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2026 (95)

November (2)

Fixing WaterDrop X8 Filter
Cycling from Woodside to Sawyer Camp

October (9)

Gunhild Carling at Biscuits & Blues
X-Lab RS7 Road Bike
Anniversary Dinner at Le Papillon
Cycling to Happy Valley from Santa Cruz
A Day Trip to Carmel
Birthday Dinner at Dalida
North by Northwest at Toni Rembe Theater
Mountain biking at Almaden Quicksilver
SUP Surfing at Linda Mar

September (5)

Maui Experiences Camp
Cycling from Half Moon Bay to Purisima Creek
Crazy Windy at Crissy Field
Wing Foiling at Crissy
Cycling from Sausalito to Tiburon and back

August (7)

Cycling from Palo Alto to Filoli Gardens
Windy Day at Crissy
Wing Foiling at Crissy
Hiking Lands' End
Aerial Arts / New Site Work at Fort Mason
Wing Foiling at Crissy
Crazy Day at Crissy

July (14)

Birthday Dinner at Memento SF
Monet and Venice at de Young Museum
Wing Foiling at Coyote Point
The Sound of Music
2026 World Cup Final: Argentina vs Spain
2026 World Cup 3rd Place Playoff: England vs. France
GE Profile Refrigerator
Kananaskis Village Hotel & Nordic Spa
Yoho National Park
Stunning Lake Moraine
Gorgeous Lake Louise
Icefields Parkway
Beautiful Banff
Calgary

June (4)

Nikon Coolpix P1100 Ultrazoom
Review: GoPro Hero 13 Black
Return to Bora-Bora, French Polynesia
A Windy Day at Coyote Point

May (15)

Celebrating AVAC 50th Anniversary
Wing Foiling Coyote Point
Dell Pro P 34 USB-C Hub Conferencing Monitor
Hiking Jenner Headlands Preserve
Hiking Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve
Kayaking Russian River
Waterdrop X8 Reverse Osmosis System
Apple Watch Series 11
Dinner at Gary Danko
Second Day Wing Foiling at Crissy
Mother's Day at Dio Deka
Makarevich & Vaikule "From Me to You"
First Day Wing Foiling at Crissy
Hearst Castle, Cambria
A Trip to Cambria

April (4)

Half Moon Bay
Angelique Kidjo at Bing Concert Hall, Stanford
Il Volo World Tour at San Jose Civic Center
Project Hail Mary

March (19)

"Our Class" Play at Z Space
The Devil Wears Prada at Dominion Theater
Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter
My Neighbour Totoro at Gillian Lynne Theatre
Oliver! at Gielgud Theatre
London (March 20 - 24)
Ethereal Venice (March 19)
Scholarly Padua (March 17)
Quiet Vicenza (March 16)
Relaxing Abano Terme (March 15 - 19)
Romantic Verona (March 15)
Historic Brescia (March 13)
Picturesque Sirmione (March 12-15)
Beautiful Bergamo (March 12)
Fashionable Milan (March 9-12)
Bouquets to Art Floral Exhibition at de Young Museum
Primary Trust by at Lucie Stern Theatre
Dinner at Ettan, Palo Alto
Spamalot at Golden Gate Theater

February (6)

Calistoga Weekend
Birthday Dinner at Evvia
International Guitar Night at Villa Montalvo
Super Bowl LX: Seattle Seahawks vs New England Patriots
Mountain Biking around Lexington Reservoir
Playing Golf at the Pruneridge Golf Club

January (10)

Vasya Oblomov at Chez Nous Cafe
iGPSPORT BiNavi Bike Computer
Book of Mormon at the Orpheum
Zolushka at Palo Alto Oshman Family JCC
Dinner at Ettan, Palo Alto
Kasia Smolarek at De Anza
Wahoo Elemnt Roam 3 Bike Computer
AURA at Grace Cathedral
Classical Guitar Lessons with Daniel
Welcome 2026!

2025 (87)

December (13)

The Year in Sports 2025
Best of the Best 2025
The Bucket List 2025
Cirque du Soleil - Echo
Return to Kauai
Let's Glow San Francisco
Menorah Lighting at Union Square
Sennheiser HD600 headphones
Topping DX5 II Fully Balanced DAC & Headphone Amp
Two Nights in Sonoma
Topping DX3Pro+ LDAC Headphone Amplifier
Dyson V11 Cordless Vacuum
Sonicake Travel Guitar QGT-01

November (8)

Kindle Colorsoft 16GB
Sarah McLachlan - Better Broken Tour
Hike to Lands' End, San Francisco
Legion of Honor: Manet & Morisot Exhibit
Thanksgiving Dinner at Lele
Donner Hush C Travel Guitar
Машина времени Мы рядом
Dinner at Orchard City Kitchen

October (2)

Some Like It Hot! in San Jose
Suzuki No. 34 Classical Guitar

September (4)

Refuge Spa in Carmel
Monterey Jazz Festival
Birthday Dinner at Dio Deka
San Francisco Flower Piano

August (14)

