The Explorations of Mr. President

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Just A Little Beer

Nothing like haveing a little beer with my brother @ The Yard House in Long Beach.

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Sunday, December 21, 2008

Sunday, December 14, 2008

A Nutcracken Weekend

Nothing quite like staying the weekend at a Holiday Inn Express in Walnut Creek, taking a quick 30 minute ride on the BART to get here: The War Memorial Opera House.

Why?

To see the Nutcracker of course!

Tuesday, November 04, 2008

After Eight Years Something Amazing Happened

Tonight, like every first Tuesday after the first Monday in November since 1996 I was glued to the TV. Regardless of the outcome, history was being made. On one side of the spectrum there was a possibility that a women could be our Vice President (which I guess was a possibility in 1984, but Mondale had no chance of beating Reagan). On the other end, the end I support, a young African-American stood to be our next President-elect.

And after the frustration of an election being stolen from us in 2000 and feeling bewildered by a population that voted in the illusion of fear in 2004, today I got the honor to cast my ballot for someone that promised change, for someone who was change in a monochrome world. A man that would introduce us to a vivid spectrum of solutions because, to put is simply, something different needed to be done. For to long we have been living with the status quo, implementing either solution A or B for a problem that time and time again rears its ugly head and stares us down to the point where we know no matter what we do, this beast, will never leave us.

But after today. . . after today we have another option, an option we never considered. For the first time in our lives we will look at this beast, from the melting of the middle class to the financial meltdown that my 91 year old grandfather never though he would see again, with new eyes, a new focus. Starting today America will get a new lease on life, a second chance to create the "Great Society" that FDR, JFK, and LBJ were trying to build but could never finish.

Starting today America is a better place. Starting today America overcame a battle that our parents fought in the 1960's. Starting today America is anew with hope and a joyous look at the path that leads into the unknown. Starting today the youth, the minorities, and the fed-up spoke with one unified and clear voice shouting "we are tired of being ignored!"

Starting today. . . chance for the better will start to happen. The end of an era is coming to a close, and the dawn of anew is about to happen.

Sunday, August 24, 2008

The Magic Of Tahoe

OH MY GOD!! So here is the scoop, Dani did not want gamble at all but I made her put $5 down on 21 in roulett.

Well. . . WE WON!

My Baby Is 21

Besides the free birthday shot the waitress gave us (it was called a chocolate cake), this is my baby's first leagle drink. Its a 'Tropical Rock'

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Tahoe For The Two Of Us

On our drive around this great lake (that would be Lake Tahoe) we decided to stop at North Shore and take a picture.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Sampler Day

Lets see, from left to right:
Gran Centenario 100% Agave Tequila, Crema De Almendrado Orendain, Maui Gold Rum, Maui Dark Rum, Maui Platinum Rum, and Disaronno.

Some of these bottles haven't be opened in two years!

So good. . . oh so good!