Echo of Love

Fina and DCC-friend Jonas were asked by their theatre department if they would participate in a production at Pine Creek High School called Echo of Love. Their role was to be a slam poem (which many of us had never heard of before). They joined the cast and ended up having a great time and meeting a few new friends from another school. The title of their piece was "Blink." It was a great show - Pine Creek has some fantastic singers and dancers. More photos are here.

Avila Beach

Jamie and Lynn enjoyed nearly a week in Avila Beach, CA. Love staying at Avila Lighthouse Suites. Here are a couple random photos. Jamie was in town training up his replacement at ESAero. And Lynn got to spend time with the California grandkids and family. Last Sunday night we saw The Producers at SLOREP. Such a great show, and even more fun to say Hi to a lot of theatre friends!

Blue Moon Over Avila, new French Bistro

In the pool with grandkids at Avila Lighthouse Suites

Amos and Lynn

Our balcony in Avila Beach.

Custom House

We met up with Jon at Lure Fish House in Santa
Barbara (on the way back o LAX).

St. Baldrick's and Miscellany

Check this out! AJ and Matteo shaved their heads to raise money for the St. Baldrick's (get it?) Foundation fighting childhood cancer. Everyone got a kick out of it and they raised a few bucks, too! There are a few miscellaneous pics below as well.

"It's Friday, it's Friday!"

Look who got her braces.

Chocolate tulips! Now there's a bouquet of flowers
for Jamie. His show, One Wife Too Many, closes
this weekend. Thank you, Jessie!

Lexi's ready for A Christmas Story.

Manitou Springs Tour

The Wandering Monkeys set out on a 2-hour tour of the historic parts of Manitou Springs. Click here for a good start on info. Other than the very odd things you stumble upon amongst the Manitoids (it really is a bit quirky there), it was mostly an architectural tour with a nice peppering of stories thrown in. And they've got a wide span of eras and styles to choose from. All the photos are here.

Lunched at the Stagecoach Inn. Jamie's fish and chips was great. Lynn's
burger would have been good, too, had they kept the grilled onions and
held the cheese as ordered rather than the other way around.

Gotta try the mineral waters.

Big Weekend

Jamie's show, One Wife Too Many, opened at the Fountain Community Theater. Fina and Jamie both got their scripts for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang produced by Elevate Productions (June 14-16, 2018). And Fina won a vocal competition (each contestant performed a Baroque and a Classical piece) on Saturday and sang in a "Winners' Recital" Sunday afternoon.

Bonus picture of the Ninjas invading the kitchen.

One Wife Too Many

FishBowling with Janice and Sam

Both Janice and Sam came a-visiting this weekend! And we all headed to the FishBowl today for a little bowling fun, and lunch, in a marine environment. Pretty fun place! All the photos are here.

The FishBowl has the collest ramps for the little ones, and automatic
bumpers that pop up when a somewhat-little one takes a turn. You can
program the scorekeeping system to know who the littles are.

The Margarita at Pine Creek

Lynn and Jamie visited The Margarita at Pine Creek this evening. It was our Valentine date but we couldn't get reservations till a week later. Yes, it's that good. The menu format is quite simple. You can choose 3 to 5 courses as a prix fixe meal, and each section (appetizer, salad, etc.) has only a few choices. And, the menu changes every day depending on what's available, fresh, etc. The building itself is fascinating, too. There's a downstairs bar/lounge that looked like a hot spot of sorts (we just looked in). Live music often down stairs and on Saturdays (we hear) there is live baroque music upstairs in the main dining area.  The wine list is nicely sized and has selections across many prices, countries, varietals, and blends. We chose a very nice Italian Barbera d’Alba (let it breathe a while).