Blog Master G

For the second year in a row, I managed to make it to San Francisco for a second time in the course of the year (my fourth visit since moving away; Jen’s third). We were fortunate enough to be there for both work and play, and, as usual, squeezed so much into what always amounts […]

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Yesterday was another picture-perfect day for the 136th running of the $1 million Travers stakes here in Saratoga. Though my luck was the opposite of my $100+ win last year — I lost money yesterday on all five races in which I bet — I still had a ton of fun. Friends gathered around 1pm […]

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Saturday was our final wedding of this summer’s wedding extravaganza, and Jen’s second weekend in a row as a stunning professional bridesmaid. The weekend in Hartford was great fun and the wedding was spectacular, service and reception both held in the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum alongside a Picaso, a 4,000-year-old mummy, and other priceless works of […]

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It was the first of Jen’s bridsemaid double-whammies this summer at the wedding of Karen and Joti. The wedding was great fun, a huge success, and Jen was the most beautiful bridesmaid ever.

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This summer a mama bird built her nest in one of the hanging flower baskets on our porch. She sat on the five little blue eggs through heat waves and thunderstorms. About a week ago, we started to hear little chirps and knew the little fellas had hatched. We check on them whenever we take […]

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My Dad arrived in Saratoga yesterday evening after 7 days and 3,100 miles on the road across America — and promptly kicked mine and Jen’s asses at Scrabble, thanks, in part, to his 50-point “comedian” bonus. It’s great to have you here, Dad, and Saratoga is lucky to have you! This is the last week […]

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Happy six-year anniversary to my best friend and wife! Though we’re only approaching our two-year wedding anniversary, we officially became a couple six years ago today. The past six years have been the happiest of my life and I think I’m the luckiest guy in the world to be married to such a wonderful woman. […]

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Hollyhocks and geraniums Three years ago today we had set a date for our wedding and had just spent a weekend partying with James and Enoch in Sacramento. I miss that.

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Jane and Sarah spent the weekend with us in Saratoga as part of their East Coast tour. The trip started off right when Jen, Jane, and Sarah hit the brewery and found the place unattended, so Sarah played bartender. Later that night, a few more friends joined us for a little impromptu BBQ and bocce […]

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With a rich history dating back hundreds of years to King Louis XIV, New Orleans feels real, evoking a distinct sensation of being in Venice or elsewhere in Europe. I had to remind myself time and again over the past few days that I was deeper in the South than I had previously been — […]

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