Back to Incline Village, Lake Tahoe
Dinner at Ettan, Palo Alto
Wing Foiling at Coyote Point
Dinner at Joey Valley Fair
Enjoying Blue Lagoon, Iceland (August 10)
Bike & Spa at Loch Lomond, Scotland (August 9)
Castles & Loch Lomond, Scotland (August 8)
Hogwarts Express, Glenfinnan, Scotland (August 7)
Hike to Buachaille Etive Beag Peak, Glencoe, Scotland (August 6)
Stirling Castle, Scotland (August 5)
Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Scotland (August 4)
Water of Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland (August 3)
Fringe Festival at Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2)
Horses & Waterfalls, Iceland (August 1)

July (10)

Whale Watching in Akureyri, Iceland (July 31)
Enjoying Mývatn Spa & Waterfalls, Iceland (July 30)
Puffin Encounter, Iceland (July 29)
Hiking the Skaftafell Glacier, Iceland (July 28)
Touring the Golden Circle, Iceland (July 27)
Exploring Reykjavík, Iceland (July 26)
Exploring Reykjavík, Iceland (July 25)
Alpine iLX-507 Digital Receiver in Toyota Sienna
Canon R8 with 28-70 f/2.8 IS STM
Building Windows 11 Server

June (11)

The Illusionist at Palace Theater
James Blunt Back to Bedlam 20th Anniversary Tour
Biking Almaden Quicksilver County Park
Hiking Seven Springs Trail, Saratoga
Windy Day at Coyote Point
Hiking Fall Creek Trail, Felton
PRS SE CE24 Electric Guitar
Wing Foiling a Coyote Point
Wing Foiling at Crissy Field
Hauser - The Rebel is Back Tour
SwingVision for Tennis

May (3)

Hike to Mori Point
Donner Hush I Pro Travel Guitar
A Short stay in Mendocino

April (2)

Apple MacBook Air 15" M4
A Weekend in Monterey

March (6)

Windsurfing on Bonaire
Tennis Racket Demo
Uncle Vanya at Berkeley Rep
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden
Nobody Loves You at A.C.T.
A Day Trip to Carmel

February (6)

A Short Getaway to Calistoga
Walking around Stanford
Dear San Francisco at Club Fugazi
The Great Gatsby A New Ballet
USTA 40+ 3.0 Match
Stella Swings Ella

January (8)

One Night in Sonoma
One More Day in Zurich
Cross-country skiing in Langenfeld
Snowshoeing to Wiesle Hut
Skiing Solden
Hiking to Eagle's View, Langenfeld
Relaxing at Aqua Dome, Langenfeld
Welcome 2025!

2024 (64)

December (16)

The Bucket List 2024
The Year in Sports 2024
Best of the Best 2024
Enjoying Lumagica Christmas Light Show
Visiting Schloss Ambras Innsbruck
Visiting Alpine Zoo in Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
Hiking Verwall Trail in St. Anton
Snowboarding Ski Arlberg
Enjoying St. Anton amd Arlberg
One Day in Zurich
Pink Martini at SF Jazz
Miss Bennet Christmas at Pemberley
My Grandson Benjamin at Herbst Theater
iPad Pro 13" M4/256GB
Buying Honu Bondi 8'8" iSUP

November (3)

Back to Kauai
Learning to play guitar
Joe Bonamassa at San Jose Civic Center

October (4)

Mariza at SF Jazz
Vising Cascais, Portugal
Visiting Sintra, Portugal
Back to Lisbon, Portugal

September (16)

Visiting Buddha Eden Garden of Peace, Portugal
Visiting Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
Visiting Obidos, Portugal
Touring University of Coimbra, Portugal
Visiting Coimbra, Portugal
Hiking Casal De Sao Simao, Portugal
Hiking from Piódão to Foz d'Egua
Visiting the New Hand Lab, Covilha
Visiting Belmonte, Portugal
Relaxing at Aquadome, Portugal
Visiting Douro Valley, Portugal
Visiting Fundacao da Casa de Mateus, Portugal
Visiting Porto, Portugal
Hiking Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park
Hiking Sawyer Camp Trail South in Burlingame
Hiking Alma Trail in Bear Creek Redwoods

August (2)

Hiking Castle Rock
Ride from Palo Alto to Filoli Gardens

July (4)

Celebrating Alex's 22 Birthday
Mrs. Doubtfire at Orpheum
Relaxing at Incline Village, North Lake Tahoe
2022 Mazda Miata Grand Touring

June (3)

Company at Orpheum
First USTA Mixed 40+ 6.0 Doubles Win
Teddy's return

May (3)

First USTA Men's 18+ 3.0 Doubles Win in 2024
Cirque du Soleil Kooza in San Jose
Northeastern Graduation

April (2)

Tiger Style in Mountain View
Visiting Oahu

March (1)

Master & Margarita in Palo Alto

February (2)

Dinner at Chez TJ
Andrey Makarevich at Fort Mason

January (8)

Zoom Serve Lesson with Ryan Reidy
Lesson 06: Tennis with Gary Jordao - Early Prep
Clinic 02: AVAC 3.5+ Adult Tennis Clinic
A long weekend with Teddy
Clinic 01: AVAC 3.5+ Adult Tennis Clinic
Lesson 04: Tennis with Gary Jordao - Spacing
Lesson 03: Tennis with Gary Jordao - Spacing
Welcome 2024!

