December is here!

Hard ot believe we right in the middle of holiday season and less than a month from our new years resolutions will begin!

Julie and I went to Las Vegas last weekend on our third annual trip with my high school friends. Unlike the two years before, we actually won money this time! 1500 bucks!! This was won playing blackjack, Craps and our big winner was..... WAR!!! hahaha..

One of the benefits of travel - we had a free weekend at the

"Planet Hollywood" hotel - courtesy of hotel points. Then we were upgraded to an 800 sq ft suite!

Hard Rock Hotel and Casino after a suchi dinner at Nobu

Brett, Todd and I have been friends since we were 12. Below is a proud glance to the future at 31! Lucky guys indeed!

Julie "the squirrel" - counting the winnings!

After returning from Vegas I spent the week in Alaska for a work trip. It was 9 degrees. In AK they say it is actually warmer when it snows in the winter. Unfortunately there was no snow last week..

After my return from Anchorage. We ordered pizza and watched a horror movie Friday Night. We watched 28 weeks later and Julie was a real trooper for such a scary movie.

Saturday I went with my mountain biking group for a morning ride in the Santa Cruz State University area. Here are some photos.. Big day and back by lunch!

Log Ride

Banana Slug. This is the mascot for SCSU. Amber - these slugs may rival the Fawns for the championship.

My buddies Eric (left) and Russ

Santa Cruz in background

Root of a single tree!

Log Jump

Last night Julie and I had an awesome date night which was very spontaneous. We left the house thinking we were going to a local flamenco show. While on the road we abandoned that idea and decided to go for a gastronomic adventure.. We went to two very good restaurants in the area. We basically just ordered a ton of very random tuff a-la-carte and had some fantastic findings!! We both agreed that the best plate was a pear salad. It was so good even I appreciated the blue cheese.

Today we woke up and I biked 10 miles to the Los Gatos farmers market. Julie met me there in the Prius and we rode home together. While there we bought food for dinner and had coffee. In the afternoon we went for a mountain bike ride at Almaden Quicksilver park.

Julie getting ready
Steeper than it looks!

Riding off into the sunset

(i.e. time to go home for beef stew!)

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