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Happy 25th Birthday Dan!

As it has been anticipated Brunch is Back. Saturday was Dan's Birthday and I always wanted to bring back brunch so it seemed like a perfect opportunity. I wanted to have something that was decently easy and also something that everyone would enjoy. We ended up w/ having loco moco's. Here was our menu:

• Hamburger Patties (Darren made the meat and it was DELICIOUS!)
• Gravy (Made from Trader Joe's beef concentrate)
• Fried eggs
• Rice
• Stuffed bell peppers wrapped in bacon
• Cream cheese stuffed bell peppers wrapped in bacon
• Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts
  
• Bacon wrapped bread
• Zucchini bread (that mark made)
• Doughnuts (From Byran Harada)
• Girl Scout Cookies (Jun and Michelle)
• Lots of Mimosas
  

It was a lot of fun and I was so happy to see everyone. I think everyone enjoyed themselves. I forgot to take pictures of the food but let me tell you, it was ALL GONE. I was surprised b/c we got like a big thing of meat from Costco and made two pots of rice!

After Brunch and drinking all day we made our way to 4th street bowl. I already took a 2 hour nap by the time we left and was actually still in a daze when we got there. But it was a lot of fun. Check out some of the videos we took while there!

Us Dancing!


I need your love!


And the final performance: I'm Down on Bended Knee!



It was a really fun night and I'm sure we'll be back for more 4th street fun!

Russian River Weekend- Final Day

It has already been a very long weekend and Sunday was no disappointment. Some of us, myself included did not feel up to par on this final day so drinking really was not on my agenda. We all woke up early to clean the house and were able to leave by 11:00am. We then headed to Healdsburg for breakfast. Most of us had a craving for soup, I personally had a craving for french toast. We ended up going to a nice little bakery called Costeaux French Bakery & Cafe. Once done filling our tummies we headed to stonestreet the winery where Kaj worked. It was really cool b/c we got the behind the scene's tour.

This is a picture of the pourer telling us about the area

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This is a big barrel. I forgot what it was called but it was huge!

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Shaun made his own wine that we were allowed to try. Michelle named it Shaun's juices.. haha

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The boy's in the lab

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The girls in front of that big barrel

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This is how we felt by the end of a vary LONG weekend.. It was a lot of fun!

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Russian River Weekend Day 3

The weekend has already started off with a lot of fun and its amazing that it could get even better. Saturday was our main day for wine tasting. We started our tour at De Loach. I knew that Sunce was a must go and since De Loach was right next door we thought it would be a good idea to start our tour off there. Our tour ended up looking like this: De Loach, Sunce, Le Crema, Martin Ray, Iron Horse and finally Korbel... 6 wineries, not bad.

The Girls at Sunce

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The Hawaiian Boys

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Michelle and Win.. They had Yummie Cheesy bread at Sunce

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Group Pic inside Sunce

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Yumm.. We took a Sandwich break a La Crema

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Check out that Beautiful View at Iron Horse

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Overall it was a good trip. There was a little blip at the end. We went to Korbel and they stopped serving us b/c we were Asian. Yes, we tested this theory w/ Mark who they continuously served till the end. If anyone decides to go there, make sure you don't go up to Gordon. He was Racist!

Russian River Weekend Day 2

Once the boys and Michelle got back from golf they were exhausted. Michelle said she felt bad for being so tired b/c she didn't even have to hold her own bag. She pretty much came home, took a shower and then passed out for a good hour. The other golfers lasted a little longer and hopped into the hot tub.

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After we rested a bit we decided to go out to Healdsburg for dinner. We went out to eat a a restaurant called Ravenous. It was a cute little house with probably about a dozen tables and a bar inside. Luckily Shaun (Ray's Friend) made reservations and our table was waiting for our arrival. The food was very good. We got crab cakes for an appetizer and I got the braised short ribs. My dish was out of this world amazing. The meat melted in your mouth. If you go again and this is on the menu, order it! Here are some pictures of us waiting for our food.

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After Dinner we headed off to a bar.. one of two bars in downtown Healdsburg. There we got a couple of drinks, played some shuffle board and pool. The first time we played darren and doug beat us 2 out of 3 games. The first game we killed, the next game they killed and the last game was down to the wire... DANG.. After that Michelle and I played Doug and Bo.. We killed them... One game the score was 17 to 4, enuf said.. Here are some pictures of that night! haha

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By the end of the night some of us got hungry again...

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Group picture of all of us!

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Russian River Weekend Day 1

We arrived late Last night around 11:30... I thought we could go straight to the house and put in the code but realized after trying the code the company sent me unsuccessfully that we had to go to the office first. Ahh.. Oh well, good thing it was only a mile away..We needed to get the key code from the security box outside of the office. After a couple of unsuccessful tries at the security box outside what we thought was the office, we saw a not that read: Please make sure this is the right vacation rental place, there are three different rental companies that start with Russian River... Oh.. It's next door... Uhhhh Okay, now lets try.. YES!!! success... Now, I need to find my welcome packet.. Uhh... It's not there!! FML Good thing there was an emergency #... Anyways, it ended up working out. The lady that answered the phone did not sound happy, but the man that came to help us get into the house was really nice. The place is three bedroom, two bath house with a huge deck and jacuzzi. Last night we started off the way we normally do with a whole bottle of crown and What the F**K... Good times with good friends...

Then this morning we had to wake up really early so that Michelle, Darren, Doug and Bo could go golfing. Ray's friend Shaun's girlfriend was able to get them Tee Times at the Mayacamas Country Club at 9:30. The course was about 35 min away and we knew the place had to be nice so we didn't want them to be late. I woke up too b/c I needed to do work and I wanted to make them all breakfast sandwiches so that could eat something before they started their round. The coolest thing about the whole experience is they ALL GOT CADDIES! I get a text message from Michelle part way through their round and she goes, WE GET HAVE CADDIES!!! HOW COOL IS THAT!!! I wasn't even there and I'm super excited for them. I never knew that you can get a Caddy. I thought those guys were just for people who play in tournaments and things. I didn't even know that they had it for an every day joe... well I guess if you play at this place they don't think your an everyday joe... its obviously a really nice place where they have very prestigious people... Michelle told me it was so much fun and amazing. I'm really happy she had a good time. This weekend will be her first time wine tasting and I want her to have a lot of fun. I then asked her if she tipped the caddy. I'm pretty sure if some guy carries your clubs 18 holes they are expected to get tipped. She said YES WE TIPPED THEM!!! Oh, how much did you tip them.. Oh I donno she answered.. Obviously SHE didn't tip the Caddy but someone in the group did... haha... Just a bit of information if you ever have a caddy while golfing.. you should tip your caddy 50% of the caddy fee, which varies from course to course. Oh, I forgot to mention that the golfers fee's were taken care of so I'm not even sure they knew how much it cost, its obvious to me it had to be a lot. Geeze, I'm still in shock that they had a Caddy.

Video's from Mark and Jen's Wedding

Tyler being Tyler

Please ignore the laughter... it's me




Evan and Uncle Robert


A bunch of the boys... ALL Awesome!