2023 (65)

December (10)

Best of the Best 2023
The Year in Sports 2023
Lesson 02: Tennis with Greg Jordao - Spacing
Lesson 13: Tennis Serve Lesson with Ryan Reidy
Tennis Ball Machine at AVAC
Review: The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Return to Almaden Quicksilver
Lesson 01: Tennis with Gary Jordao - Prepare Early
Elixir of Love at SF Opera
Storm Large Holiday Ordeal

November (5)

A Day trip to the Grand Canyon
Top 10 Sedona Hikes
Return to Sedona
Back to Las Vegas
Repairing Fanatic Allwave 9'3" SUP

October (13)

Review: Smoke Detectors
Sandcastle Classic at Ocean Beach
Tango Lovers at Herbst Theater
Relaxing in Calistoga
Taxi Hell at Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino (Rome) Airport
A Stop in Ostuni
Driving Opel Corsa in Italy
Relaxing in Otranto
A Visit to Lecce
Trulli beautiful Alberobello
Exploring Matera
Hiking the Path of the Seven Stones
Driving to Castemezzano with a stop in Salerno

September (11)

Relaxing on Ischia
Boating on Amalfi Coast
Beautiful Capri
Driving on Amalfi Coast
Hiking Path of the Gods
Visiting Naples
Exploring Pompei
Magical Sorrento
A Day out in Monterey & Carmel
Oppenheimer
The Tudors at the Legion of Honor

August (3)

Review: Puddles & Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at Mountain Winery
Review: Cirque du Soleil Corteo
A Weekend in Arnold

July (3)

Celebrating Alex's 21st Birthday
Wing Foiling at Crissy
Relaxing at Pismo Beach

June (4)

Wing Foiling at Coyote Point
Father's Day
Relaxing on Costa Brava
Visit to Girona

May (1)

Return to Barcelona

April (5)

Review: Joshua Bell plays Sibelius
Lesson 12: Tennis Serve Lesson with Ryan Reidy
Naish Wing Foil LE Carbon Ultra - 5'7
First Day Wing Foiling at Sherman Island
A Week with Teddy

March (1)

Review: Mashina Vremeni

February (5)

Return to Costa Rica
Birthday Dinner at The Plumed Horse
Bria Skonberg at SF Jazz
Valentine's Day at the Tasting House
Review: GoPro Hero11 Black Mini

January (4)

Review: In Every Generation
Review: Sennheiser Momentum4 Bluetooth Headphones
Review: Steam Deck 64GB
Welcoming 2023!

2022 (77)

December (3)

The Year in Sports 2022
Best of the Best 2022
Back to Kauai

October (3)

SUP Surfing on Fanatic Allwave 9'3"
Dinner at Plumed Horse
Review: Elton John Farewell Yellow Brick Road at Levi's Stadium

September (8)

Dinner at Pastis Bistro, Palo Alto
Birthday in San Francisco
Review: To Kill a Mockingbird at Golden Gate Theater
Exploring Russian River
Review: Потерпевший Гольдинер at TheaterYou
Dinner at Cascal
Dinner at Naschmarkt
Unexpected Repairs

August (6)

Dinner at Golden Triangle
San Francisco Workation Week 5
Wing Repair in San Francisco
San Francisco Workation Week 4
San Francisco Workation Week 3
Windsurfing and Wing Foiling at Crissy Field

July (10)

San Francisco Workation Week 2
Celebrating Alex's 20th Birthday
Buying Wing Foiling Gear from Boardsports
Lesson 11: Tennis Singles Strategies with Ryan Reidy
San Francisco Workation Week 1
Selling old Windsurfing Gear
A week with Covid-19
eFoil Kauai
Lesson 10: Tennis Double Strategies with Ryan Reidy
Back to Kauai

June (11)

Review: Bentley III Outdoor Fire Table by OVE
Lesson 09: Tennis Serve Lesson & Strategy with Ryan Reidy
Bryant HVAC Upgrade
Father's Day Dinner at Naschmarkt
Windsurfing at Coyote Point
Review: Pyle Outdoor Patio Speakers
A Weekend in Arnold
First Day of Surfing at the Hook
Lesson 08: Forehand Tennis Lesson with Ryan Reidy
Lunch at Teleferic
Last Days in Boston

May (14)

Exploring the Berkshires
Boston Workation Week 4
A Weekend at Newport
Boston Pops - The Magical Music of Alan Menken
Boston Workation Week 3
A Day out in Cape Cod
Visiting Salem
Boston Workation Week 2
Mother's Day at Deuxave
Walking around Walden Pond
Visiting deCordova Sculpture Park near Boston
A Brief stop at Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Visiting Portland, Maine
Boston Workation Week 1

April (1)

Demoing Wilson Clash 100 Tennis Racket

March (5)

Taking Delivery of a Tesla Model Y
Dinner at Naschmarkt
Playing Pickeball with Alex
Lesson 07: Tennis Volley Lesson with Ryan Reidy
USTA Men's 40+ 3.5 Match at LGSRC

February (7)

Relaxing in Calistoga
Inna's Birthday Dinner at Dio Deka
Lesson 06: Tennis Overhead Lesson with Ryan Reidy
Valentine's Dinner at Asa Los Gatos
USTA Men's 40+ 3.5 Match at AVAC
Lesson 05: Tennis Two-Handed Backhand Lesson with Ryan Reidy
Lesson 04: Tennis Slice Backhand Lesson with Ryan Reidy

