San Francisco, CA
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Tigers vs. A’s
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Being born and raised in the Detroit area, we were thrilled to see the Tigers make a run for the World Series. On October 10th, Simone, Marty, Grace and I were able to catch a game in Oakland during the playoffs. We had great seats. Ted (one of my favorite people from 2Wire) happened to be sitting right behind me with his son. They were rooting for the bad guys. The Tigers won!
You know the sad ending to this story…
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Daniella & Ray
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Saturday evening, we joined Danella and Ray to celebrate their wedding. Grace and I have both known Ray since college. After reconnecting, we were very happy they were able to make it to our wedding last year. Ann and Jeremy, Gina, and of course their good friend, Art, were all there. We also ran into a few other old familiar faces from Michigan and Cranbrook connections – it’s always a small world. Congratulations to the beautiful couple!
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On October 7th, Andi and Greg hosted a Michigan tailgate to celebrate Theresa and Matt’s engagement. It was an absolutely stunning football Saturday in Ann Arbor. The crew on hand for the big Michigan State game was large indeed. This was our first time meeting the beautiful Jolie Tru Lobdell. Also, Maeve TenBroeck Taras made her first Michigan appearance. We were lucky enough to meet her on Friday over at Jeffrey’s parents house, where we also had the pleasure of catching up with the Drs. Taras as well as the dogs, Max and Colin (who has warmed up to me after 10 years).
The Carlsons, Burnetts, Allards, Carnes, as well as Rana and Nomaan, Rowan, CB, Durbin, Cohen, Fritz, Regan, Lamarchial, Marty, Simone, Brownie, Dr. Jin Hong Park and Christine Chung (the lone MSU fan), were all on hand to toast the happy couple. Of course, Fall 89 was in full-force to honor our pledge brother, Matt. It was great seeing everyone, though briefly. Thankfully, the good guys won the game. Go Teresa and Matt and Go Blue!
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On Saturday, September 30th, Dora and Ben had the whole gang over to celebrate Amanda’s first birthday. There was quite a spread and the highlight was the tallest banana creme cake I’ve ever seen. We took some home (so Ben wouldn’t eat it all) and enjoyed it for a couple of days. Happy Birthday Amanda!
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The weekend of September 23rd, mom, dad and David visited us at our new place in Burlingame. Charles also joined us for the day. It was a short visit, but we were glad to have them over. Hopefully they’ll come over more often after the baby comes.
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Friday was incidentally my last day at Avistar. While I appreciated and enjoyed my short time there, Brian had been getting the band back together from Sugar Media (Arthur, Krista, Brian D.) and invited me along. They had already been hard at work to turn Lisa’s pop culture passion into a real business. On Saturday, September 17th, the whole team had dinner at Bistro Aix. We met the rest of the crew and headed to Lisa and Brian’s afterwards for smores with Katie, Jack, and Lucy.
This is going to be fun…
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Boston for Work
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The rest of the week I spent in Boston. Charles was there coincidentally, so we had dinner together on Wednesday before I headed out to the burbs. The next night, my co-worker, John, and I came back into the city for a nice dinner. Finally, on Friday, before my flight home, I finally had a chance to look around Boston, as it had been over 16 years since my last real visit. I walked around Harvard Yard and went to see the dorm at which I stayed during summer school, which was almost 20 years ago! I have many fond memories from that time as well as a couple of my dearest friends, including Kerith and Edwin.
