Back, Again!

Ah, November in Northern California.  Too bad I wasn't here!  

Well, only for a few days.  Shortly after returning from Minnesota, I headed to Denver to visit my son and his family.  It is truly a pleasure to visit with them, spend time with the kids, visit my son's office and generally just hang out with the family.  Casey, as always, was a super gracious hostess and makes the trips truly enjoyable. 

Why would we visit my son's office?  Because they set the place up on Friday afternoon as a Halloween party for the kids.  Danny and Sarah had a blast with all the fun stuff they set up!  

For iPad users, click Here  to see my Denver trip pictures. 



From Denver, I went directly to Hawaii.  Well, with an overnight stop at my place in San Francisco to change from winter clothes to Hawaii clothes.  And, so that Stephanie could join me flying in from St. Paul.  

The trip was great. It started with both of us getting upgraded to First Class on the way to Maui!  Thank you, United! It seemed like everything we tried to do turned magical.  It was a great trip.  

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We stayed at the Ekahi Villa's, the same place I stayed with Reenie and Tom two years ago, but in a different unit.  Click here for a link to my November 2010 blog postings with the story and pictures from that trip to Maui. It explains the Ekahi Villas and the three beaches I call Mary's Beaches.  

And, yes, the reason for the trip was the same ITPC conference by SEMI that has taken me to Hawaii each November since 2000 (except '09 and last year).  

My trip to New York for Thanksgiving has been cancelled but not because of the storm damage. Rather, Erika won't be there so there is no really good reason to go for Thanksgiving.  I'll connect with her elsewhere, I am sure. 

And, no, the house has not sold. Yes, the house 2 doors away sold for $650,000 more than mine. It is 200 sq ft larger and the lot is only 66% the size of mine.  So, the activity level has picked up, according to my broker. 

Anyway, I am home for a bit with my next airplane ticket set for Dec 29 when I head to Fripp Island in the Carolina's for a Farmers' Get-together. 

Ciao.