January (9)

USTA Men's 40+ 3.5 Match at Courtside
California Closets Remodel
Playing Golf at Pruneridge Golf
Art of the Brick
Lesson 03: Tennis Serve Lesson with Ryan Reidy
Boston Calling
Lesson 02: Tennis Forehand Lesson with Ryan Reidy
A Winter Day in Carmel
Lunch at Epernay Bistro

2021 (68)

December (8)

The Year in Sports 2021
Best of the Best 2021
Christmas in the Neighborhood
Lesson 01: Tennis Backhand Lesson with Ryan Reidy
Snowboarding at Lake Tahoe
Dinner at Golden Triangle
More Tennis Thoughts
Review: Pink Martini

November (4)

Tennis Serve Evaluation with Ryan Reidy
Back to Sedona
Review: GoPro Hero 10 Black
Tennis Forehand Tips

October (5)

Tennis Tips
Relaxing at Avila Beach
Anniversary Dinner at Flowers, Saratoga
Tennis at AVAC
Surf Paddling at Linda Mar

September (9)

Upgrading to Synology DS1621+ NAS
Boris' Birthday Dinner at Dio Deka
Review: Apple iPad Pro 11'
Ordering Tesla Model Y
Selling Yamaha WR250F Dirt Bike
Sellling Lexus RX350 AWD
Relaxing in Punta Mita
London Calling
The Last Supper at Pastaria

August (5)

Windsurfing at Crissy Field
Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon
San Francisco Workation Week 5
San Francisco Workation Week 4
Boat Surfing on Petaluma River

July (6)

San Francisco Workation Week 3
Celebrating Alex's 19th Birthday
San Francisco Workation Week 2
San Francisco Workation Week 1
Tesla Model Y Test Drive
Laguna Beach Workation Week 4

June (4)

Laguna Beach Workation Week 3
Laguna Beach Workation Week 2
N.U.in London Pre-Arrival
Laguna Beach Workation Week 1

May (7)

Returning to Carmel
Dinner at Naschmarkt
Dinner at Plumed Horse
Bellarmine Graduation
Repairing Toyota Sienna Damage
Review: TP-Link AX6000 WiFi 6 Router(Archer AX6000)
Improving Surf Paddling Part 2

April (7)

Review: Wavestorm 7' Surfboard
Surfing at the Hook
The Golden Week
Enrolling in Northeastern University
Review: Apple MacBook Air M1
Review: Gerry Lopez 8' Foam Surfboard
Spring Break at La Jolla

February (7)

Winter at Newport Beach
Inna's Birthday Dinner at North
Review: Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max
Specialized Rear Brake Problems
Valentine's Day at Evvia
Review: Apple Watch Series 6
Review: AUKEY True Wireless Earbuds Sports EP-T32

January (6)

Cancelling Social Media
Hiking Sanborn County Park
Review: Apple Airpods Pro
Review: Apple Macbook Pro 13' M1
Riding Swelltech J.O.B. Banzai Surfskate
Welcoming 2021!

2020 (63)

December (8)

The Year in Sports 2020
Best of the Best 2020
Enjoying Christmas
The Bucket List 2020
Building a new Desktop Tower
Prepping for the Holidays
Hiking Point Lobos State Reserve
Configuring Denon AVR-X3700H

November (14)

GoPro Hero7 Black Video Settings
Exploring Half Moon Bay
Upgrading White-Rodgers Thermostat
LG CX 77 OLED TV
Celebrating Thanksgiving
Hiking Sanborn County Park
Ditching ADT for Ring Security
Switching to Google Fi
Returning to Hollister Hills SVRA
Replacing Dead Car Battery
Repairing Kitchen Aid Dishwasher
Applying to Colleges
Biking John Nicholas Trail
Back to The Hook

October (9)

Trick-or-Treating during Covid Halloween
Enjoying Santa Cruz
Improving Surf Paddling
Hiking Dipsea Trail
Enjoying Sausalito
Repairing Ripcurl Wetsuit
Repairing Firewire Tomo v4 LFS
Apple Watch Nike SE Edition
Last Week at Laguna Beach

September (5)

Enjoying Laguna Beach
Windsurfing at Punta San Carlos, Mexico
Returning to Laguna Beach
Vegas, Baby!
Laguna Beach Workation

August (2)

Hiking Pacifica
Windsurfing 3rd Ave

July (7)

Relaxing at Pismo Beach
Celebrating Alex's 18th Birthday
Golfing at Emerald Hills
Windsurfing at Sherman Island
Windsurfing Waddell Creek
Nuking Winds at Sherman Island
Exploring Morro Bay

June (5)

Windsurfing at Coyote Point
Grilling on the Weber Genesis II S-345
Learning to SUP surf at Capitola
Windsurfing at Sherman Island
Wavestorm 5'8" Fish

May (2)

Review: Wahoo ELEMNT Bolt GPS Bike Computer
Keiser M3i Spin Bike

April (3)

Back to Almaden Quicksilver
Windsurf Jibing at home
Billie Jean King's Eye Coach

March (1)

Coronovirus Chonicles

February (4)

