got some snow last week so we headed up to Northstar for the weekend.

    I saw that Brian and Juliet were up there and I found them first thing on Saturday. We also found Liv’s friend, Sam, at the same time, so he joined us for the day. On Sunday, it finally happened – the kids ditched us to ski with their friends. Grace skied with me in the morning and I got in a few more runs after lunch. On Monday, just me and Lucas went out for a couple hours before the long drive home.

    We’re thankful for the snow they had and look forward to more of the mountain being open next time we head up.


  • Olivia’s 17th Birthday

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    Olivia’s 17th Birthday

    The one upside of having nowhere to ski this holiday break was spending Olivia’s birthday at home. This is perhaps the first time in her life she was able to celebrate with her friends on her actual birthday. Last year we went to Che Fico in SF with my mom and Jen. This year, we went to the new Menlo Park location for the first time. We had room at the chef’s table for Olivia’s friends whose names start with “L.” Thanks to Landon, Lara, Leah, Lena and Logan for joining Liv, Lucas and us to celebrate!

    Happy 17th Birthday, Olivia! We love you so much.


  • Christmas in Palm Springs with the Parks

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    Christmas in Palm Springs with the Parks

    Grace’s mom wanted to do something “warm” for our Christmas gathering with the Park families (Charles’ parents, too). We spent several days at La Quinta, which was a first for all of us. The pouring rain on day one washed out our golf plans, but we managed to get a couple rounds elsewhere, including Indian Wells, which was beautiful.

    I was really impressed by the stamina of the octogenarians in our group on the pickleball and golf courses! Aside from these activities, the trip was mostly relaxing between meals. Olivia and Lucas got some quality cousin time with Dex and Cameron, which consisted of hours on devices, together.

    Our holiday was super quality family time, which was a great way to end the year.


  • Annual U of M Holiday Party – 2023

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    Annual U of M Holiday Party – 2023

    Jenn and Michael graciously hosted our annual holiday party with Michigan friends. Every detail was amazing and we’re especially appreciative of Michael’s 21-hour effort on the brisket. Our potluck was a delicious success, even if everyone brought a shrimp dish.

    Jenn decided the order for our white elephant gift exchange would be by birthday, outing all of those born before Watergate. It was again fairly tame gift exchange, except that Jenn often goes over the $40 limit by $2,000 with all her free Estée Lauder swag. It’s a good thing there wasn’t any La Mer in there or that could have caused a melee. The guys gifts are all equally desirable, including CBD, undies for two, and pre-owned graphic tees.

    It’s always wonderful to celebrate the holidays with this crew. I think we’re all getting better with age. This has been one of the best years in memory to be a Wolverine, but we’re always luck to have such great friends from college. GO BLUE!

    There was apparently a debate over how long this has been going on. It’s possible that we missed one or two when this started, but I have documentation going back to 2010. Who are those kids?


  • Thanksgiving in NYC – 2023

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    Thanksgiving in NYC – 2023

    We spent most of Thanksgiving week in NYC and had great times with family and friends. Highlights:

    • Dinner at Cote with my mom and Jen. Almost as good as the first time we went, but still amazing. Ran into two groups of friends
    • Met up with Jeanah, Zoe and Jinny and her girls. Bummed I personally missed seeing Jinny, but glad the families got together
    • Although we had some amazing meals, we also ate a couple on NYC sidewalks. We were lucky it wasn’t raining
    • The family indulged me in checking Billy Joel off my bucket list. It’s not a surprise he still sells out MSG. My grandfather gifted me my first CD player from Japan, but I couldn’t afford any CDs. I went to the public library and the first CDs I borrowed were Billy Joel’s Greatest hits Vol 1 & 2. This was almost 40 years ago and he’s still belting out these tunes and more today
    • Jen and my mom cooked a beautiful Thanksgiving lunch with all of our favorites. We have a lot for which to be thankful, especially having each other
    • After a rest, we headed out to Tenafly for Thanksgiving 2.0 at the Haus. It’s always fun to be with the cousins and Olivia couldn’t get enough of Spencer, even if he had enough of us
    • Ess-a-bagel: overrated and not worth the wait
    • Fastest tour ever of NYU
    • Thankful for Ana and Bobby trekking into the city for a late dinner. Courtney did not crack a smile, but I think she will warm up to me
    • Thanksgiving 3.0 leftovers at Jen’s while watching OSU vs. Michigan. Another amazing game and victory, even if a little too stressful at the end. GO BLUE!

  • East Coast College Touring

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    East Coast College Touring

    We explored a few new cities/college towns while we were on the east coast before Thanksgiving. We enjoyed all of them and the campuses were impressive in their own way. The highlight was a too-brief lunch with the Milano-Sessines in New Haven.


  • Golf Weekend with Eddie

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    Golf Weekend with Eddie

    Ed and I haven’t had our usual run-ins on the mountain or in Michigan this year. I haven’t seen him since he visited last December for a concert. He came out last weekend for some fall golf and it was spectacular (the weather, not the golf). Glad we finally got to hang out.