BirthDAY

Where to start 32 years ago I came to this world with one thing on my mind surfing. Ok maybe not but it has been on my mind for the last 24 years. Every year I take off work for my birthday to have some me time. This year just happen to bring perfect beach weather and some ok surf. So with that in your mind can you guess what I did well let me tell you.

My birthday starts at midnight so that's when I started with a free meal from Denny's and then another one when I woke up at 7.

After that it was off to the beach. I surfed for about 2 hours then just hung out at the beach. The weather was about 87 degrees sunny and beautiful. Around noon I got a call from my friend Sarah who want to met for lunch and then go to the beach. Well I'm a sucker for a pretty girl and the beach so it sounded like a perfect combo. Well this turned out to be a bad call. But not a total bad call. I just got really burned and as of today it still kind of hurts (if your counting that is 7 days of pain). After a yummy lunch and some more beach time, I went home and got cleaned for dinner. I had the some of my best friends meet me at Lucille's for some yummy BBQ. After dinner me and Sarah went and saw Water for Elephant (she really had to twist my arm for this one) the sunburn was just setting in and making me really cold. But the movie and the evening with Sarah turned out to be a good one. Here are some photos from the night.

me & sarah

me & poop

kevin, trent, poop, travis, me

On Sat me and the boys went to hit the links over in the LBC it was a really good time. I don't get to play that much so this was a real treat. I wish I could play more I really enjoy golfing. Here is a just a little vid I made of the group that played.

Last thing on the list was dinner with the brother and his wife on Sunday. We headed over to Newport Rib Co. it was yummy and the perfect end to the birthday weekend.

Fun with FUN

On Thursday night I went to go see FUN at The Glass House.

Fun is an American indie pop band from NYC. It's kind of funny when you tell people you are going to see fun. They are like what? It reminds me of this clip from Wayne's World where they are talking to the door man about band names.

So with that let me just tell you that if your not having fun at FUN then you doing something wrong. Here are a few videos I took from the night along with a few pics.

Look WHOO Is Turning TWO

Yesterday was a perfect day for a birthday party. The sun was out and the weather was perfect. My god niece Evie was having her second birthday at the park. I have to say I love going to kids birthday parties cause they are so much fun, and this one was no different. Here are some of the photos that I snagged from the fun.

Yummy treats to hold you over until cake

Birthday girl making an owl mask

Owl cookies for everyone

Goodie bags for the kids

GIFTS!!!

Birthday girl with a pinwheel

Blowing out the candles

Opening the gifts

My gift to the birthday girl missing from photo is 3 counting books

(Side note on this. I had to pay full retail on this gift because for some reason Billabong isn't a part of the 2 million dollar industry of toddler girls. We make toddler boys but not girls. And let me say WOW after not buying anything retail for 5 solid years it was a shock.)

Boring Baseball

This was going to be a post about going to the Angels game that I went to on Monday. But then I noticed that I had nothing to write about. I took 7 of my friends to the game thanks to Billabong. But we missed the first inning where the first 4 runs were scored. Oh did I mention that the game ended with a score of 4-0. Yeah like I said nothing really to post about.

Then I took a look at this...

This photo was taken with my iPhone, from over 400 feet away. Now on my phone it doesn't really look all that great. BUT once I uploaded it I notice that it had a lot more detail then looked. I mean its not great detail but it is an iPhone. Once again I was amazed.

East Coast Living

This morning I woke up saw that the wind had died and it looked like it was going to be a nice day. So I call the local surf report. The first thing the report said was we have some snow on the beach...yes snow. Do I live on the east coast, I hung up called again, same thing. I had to see this for myself. So I quick put a few boards in my car grabbed my wettie and hurried down to the beach. Not just for the snow but because the report also said it was smooth and 4 to 5 ft with 6 foot sets. Well sure enough there was what looked like snow on the ground and the beach. But it turned out to just be a lot of hail. I guess Newport had a hugh hail storm last night. This was even more crazy because I live like 2 blocks from Newport and we didnt even get a drop of rain. So any ways here is what it looked like.

Almost dry a block from my house

Not the same story in Newport

Very wet and snow/hail piles every where

Some guy asked me to pose for a photo with my surfboard in a pile of hail. He then told me he worked for the daily pilot and was going to use them for his artical if I didnt mind. Told him no worries and head off to a pretty good surf. Even found myself two little barrels. Even with the 54 degree water it turned out to a good day.

Long Lost friend

Friday night I got to meet up and have dinner with a old friend of mine.

Jessica and I met on a coed soccer team about 10 years ago and have been friends ever since. She moved to San Fran a few years back and is now moving to Puerto Rico in a few weeks. She is in town as her parents for a week or so to pack things up before the move. And since we have not see each other in so long we decided to have dinner together. It was just like old times, we laugh told stories talked about our life's. It was a great night and good times. She will be missed until she moves back or I go visit.

Fight For Your Right

ITS GOING TO BE SICK!!!!!