Santa Clara College Tour
Inna's Birthday Dinner at Evvia
Southern California College Tour
Dinner at Plumed Horse

January (3)

Neewer Carbon Fiber 63" Tripod
Review: Pride & Prejudice Musical
Surfing at the Hook

2019 (64)

December (4)

Best of the Best 2019
The Year in Sports 2019
Back to Mammoth Mountain
Filoli Gardens Holiday Lights

November (6)

Exploring Sedona
Review: Amazon Kindle (10th Gen)
Back to Almaden Quicksilver Park
Review: Harry Potter & The Cursed Child
Review: Miss Saigon
Review: Motorola 24x8 MB7621 Cable Modem

October (4)

Review: The Marriage of Figaro
Review: Asus RT-AX88U Router
Review: Orbit 57946 B-hyve Smart WiFi Sprinkler Timer
Review: Apple iPhone 11

September (3)

Problem with Plex Music
Review: Downton Abbey
Review: Lara Fabian 50

August (5)

Review: Wicked at San Jose Center for the Performing Arts
Blasting at Sherman Island
Foiling at Sherman Island
Review: Hamilton at Orpheum
Relaxing on Oahu's North Shore

July (8)

Alex's 17th Birthday
ABK Windsurfing Clinic at Sherman Island
Review: San Francisco Symphony - Leslie Odom
Rick Newman Tennis Lesson 7: Serve
Surfing at The Hook
Windsurfing Coyote Point
Road Trip to Santa Barbara
Buying a used Lexus RX 350

June (10)

Foiling on Exocet RF81 with Slingshot Fwind Foil
Rick Newman Tennis Lesson 6: One-Handed Backhand
Windsurfing Crissy Field
Rick Newman's Tennis Lesson 5: Slice Backhand
Dining at Black Sheep Brasserie
Windsurfing Sherman Island
Rick Newman's Tennis Lesson 4: Two-Handed Backhand
Bouquets to Art at de Young Museum
Windsurfing Coyote Point
Rick Newman Tennis Lesson 3: Serve & Forehand

May (3)

Rick Newman Tennis Lesson 2: Serve
Review: Fiddler on the Roof at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts
Tennis Technique Improvement

April (6)

Hiking Wapama Falls Trail, Yosemite
Hiking Chilnualna Falls Trail, Yosemite
Hiking Mirror Lake Trail, Yosemite
Rick Newman Tennis Lesson 1: Volleys
Review: Aladdin at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts
Biking Almaden Quicksilver County Park

March (7)

Early blooms at Filoli Gardens
Review: Old Stock - A Refugee Love Story
Sunny Day at Hollister Hills SVRA
Review: Cirque du Soleil Volta
Review: Newsies at Bellarmine
Alpine Meadows Powder
A Soggy Day at Squaw

February (4)

Review: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Inna's Birthday Dinner at Bouchon
Chasing Mammoth Powder
Dinner at Bellagio

January (4)

Review: Farewell Yellow Brick Road
Half Day in Paris
One Day in Lausanne
Snowboarding Verbier

2018 (66)

December (5)

The Year in Sports 2018
Snowboarding Bardonecchia
Exploring Turin
The Bucket List 2018
Best of the Best 2018

November (4)

A Winter Concert at Bellarmine
A Personal Motor-vehicle history
Review: Microsoft Surface Pro 6
Biking Almaden Quicksilver County Park

October (5)

Back at Hollister Hills SVRA
A Personal Computing History
Anniversary Dinner at Evvia
Disaster at Steamer Lane
Eating Ramen at Hokkaido Ramen Santouka

September (9)

Review: "Chicago" on Broadway (Ambassador Theater)
Review: Avenue Q Off Broadway (New World Stages)
Review: Waitress on Broadway (Brooks Atkinson Theater)
Review: My Fair Lady on Broadway (Vivian Beaumont Theater)
Fall in New York City
Tennis Training Review 9/14/18
Review: Shakira El Dorado
On Any Sunday
Hiking John Nicholas Trail

August (8)

Hiking West Cliff Drive
Biking Almaden Quicksilver County Park
Surfing at "The Hook"
Intel Atom C2538 defect in Synology DS1815+
Tennis Training Review 8/17/18
Surfing Pleasure Point on Firewire Spitfire
Fanatic FreeWave STB 105
Alex's Birthday Lunch at Alexander's Steakhouse

July (3)

ABK Windsurfing Camp at Sherman Island
Windsurfing Sherman Island
FIFA World Cup: Russia vs Croatia

June (8)

Relaxing Osaka
Delicious Kyoto
Scenic Kanazawa
Charming Matsumoto
Historical Kamakura
Terrific Tokyo
Crankin' at Crissy Field
Dirt biking at Hollister Hills SVRA

May (6)

Windsurfing Coyote Point's High Winds
Fun at Emerald Hills Golfland
Jazz in the Spring at Bellarmine
Windsurfing Coyote Point
Windsurfing Lessons at Alameda
Review: Babolat Pure Drive Play tennis racquet

April (9)

A Spring Concert at Bellarmine
Surfing Lessons with Bud
Sharks vs Ducks Stanley Cup Playoffs
Surfing Pleasure Point
Rhythms of the Night - Savia
Jet Skiing and Boogie Boarding in Nuevo Vallarta
Swimming with Dolphins
Surfing in Sayulita
Enjoying Las Caletas Beach Hideaway

