Better Late than Never: Long Beach Marathon Weekend Part 2

In random order again, here are some more pictures from my marathon weekend.


Bubba Gump Shrimp was a sponsor of the runners expo. Forrest was at the expo giving out chocolate. I snapped a quick photo of Sara with Forrest while she was trying out those snazzy orange Brooks running shoes.

Forrest, Sara

This photo was taken the day after the marathon. Sara and I both ran the marathon. It was my first and her 39th (yikes!). We put our cameras on top of a trash can with a 10 sec. timer to snag this shot. (We didn't trust the homeless guys with our cameras.) Do you know how difficult it is to walk a few feet in front of the camera to take this shot with a timer after running a marathon? Very difficult! It was a good shot of us. So, the pain was worth it.

Me, Sara

Before heading back home, Sara and I visited the Long Beach aquarium. Pretty cool pictures of a baby shark. What they do is carefully cut open the shark egg and replace the cut egg shell with a clear plastic sheet so that the baby shark is protected. This way, we can see the shark develop while keeping the baby shark safe. So cool!

I really like this quote

Shark Egg

Another shark egg

Better Late than Never: Long Beach Marathon Weekend Part 1

So, I am WAY overdue in posting pictures from the Long Beach Marathon weekend. In no particular order here are some photos from my first night in Long Beach.

Mulligan wanted some of the Mac N Cheese

(R-L) Me, Mulligan, Elena, Sara

I think Mulligan wanted some beer. Look at his little tongue :)

Light house

Marina

View from the hotel

We all ordered the Beer tasting. Some were great. Others were like a bad version of Bud Light

Another view from the hotel. You can see Port of Long Beach. Busiest seaport in the U.S.

Hilarious

Even after 20 years The Simpsons is still hilarious and original.

Mulligan Update

I've been traveling a lot (for both work and for pleasure) lately. The good news is that I have a bunch of friends that are willing to watch Mulligan for me while I'm gone. (Many thanks Donna, Bryn, Nick, and Nikki). Mulligan only needed to be boarded once this past month (although, I think he enjoys the Pets Hotel).

When I was in Albuquerque this past week, Mulligan got Nikki to write me an email update. I thought I would share it:

Dear Mom-
Life has been great! I was able to get out and play this afternoon after you left. Auntie Nikki left me alone with the kitty again, but it was fine. She came back home and we went for a nice long walk and then played fetch (my favorite game!!) I sure am glad I have dino with me! It is fun to catch when she throws it. I just got into my carrier and Auntie is getting ready for bed. But, I haven't wined or anything, just like you said. I know Auntie Nikki is a big sucker but I sure am being a good boy. The kitty likes to jump in the bath tub and drink water, I think that is fascinating!! Having a great time here!! Can't wait for you to come back so we can all play. Auntie says she has an early day at work tomorrow. Oh boy! More fetch with Dino. Hope you are having a great trip and can't wait to see you tomorrow and show you all the fun things we've been doing!
Your wonderful, good boy (always)
Love
Mulligan

DS Auntie Nikki

Mulligan is either a well-adjusted pup or not attached to me (any warm body will do). He does well with other dogs, people, and places. It's a good thing because we like to travel a bunch.

Because this post is all about Mulligan, here are some pictures of Mulligan sporting his Jets Hoodie (Thanks Mom!): 

Weekend Getaway: Golf, music, and family Part Deux

I'm a bit late in posting some videos from the concert. I've been super busy with travel and work, but the main reason I haven't posted any videos from the concert is because Google Video was recently (?) taken offline. So, I had to resort to other means to embed my videos (i.e. youtube) onto my blog.

As promised I have a few video clips from the Zac Brown Band concert a few weekends ago. I got to say, this has got to be one of my favorite bands (the Dixie Chicks are still my fave). I think their musicianship really shined in the concert because at the end of each song, they would just jam out for another 5 minutes.They played for a long time. I think the set was about 1.5 hours long. The played some songs from their first album (fan favorites like "Toes" and "Chicken Fried") and a few from their new album (I especially like "Knee Deep" and "Let It Go"). My favorite part of the concert was listening their medley and cover song choices. They performed a medley of "Free" with Van Morrison's "Into the Mystic" and "Where the Boat Leaves From" with Bob Marley's "One Love."

One cover song, which was a bit of a shocker was their cover of Outkast's "So Fresh and So Clean." After all, Zac Brown Band is a country band. Really well done. Unexpected, but great!

Judge for yourself: