Author: Sam

New Providence and Staniel Cay

With all the wet weather we’ve been having, we decided it was time for a bit of sun during winter so we ventured southeast to […]

Marching Powder

Marching Powder, Rusty Young I didn’t just read this, I read it years ago when a friend of mine put me onto it.  But, I wanted […]

Sugarbowl Pow

Another Sierra storm dumped a few feet of fresh powder on the mountains over the past few days.  We battled a closed Interstate 80 yesterday morning, sat […]

Scar Tissue

Scar Tissue,  Anthony Kiedis I don’t think this would be the type of book I’d usually pick up in the book store, but I must […]

Fooled by Randomness

Fooled by Randomness, Nassim Nicholas Taleb Just finished this one, pretty good read, reminded me a lot of my Behavioral Finance class at Cal.  If […]

Taos Winter Wine Festival

The winemaker of the family was asked to represent Kendall-Jackson at the Taos Winter Wine Festival this last weekend in Taos, New Mexico.  Somehow I […]

Jim’s 30th in San Luis Obispo

We took a trip down memory lane in San Luis Obispo on the weekend to celebrate Jim’s 30th birthday.  The gig was at Downtown Brew […]

Work Schedule

I found a pretty good proxy for my work schedule craziness this morning: The JP Morgan G7 Currency Volatility Index.  Anything above an 8.0 is […]

Michaela’s Birthday

Had an awesome dinner at Della Fattoria downtown last night for Michaela’s birthday with Annie, Kevin, Brian and Juana.  Food was amazing, slow cooked beef […]

Winter Storm Hits Northern California

We spent this last weekend at the cabin with Andi and her boyfriend Jeffrey, battling our way up to the mountains on Friday night on […]

Word of the Year

“In its 18th annual words of the year vote, the American Dialect Society voted “subprime” as the word of the year. Subprime is an adjective […]

San Francisco Restaurants

On Bob Anderson’s recommendation: Tres Agaves Bix Farralon Aqua Michael Mina Fleur de Lys Gary Danko

Mirror

Murphys Ironworks Michael Wood 3935 Cedar Mount Road Murphys CA 95247 (209) 728 2928 www.murphysironworks.com

Winter Golden Gate Bridge Photos

Was on my way home from work on New Year’s Eve and managed to snag some nice shots of the bridge in the winter sun…

Finishing 2007 at Kirkwood

We took a day trip to Kirkwood with Katrina, Luke and Kevin on the last Sunday of 2007.  A few rock and stump scrapes here and […]