Glamour, redux

Happy New Year!

Closer to Rochester

Surely we'll land this time!

Deja vu...

We try to get to Rochester again. This is Rusty (Mike Loomis) boarding. This is last Steps' show.

Hmmmm...

You may be wondering why I'm back at Dulles. Not nearly as much as the two sold-out New Year's Eve crowds in Rochester will be wondering later if things continue to go awry.

Above upstate New York...

...is a vast sea of icy steam...

Dulles Airport, 6:30 am

The famed International Hall of Absolutely Nothing to Do. Happy New Year, everybody! Love you!

The Very Soul of New Jersey

The state is actually labeled, apparently.

Trenton, NJ

Rehearsing with Dave Kane at the War Memorial Auditorium.

Kat!

She came over last night and we talked a lot and she ended up crashing. Hence the morning coffee.

Remember this swine?

Beezer!

Jon Simler's present...

And, sadly, probably the last day I can use it. It's surprisingly quiet and easy to deal with.

Love you guys.  Oh, the suspicious sorts are scrounging up the money and will call me TODAY. Right. I had a little heart to heart with them saying I don't care but further discounts are not an option. And poop or evacuate the outhouse. I doubt they understood me, but it was quite macho, I assure you.

McLean

Place of honor!

Yum!

Hopefully, anyway. A delicious pot roast to be...

The Angel of Kevin

...guards the Christmas tree.

Also, more craftiness...

Decoupage on tile, mounted, matted, framed. Every step a huge pain in my ass.  And Kat liked the penguin. It lit up good!

Thank for everything! We love you!

Thanks for the cash, the shirts, the bracelet, the Civil War dvds, the freakin' washable Foreman grill - ROCK ME!- tell Mitch thanks for the roll-up keyboard - excellent! Also the Michael's card - that will get used!  I'm sure I'm forgetting stuff but everyone's running around. Merry Christmas!

Christmas Morn

They don't get up as early as they used to... Merry Christmas! We love you guys!

C's house

Our usual attempt to be moderate.

C's house

Poor Katie's toe!

Ta-Da!

Close as it's gonna get, pre-wrapping. Shhhh... Don't tell!

Merry Christmas Eve!

I actually got the penguin light loosely assembled and it looked great. Now to watch paint dry again for a while. This will never be ready by Christmas. New Year's, maybe! I'm anti-handy!

Leaving FedEx Field...

...is tougher. The lines for the busses. Ugh.

Nosebleeds

Switched with some friends. Kinda like it.

Fedex Field

Difference between football and baseball #29,563 Everyone stands. ALL the time.

Largo, MD

Kevin and I on the bus to FedEx Field. Not too warm.

Reagan Bldg., DC

I hope, one day, to be promoted to Main Drain.

Falls Church, VA

Rainy and horrible. Radio show tonight. You'll like it: lots of me. Not sure Greg will send me a copy for you this time, though. :) XOXO

Penguin in bondage

That's actually the title of a Frank Zappa song, believe it or not.

XOXOXO

Benihana, Dulles, VA

----- Kate hankered for steak and flashing cutlery, so the choice seemed clear..

Birthday Kate!

27!

Yum!

Someone dropped off homemade pralines! Yay! :)

Also, I saw not only the guy you mentioned, but Skip and Carol were also there.

NFHell

Even the added power of Jon's 'Super Bowl Gruden' bobblehead gift doesn't seem to be working.

Tyson's Galleria Mall

I wait in vain for the Disco Santa...

Rite Aid, Arlington

I was in the store for 30 minutes and this guy was crashed in this chair the whole time. Love the sign over his head. So true!

Kate!

Thrift store, Merrifield, VA

Look familiar?

Boo hoo

That didn't work either, Pops. :(

McLean, 7:00am

Just a light dusting of snow. XO

Messy!

----- See you soon!

Skyharbor Airport, Phoenix, AZ

Hi, Mom!

Hockey Arena, Phoenix, AZ

I wonder how many of the jingoists who carry on about Dubai building a ski slope in the middle of the desert are season ticket holders for the Arizona Coyotes? Hmmmm...

Renaissance Hotel, Phoenix, AZ

Our hotel is located immediately adjacent to the stadium where the Arizona Cardinals play. Thank god there's no game or the parking lot would be full of drunks painted like birds. XO

Over the Potomac, dawn...

Sweet.

Nat'l Airport, 5:30am

There are varying opinions as to what this bit of mosaic 'art' on the floor in the ticketing area represents. I maintain it is a mantis jumping rope. Others disagree. Bah. Fools!

Love, Mike

New shoes!

Ain't it the truth? Love ya, xoxoxo

Kat drops by!

She's goofy! I don't know where she gets it... XO

Pimmit Hills PO

This is the month that is a drag to have a PO box.

Sinking slowly into the couch...

The first non-busy Sunday after the busy season always becomes an orgy of football watchery.

Somewhere in Arlington

Me getting my kicks on Rt. 66. As usual...

Washington, DC

A pianist's-eye view of the Reagan show. Note the fine performance being given by my hand.

A better pic of Jo and her young man

Matt Hazard. Danger isn't his middle name. It's his last name, actually. Handsome fella. And he seems to dote.

Jo scraped her chin up tackling one of her friends at a party the night before and was quite sheepish about her new beauty mark. :) 

 

My soup is beginning to smell really good...

McLean, VA

The penultimate resting place of the late Tom T. Yum...

Where's Jame?

XO