Category Archives: Willie!

I know, I know, I am making you sit through multiple days of multiple posts full of multiple photos of one, single day in my life, and I’m not even mixing it up with any of my weird Photoshop posts or amusing rants and rambling observations, but trust me, the pace is picking up, and you must admit, at the very least, that I do know how to have an adventure day…

Yes, that picture was taken from a moving car… but at least, this time, I wasn’t the one driving it. It was Big Johnny in the driver’s seat. Do you remember who big Johnny is? I feel like I have … Continue reading

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My godson loves me… wait… where did my butt go???

Well, I was going to start this post with some sappy comment about how magical it is when a kid spontaneously grabs your hand because they love you… but then, I nabbed this picture off Big Johnny’s Facebook feed, and … Continue reading

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So, yeah… wedding shower at our house this weekend!

We are on the final countdown for Jessica, my older daughter, and Jason, my future-son-in-law, to get hitched. A little over a month. So our house was full of love this weekend. It was also full of homemade snacks! Oh, … Continue reading

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Bye bye, Golden Gate…

Wait, the title of the post is misleading. We aren’t leaving yet… Although Big Johnny, Eva, and Willie did leave today, ironically to go to San Diego to see John’s mom. Remember, he as a childhood friend of my wife’s. … Continue reading

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If you are going to walk on the Golden Gate bridge, do it with style!!!

Our godson, Willie, knows what I’m talkin’ about… It was a beautiful day for a stroll yesterday. Alcatraz! Did you know there is a civil war-era fort under the bridge? It was put there… well before the bridge was… to … Continue reading

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It’s not yesterday anymore, is it?

No… it isn’t. It is just before five in the morning… and I am sitting at my mom’s house… the first of the horde to awaken… trying to do a post or two about yesterday’s adventures in the Bay Area… … Continue reading

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Christmas dinner… number two…

I am not making this stuff up. Every year, at my mom’s house in the San Francisco Bay Area, we have two Christmas dinners… exactly the same. That guy in the corner, stretching his neck, is my brother, Henry. He, … Continue reading

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So, yeah, we saw Willie!

Look at our godson, in his little Viking helmet knit cap! His mom brought him over from San Francisco, and we all went to the science museum. He showed me one of his favorite Christmas presents… yup… a rubber poo… … Continue reading

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Arrrgh, mateys! Are you ready to set sail on my newest adventure?

Ahoy, lubbers! I’m back… and I have tales to tell and pictures to share… (for some reason, the crack squirrels decided that it would be funny to do this adventure in the order that it actually happened… I mean, we … Continue reading

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The 4th… and cute kids… and a cute dog… and a cute me…

Happy birthday, America, from me and my dog, Shiloh… you don’t look a day over 175… and I hope you saved the gift receipt for Donald Trump… so you can return him… I got all my tikis out and decorated … Continue reading

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