March (5)

Vacationing in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico
Final Day of Snowboarding Kirkwood
Beautiful Filoli Gardens
Heavenly Powder
Fresh Powder at Kirkwood

February (2)

Snowboarding Whistler
Plumed Horse, Saratoga

January (2)

Snowboarding at Northstar
Snowboarding Heavenly

2017 (77)

December (7)

Best of the Best 2017
San Diego Zoo
Visiting San Diego
"A Night of Jazz" at Bellarmine College Prep
Review: Postmodern Jukebox at Warfield
Dirt biking at Hollister Hills SVRA
Review; "Around the World in 80 Days" at Lucie Stern Theater

November (1)

Bellarmine Winter Concert

October (3)

Review: Jlab Epic 2 Bluetooth Earbuds
Review: Jabra Move Wireless Stereo Headset
Review: AUKEY Latitude Wireless Headphones

September (6)

Review: Babolat Pop Tennis Sensor
Bellarmine vs Mitty Football
Biking John Nicholas Trail
Bellarmine vs Gonzaga Football
Review: Zepp 2 Tennis Sensor
Review: "Something Rotten" at Orpheum Theater

August (11)

Hiking Butano State Park
Biking Saratoga Gap and Long Ridge
Review: "Constellations" at TheatreWorks
First Day of High School
Practicing Tennis on the Ball Machine
Watching the Lunar Eclipse
Biking Almaden Quicksilver County Park
Practicing a Flat Tennis Serve
Dirt Biking Hollister Hills SVRA
Biking Saratoga Gap and Long Ridge
Hiking Presidio and visiting The Legion of Honor

July (21)

Alex's 15th Birthday
Returning to Oakland
Visiting Hampton Court and London
Review: "The Play that Goes Wrong" at West End (Duchess Theatre)
Visiting the British Museum
Review: "42nd Street" at West End (Theatre Royal Drury Lane)
Exploring London and the Tower of London
Exploring Munich
Visiting BMW Welt and Museum
Hiking Füssen
Visiting Hohenschwangau and Neuschweinstein Castles and Lindenhof Palace
Exploring Nordkette, Alpine Zoo, and Innsbruck
Enjoying Hall in Tirol, Oetz, and Aqua Dome
Hiking in Bad Gastein, Dorfgastein, and Werfen
Biking from Dorfgastein to Bad Gastein
Relaxing at Alpentherme
Strolling through Salzburg
Getting wet at Schloss Hellbrunn
Touring Hallstatt
Lunch at Bad Ischl
Sightseeing Vienna

June (7)

Windsurfing Sherman Island
Review: "Beethoven" at TheatreWorks (Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts)
Return to Mountain Biking at Quicksilver Almaden County Park
Alex's Graduation from Dartmouth Middle School
Grandma's 85th Birthday at Manresa
Bird watching at Don Edwards Wildlife Refuge
Windsurfing Coyote Point on new Ezzy Elite sails

May (9)

Dartmouth Symphonic Band Banquet
Kinetic Sculptures Race in Ferndale
Hiking Humboldt Redwoods State Park
Exploring the Lost Coast
A Day out in San Francisco
Spring Concert at Dartmouth Middle School
Dartmouth Symphonic Band's Disneyland Trip
A Grand Day Out in Sonoma
Windsurfing Coyote Point

April (3)

Garrahan Off-road Training at Carnegie Hills SVRA
Riding Yamaha WR250F at Hollister
Hiking Pinnacles National Park

March (5)

Exploring Coyote Hills Regional Park
Spring Bloom in Filoli Gardens
Bouquets to Art 2017
Snowboarding Kirkwood and Sierra at Tahoe
Pops Concert at Dartmouth Middle School

February (3)

Inna's Birthday Dinner at Hult's
Inna's Birthday Dinner at Nick's Next Door
Snowboarding Whistler

January (1)

Snowboarding Kirkwood

2016 (68)

December (11)

Best of the Best 2016
Review: "The Illusionists Turn of the Century" on Broadway (Palace Theater)
Review: "Cats" on Broadway (Neil Simon Theatre)
Review: "Fiddler on the Roof" on Broadway (Broadway Theatre)
Review: "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" on Broadway
Review: "Jersey Boys" on Broadway (August Wilson Theater)
Review: "Chicago" on Broadway (Ambassador Theater)
Christmas in New York City
Winter Concert at Dartmouth Middle School
Review: "Daddy Long Legs" (Lucie Stern Theater)
Los Gatos Holiday Parade 2016

November (9)

Splendid Xel-Ha
Exciting Xplor
Adventures in Tulum and Mystic River
Relaxing in Cancun
Playing miniature golf at Emerald Hills Golfland
Dirt Biking at Hollister Hills SVRA
Indoor Skydiving at iFly
Dirt Biking at Hollister Hills SVRA
Harakiri at Bushido, Mountain View

October (13)

