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Kevin and Lindsay’s Wedding

Stephanie and I went to Vegas for the wedding of Lindsay and Kevin.  We joined a lot of people there, and didn’t stay long.  We got in Saturday around 11am, and met up with people at the Shake Shack.  After that Stephanie and I split up.  She went off to meet the ladies for High Tea then party.  I went with the guys to play MTG.  That night the guys did dinner at Wicked Spoon.

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The next day Stephanie and I went to Momofuku and got ramen.  It was tasty.

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We joined up with everyone at 3 for the wedding.  The ceremony was nice, quick, and very much about them as a couple.  I really liked the vows they gave to each other.  Afterwards we hung out for a bit as they went to get the reception ready.  We had drinks at the Mandarin and then went to the Jackpot Bar and Grill for their reception.  The place was surprisingly nice, and the karaoke was a blast.  We had a great time.

We headed out pretty early the next morning, and caught our flight back home.

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Hike with Jeremy

Jeremy and I went on a long hike.  We decided to do the PG&E plus High Meadow trails in Rancho San Antonio.  It was a relaxed pace, so ended up taking about 4 hours.  We saw a dozen or so deer, and probably 3 hawks.  It is hard to know if the hawks were the same ones moving around or not.  It was a beautiful day for such a hike, and I really enjoyed the conversation.  We are in pretty similar points in our lives right now and hearing some of the same issues from another person was great.

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Busy Saturday

Saturday I did the ocean dive portion of the drysuit class.  I must say I didn’t like it all that much.  The being dry and warm part was nice, but the added complexity of the suit took away some of the enjoyment of the dive for me.  I could see myself getting used to that over time, but I don’t think I’ll be diving enough around here to buy a drysuit.  Most of the nice parts of drysuit diving come when you have a really nicely fitted one.

I started the drive to Monterrey around 5am, and got back around 1:30pm.  There was a little break where Steph and I got to cuddle, then we headed out to Lost Colony and met up with people for grilling at Andrew’s.  The food was excellent as always.  We played a little Dead Mans Draw, and added a bit more complexity than what used to be there.  It was a good time.

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Book Club: Hillbilly Elegy

People were mixed about this book.  A lot of the messages he was giving were mixed, and he contradicted himself a lot.  The representation of his background was put in a certain light, and his current wealth was downplayed a lot.  There was also no reason thoughts around how things could get better, just a statement of how they weren’t going well.  We had a pretty full house, and I might need to rethink the seating arrangements a bit.

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Escape from AT&T Park

Since we like escape rooms we thought it would be a lot of fun to do one of the larger escape room events.  This one was Escape from AT&T Park in SF.  We got into SF a little early.  I missed the train at the last second because I was trying to buy a ticket, but I was able to meet Steph at the 4th and King station by Lyfting there.  We met up with the rest fo the crew at the Little Skillet, and Steph got some food.  We headed over to the park and hung out on the field while waiting for people.  We split into two groups, one of 4 and one of 5.

The puzzle was split into 4 major sections.  The first part was pretty easy, just a lot of little bits to it.  The second part had us stumped for a bit, but the other group was the first in the entire event to get through it.  The third part wasn’t bad, and we got past it very quickly.   The final part was also a breeze for us, as we understood the style of the puzzle pretty quickly.  The other group went down the wrong tracks and got stuck.  They were on the final puzzle for a really long time, being the second group to get there.  I prefer games where the puzzle is difficult even when you know how to solve it.  Most games meed to have a lowest common denominator, such that knowing how to solve the puzzle is always the hard part.

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Gloomhaven

Tina, George, Adam, and I had an exciting Friday night playing Gloomhaven.  It was the end of one of the quest lines, and the quest was to protect a specific individual.  She got hit a few times, but nothing too bad.  There was one point that if the monster drew a 2x we would have lost.  I wasn’t able to do that much damage, but I was able to keep the monsters occupied while Adam dealt out a ton of damage.

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A Slow Week

This week was strangely productive and not.  I did a lot, but nothing amounted to much.  I got to play some Gloomhaven with Adam, Tina, and George at Tina’s place while we watched the State of the Union.  Steph’s new character was interesting to play, and didn’t do well in the scenario we chose.

Wednesday we did wander.  Darren and Debby joined me at Shoreline lake to work at the cafe there.  It was a fantastic day and I got a good amount of work done. Afterwards Debby and I went to the Game Kastle in the San Antonio Shopping Center and played some Dead Man’s Draw.  It is a good game that Michael showed me last week.  Debby liked it enough that she got it.  We took it to George’s and played a round there as well.  There was a group that played Terra-forming Mars with the Venus expansion.  Debby George and I played more casual games and chatted.  I went back to shoreline lake the next day and kayaked a bit and picked up the bike I left there the previous day.

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St. Louis Trip

I flew to St. Louis to visit with Michael, and help him with his non-profit.  I got in Wednesday Evening, with a uneventful flight.  He picked me up from the airport and then went back to his place.  The neighborhood was nice, and I was surprised how open it was for being pretty close to downtown St. Louis.  I’m not used to seeing empty lots or large unused back yards to buildings.

I led a seminar for his non-profit for the next two days, and we hung out with his girlfriend Ala.  She was very nice, although she came down with something and couldn’t spend much time with us.  I walked around and got to see some more of St. Louis.  The food was very tasty, but heavy.

The startup space here has been amazing.  In many ways it is better than the spaces I’ve seen in the Bay Area.  The price is certainly lower.  We went to a startup meetup, and it was pretty interesting.  The vibe was pretty much the same as the startup mixers in SF, which means I was uncomfortable the whole time.

Saturday we went around a few neighborhoods, a farmers market, and got lunch at a smokehouse.  We worked for the afternoon and went to one of Michael’s friends houses for games.  We played an interesting game called Clank which was a mix of Dungeon Quest and Ascension.  I enjoyed it, but it took a lot longer than it probably should have.

Sunday we went to the Zoo and worked some more.

Sunday evening we played some Dead of Winter, and it was a good time.  We won by a lot, just from getting lucky on the characters we started with.

Monday we went to a meeting for social work in Catholic charities, and it was interesting.  Michael got a lot more out of it than I did, but I still enjoyed hearing about it.  The thing that struck me the most was that they wanted to track their work and quantify their impacts, but that they were lacking a solid metric to base their measure of success on.

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We got lunch at a brewpub and he dropped me off at the airport.  All in all a pretty good trip.

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Dinner and Games

I went to hang out in Palo Alto on Tuesday, while Irene was getting her phone fixed.  I got a lot of work done at the Starbucks next door, and eventually she finished and we got some really tasty food at Yayoi.

I then headed to Tina’s place to plays some games with her, Adam, and Tim.  We played Castles of Mad King Ludwig.  It was a great time, and I was just behind Tina in points, and the other two were a ways behind us.

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