Author: Sam
The Ice Wedding
Carol Turns 60!
The Petaluma Bash
Mendocino for Labor Day
The Taylor Wedding
Our Walkabout
Link to our other website cataloging our travels through Europe, Southeast Asia and around Australia during 2009 and 2010: Our Walkabout
Sunset and Sunrise Photos
Our Last Weekend
On Hiatus
My wife and I are going to spend a little time away from the hustle and bustle and I’m thus going to have to put […]
Adios Amigos
Abalone Season Opening Day
Jerry and Paul took me out to one of their secret abalone spots north of Jenner yesterday for abalone season opening day. Even though the […]
Goodbye From Stonestreet!
The SCA Trail
Dear A.I.G., I Quit!
The following is a letter sent on Tuesday by Jake DeSantis, an executive vice president of the American International Group’s financial products unit, to Edward […]
How Starbucks Saved My Life
How Starbucks Saved My Life, Michael Gates Gill This one is a bit of a feelgood tale, the story of a high-flying advertising executive born […]
Escape
Escape, Carolyn Jessop I read Jon Krakauer’s Under the Banner of Heaven a few years ago and was absolutely dumbstruck by the existence and far-reaching […]
Estero De Americano
JPMorgan Earns $5B Derivatives Profit
By Matthew Leising and Elizabeth Hester JPMorgan Chase & Co. managed to generate $5 billion in profit during the worst year in Wall Street history […]
The Melting Pot
The Bodessis took us out to dinner on Saturday night to celebrate Mrs. V’s 30th; after our fondue experience on our recent trip to Banff we […]