Seeing old friends. We got to see Scott, Laura, Ludo twice and Brett (twice for me), and Tom moved back from Korea this year. Ludo's also planning a return visit in Jan. of next year. We've got a comfy bed all set up for visitors...
European Vacation. One of those times we saw Ludo was when we met him and Valerie in Florence in July. What a great trip.
Turning 30. We each got a surprise trip for our 30th birthdays this year. In Vegas for Mon's birthday I played poker for the first time at a casino and won $200! Maybe I should quit while I'm ahead. Brett and Kim surprised me in Chicago on a freezing day in April for my first pro basketball game. Apparently the taxi drivers were on strike.
Running. Speaking of 30, Mon dubbed this year the Year of Health. I got bit by the running bug. The highlight was the Golden Gate run on Labor Day weekend. But it's been fun to see my improvement with training.
Blogs. I'd like to add blogs to the Better Living Through Technology theme of 2007 (dvr, online shopping). Thank you Mon's insomnia. I'll link to yours if you link to mine.
Durham Love Yourself. Finally some of the anticipated upgrading of downtown durham is in the works. Three new restaraunts went in that are all top notch: Piedmont, Watts Grocery and Rue Cler. Plus a giant new performing arts theatre is under construction. The new farmer's market is finished and is a big improvement. Expensive new condos are going in just next to our neighborhood where a crappy old metal building used to be. We even have a new movie theatre within 5 min of our house. It's a good time to be Bullish on Durham. (They should get me to write slogans.)
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