Bowling at Bel Mateo Bowl
Hiking in Huddart County Park
Halloween Concert at Dartmouth Middle School
Dirt Biking at Hollister Hills SVRA with the East Bay Meetup
Biking Russian Ridge OSP
Review: "The Hard Problem" (Geary Theater)
Enjoying Cafe Claude in San Francisco
Muddy Day at Hollister SVRA
Hiking Lookout Trail at Villa Montalvo
Dirt Biking at Hollister Hills SVRA
Review: "Outside Mullingar", TheatreWorks
Campo di Bocce, Los Gatos
Dirt Biking at Hollister Hills SVRA

September (6)

The Bywater Restaurant in Los Gatos
Intro to Dirt in Hollister SVRA (with Riding Notes)
Biking Monte Bello OSP
Hiking Dipsea Trail at Stinson Beach
Hiking Point Lobos State Natural Reserve
Hiking Big Basin Redwoods

August (2)

Alex's Bar Mitzvah
Hiking Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park

July (3)

Beautiful Lake Tahoe
Boogie Boarding on Manresa Beach
Breathtaking Bora-Bora, French Polynesia

June (1)

Universal Studios Hollywood

May (3)

Hiking Montgomery Woods State Natural Preserve
Fort Bragg and Mendocino
Spring Concert at Dartmouth Middle School

April (5)

Review: "Cyrano" at TheatreWorks (Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts)
One Night in Stockholm
Exploring Ronda
Splendid Seville
The Long Road to Granada

March (3)

Dirt Biking at Metcalf
Intro to Dirt at Hollister Hills SVRA
Pops Concert at Dartmouth Middle School

February (9)

Filoli Gardens, Woodside
Tennis Strategy
Tennis Volley
Tennis Slice Backhand
Tennis One-Handed Backhand Drive
Tennis Forehand Drive
Tennis Backhand Return
Tennis Forehand Return
Tennis Flat Serve

January (3)

Santa Clara Paintball
Review: OdysseO Cavalia
Snowboarding Kirkwood

2015 (52)

December (12)

Best of the Best 2015
Dirt Biking Metcalf
Review: Star Wars Episode VII The Force Awakens
Chubby Noodle in San Francisco
Review: Potted Potter
Relaxing in Grand Wailea, Maui
Winter Concert at Dartmouth Middle School
Review: Postmodern Jukebox at Warfield
Review: Disgraced at Berkeley Rep
Taming the Wild Beast
Review: nVidia Shield TV
Review: Emma at Lucille Packard Theater

November (5)

Relaxing at Solage Spa in Calistoga
Review: "Riverdance" at San Jose Center for Performing Arts
Windsurfing Coyote Point
Biking Saratoga Gap and Peters Creek
Specialized StumpJumper FSR

October (2)

Intro to Dirt at Hollister Hills SVRA
Review: Amazon Fire TV and the battery compartment from hell

September (2)

Grandpa's Struggle with Lung Cancer
September of Changes

August (2)

Enjoying Manresa State Beach
Review: Phantom of the Opera (Orpheum Theater)

July (5)

Review: Matilda in Orpheum Theater
Ziplining on Mont-Tremblant
Botanical Garden, Montreal, Quebec
Parc Omega, Quebec
Montreal, Quebec

June (7)

Thousand Islands, Ontario
Walking on the Edge
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Raining in Toronto
Review: Marriage of Figaro at San Francisco Opera
Sailing at Shoreline Lake
Review: Fallen Angels at TheatreWorks

May (4)

Review: Swinging with Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Fun at South Lake Tahoe
Spring Concert at Dartmouth Middle School
Review: One Man, Two Guvnors (Berkeley Rep)

April (5)

Skavsta, Sweden
Venice, Italy
Bologna, Italy
Lake Como, Italy
Milan, Italy

March (3)

Inna's Birthday dinner at the Plumed Horse
Snowboarding Sugar Bowl
Pops Concert at Dartmouth Middle School

February (4)

Vancouver, British Columbia
VanDusen Botanical Gardens, British Columbia
Lynn Canyon Park, British Columbia
Skiing Whistler

January (1)

Review: Online Classes with Coursera and EdX

2014 (59)

December (3)

Best of the Best 2014
Winter Concert at Dartmouth Middle School
Haswell, We Have a Problem

November (3)

Where is the Mystery Spot?
Review: La Boheme for Families
Relaxing in Wailea Marriott, Maui

October (4)

Halloween at Almaden Winery
Eating well in Evvia Restaurant
Botto Italian Bistro and the Yelp Controversy
Visiting Boston aka Harvard, here I come

September (2)

Recruiting at Georgia Tech in Atlanta
Introduction to Fencing, The Fencing Center

August (3)

Review: The Gipsy Kings at Mountain Winery
Hiking Lassen Volcanic National Park
Hiking Mt. Shasta

July (6)

Rafting the South Fork of American River
Trolling for bottom dwellers (Marine Science Ecotour)
Kiteboarding Lessons with SG Kiteboarding
Stockholm, Sweden
Tallinn, Estonia
Helsinki, Finland

June (10)

Copenhagen, Denmark
Bergen, Norway
Balestrand, Norway
Oslo, Norway
Sangria Sunday at the Mountain Winery
Review: Showboat at San Francisco Opera
Alex's Elementary School Graduation
Beach time in Carmel
Biking Almaden Quicksilver County Park
Sunday Brunch at La Foret

May (6)

