Grace & Jason

Long Weekend in Vegas

jason — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:37:14 -0700

The last surprise of my 40th birthday celebration was being able to meet up with the crew in Vegas for our annual (er, semi-annual) trip. Normally we go on our birthday weekend, but we wanted to go to Amy & Lamar's wedding instead this year. For one reason or another, the crew pushed their trip back and Grace "caved" and signed us up. It was a surprise right up until I went to check into our last Virgin flight and saw an itinerary for the entire family to Vegas. Woohoo!

The team was actually a little light this time around. Jen, Linda and Phoebe, Edwin and Kenny made the trip. However, we were missing Danny, Elliott, Oliver, Jea and Prem from our (usual) crew.

Highlights:

Catching some of the Masters in-flight
Staying at the Encore
Cabana and pool day on Friday
My final "birthday" dinner at N9NE on Friday night
Sleep from 5:15-6:30am
Golf with Eddie at Bear's Best
Nap from 2:30-4:00pm with Olivia
More pool time - windy! Olivia doesn't care.
Dinner at Stratta. Steve Wynn came by to thank Linda for her slots play. That's him - really.
Sleep from 4:00-4:30am. Pack up and leave for 6:55am flight home.
Nick asked me to place two bets for him. Apparently he was kidding, but his first bet on Lefty in the Masters paid out and he's in the black no matter what. I'm feeling good about the second bet, too...

40 is the new 20. I felt great when I got home. Okay, I felt like crap. Luckily, the whole family took a monster nap in the afternoon. Great trip. Thanks, Grace!

Golf with Beth and Ryan at Half Moon Bay

jason — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:04:31 -0700

While Kate and Ben graciously took Olivia and Lucas to the zoo, Grace and I enjoyed a rare day of golf together at Half Moon Bay with Beth and Ryan. It was nice to be outdoors despite the overcast conditions. We could have been watching the President's Cup at Harding Park, but I'd rather play golf than watch it anytime.

Overnight in Half Moon Bay

jason — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:50:00 -0700

Back on June 26th, I posted some pictures real-time of our golf, dinner and overnight in HMB. Again, the iPhone photos didn't do the scenery justice. Grace had a firm event in Golden Gate Park that morning and I went to the office. We headed down to HMB on Highway 1 shortly after lunch and arrived at the Ritz-Carlton just in time to check-in, grab a burger, and make our afternoon tee-time. It was a bit foggy and cool, but it was still awesome to be outside. Early in the round, Grace commented that her feet must have grown during pregnancy because her shoes hurt. Then, later, she said she had bit it hard in a potato sack race in the morning (team, team, team). It didn't get better.

After the round, we relaxed for a bit and enjoyed a nice dinner at Navio, which was much better than I remember it being before. The next morning, it was quite foggy. Grace's toe was sufficiently damaged that she opted out of our unlimited golf package and decided to sleep in and hit the spa instead. I played with a nice couple who were also local and enjoying a night away. It turned out to be a beautiful day. We have played the Old Course several times, but this was my first time playing the Ocean Course, which was also beautiful and challenging.

After the 17th hole, I headed to the 18th tee in the cart, briefly merging onto a pedestrian walkway with access to the beach. I heard someone call my name and it turned out to be Matt Idema, who brought the whole family to the beach. What are the odds that we'd cross paths in that moment? Grace was still at the spa when I finished, so I enjoyed a sandwich outside on the patio next to the 18th hole of the Old Course.

Upon leaving, there was a slight mix-up, as the head bellman came to us and confessed that they believed they had not only misplaced our bags, but likely had put them into the wrong car and were waiting to hear from the other travelers that they had found them. I was too relaxed to care much. We checked the luggage room just in case, and sure enough, all the bags were in there (tagged "Grace Park," causing the confusion).

Thanks again to Mom and Dad for not only visiting us for a couple weeks, but for allowing us to get away.

Better Pictures from Golf

jason — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:51:47 -0700

Those iPhone photos are really terrible. These are with my new Leica, which I'm still trying to figure out.

Golf with Jay Chiang

jason — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:00:00 -0700

Stanford GC, Palo Alto, CA

Golf with Jeremy & Charles

jason — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 15:00:00 -0700

Stonetree GC, Novato, CA

Golf with Jay Chiang

jason — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 21:00:00 -0700

Stonetree GC, Novato, CA

Grace's McRyder Cup

jason — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 20:00:00 -0700

Harding Park, San Francisco, CA

Golf with Steve & Ryan

jason — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 19:00:00 -0700

San Geronimo, CA

Golf with Ryan & Francis

jason — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 17:00:00 -0700

San Geronimo, CA

Golf with Jay Chiang

jason — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 13:00:00 -0700

Stanford Golf Club, Palo Alto, CA

Golf with Francis & Jay

jason — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 16:00:00 -0700

San Geronimo, CA

Golf with Terri & Francis

jason — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 15:00:00 -0700

Harding Park, San Francisco, CA

Golfing with John & Michael

jason — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 18:00:00 -0700

Half Moon Bay Golf Links, HMB, CA

Golfing with Misha & Jay

jason — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 16:00:00 -0800

Cinnabar Hills, San Jose, CA

Golfing with Grady and Ryan

jason — Sat, 24 Sep 2005 19:00:00 -0700

Cinnabar Hills, San Jose, CA

Golf with Guiseppe

jason — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 10:00:00 -0700

Half Moon Bay Golf Links, HMB, CA

Golfing with the Sugars

jason — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 08:00:00 -0700

Stonetree Golf Course, Novato, CA

Golfing with Brian in Marin

jason — Sat, 06 Aug 2005 19:00:00 -0700

San Geronimo, CA

Golfing with the Sugars

jason — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 19:00:00 -0700

Presidio Golf Course, San Francisco, CA

Golf at Hualalai

jason — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 18:00:00 -0700

Four Seasons Hualalai, Kona, HI

Golf at Prince Course

jason — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 18:00:00 -0700

Princeville Resort, Kauai, HI

Golf Outing

jason — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 14:00:00 -0700

Monarch Beach Golf Links

Edwin's Family, Bobby & Sandor

jason — Mon, 31 May 2004 19:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles, CA

Grace's McKinsey Retreat

jason — Sun, 21 Mar 2004 14:00:00 -0800

Tucson, AZ