Review: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Biking Joseph D. Grant County Park
Biking the Coastal Trail in Half Moon Bay
Hiking Point Lobos State Reserve
Biking Almaden Quicksilver County Park
Biking Santa Teresa County Park

April (7)

Biking Limekiln Trail
Disney's Hollywood Studios, Orlando
Walt Disney World Animal Kingdom, Orlando
Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom, Orlando
Epcot, Orlando
Universal Islands of Adventure, Orlando
Universal Studios Florida

March (1)

Review: Bluetooth Speakers

February (5)

Kitchen Remodeling
Skiing Whistler
The Physics Show at Foothills College
Review: Amaluna by Cirque du Soleil
Review: Man in a Case (Roda Theatre)

January (9)

Review: Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus
Review: History of the Eagles Concert
Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival
Bay Area Travel & Adventure Expo, Santa Clara
2014 Silicon Valley International Auto Show
Burgers at Mo's
The Book of Mormon at the Orpheum
Bluestem Brasserie, San Francisco
P90x Fitness at Courtside Club, Los Gatos

2013 (71)

December (4)

Best of the Best 2013
Pizza and Desserts at Tartine Bakery & Cafe / Pizzeria Delfina
Relaxing at Wailea Marriott, Maui
Building with Lego Mindstorms EV3

November (4)

Eating Cajun at Angeline's Louisiana Kitchen
Review: Tristan & Yseult at Berkeley Repertory Theater
Review: The Barber of Seville at San Francisco Opera
Review: Evita (San Jose Center for the Performing Arts)

October (9)

Halloween, Almaden Winery
Review: Sarah Brightman's Dreamchaser Concert
Bouchon Bistro, Yountville
Wine tasting in Benziger Winery
Pancake Heaven at Solbar, Calistoga
Relaxing at Indian Springs Resort & Spa in Calistoga
Anniversary Dinner at the Plumed Horse
Review: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Berkeley Rep)
Review: Apple iMac 27

September (2)

Review: Dell XPS One 2710
Kayaking on Donner Lake

August (3)

Review: LSI MegaRAID
Purchasing an Audi Q5 2.0T from Audi of Stevens Creek
Review: Watching Elysium

July (14)

Test driving the Tesla Model S
Review: The Further Adventures of Three Musketeers (Oak Meadow Park)
Biking the Wilder Ranch State Park
Antwerp, Belgium
Ghent, Belgium
Bruges, Belgium
Brussels, Belgium
Adventures in Metz, France
Baden-Baden, Germany
Sankt Goar, Germany
Cochem, Germany
Burg Eltz Castle, Germany
Bacharach, Germany
Cologne, Germany

June (6)

Hoge Veluwe National Park, Netherlands
Leiden, Netherlands
Delft, Netherlands
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Review: A Minister's Wife (San Jose Repertory Theater)
Learning science at Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley

May (7)

Victoria, British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia
Hiking Castle Rock State Park
Wine Cellar Restaurant, Los Gatos
Review: Mary Poppins (Orpheum Theater)
Tasting gelato in Gelateria Naia
Chow Restaurant, San Francisco

April (4)

Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose
Xcaret, Cancun, Mexico
Xel-Ha, Cancun, Mexico
Barcelo Palace, Cancun, Mexico

March (5)

Making Gelato at Home
Exploring Yosemite National Park
Green Smoothies in San Francisco
Windsurfing Coyote Point
Hiking Point Lobos State Reserve

February (8)

Vancouver, British Columbia
Skiing Whistler
Manresa, Los Gatos
Gather Restaurant, Berkeley
Review: The Wild Bride (Berkeley Rep)
Steamer's Grillhouse, Los Gatos
Watching Super Bowl XLVIII: 49ers vs Ravens
Amour Patisserie, Los Gatos

January (5)

Pagan Restaurant, San Francisco
Legion of Honor Museum: Royal Treasures from the Louvre
Review: Ching Chong Chinaman (City Lights Theater)
Review: "Anything Goes" (Golden Gate Theater)
Bluestem Brasserie, San Francisco

2012 (17)

December (1)

Rock Climbing in Castle Rock State Park

November (2)

Relaxing at Wailea Marriott, Maui
Review: Leonard Cohen at HP Pavilion

October (2)

Test driving the Ferrari F430
Wedding Anniversary in Calistoga

August (3)

Sunny Santa Barbara
Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Yellowstone National Park

July (2)

Review: Napa Festival del Sole
Enjoying the Mini Cooper S "Chili"

June (3)

Exploring Vienna
Alex's adventures in Camp Tawonga, Yosemite
Prague, Czechia

May (1)

Exploring Mendocino

April (2)

Flight training on a Cessna 172SP Skyhawk
Los Cabos, Mexico

February (1)

Skiing Whistler

2011 (2)

October (1)

Showtime in Las Vegas, Nevada

July (1)

Mt. Hamilton Motorcycle Ride

2010 (13)

June (7)

Mont-Sainte-Michel, France
Etretat, France
Honfleur, France
Portsmouth, England
Bath, England
Serene Stourhead Gardens
Blenheim Palace

May (6)

Sudeley Castle
Charming Cotswolds
Rainy Cambridge
Leeds Castle, England
Kew Gardens, England
London, England

2009 (1)

July (1)

Oahu, Hawaii

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