Snow!!!

Yesterday and today have brought some strange weather here to the Bay Area. It has been really cold and yesterday there was snow a few miles from where we live! I journeyed up to the hills to walk around in the snow and it was really cool. It reminded me of when I use to live in Chicago and Boston. Here are some pictures I captured while out this morning.



It was really neat to see some kids and parents out there who had never seen snow before in their lives. Hopefully it will start to warm up soon though. Last weekend it was 75 degrees out!?!?!

3 year anniversary

So this past weekend Lauren and I got to celebrate our 3 year anniversary! We traveled on up to Cloverdale, CA which is a little town up in wine country in the northern part of Sonoma County. We stayed at the Old Crocker Inn which was a great bed and breakfast. It was the same place that we stayed at last year and it was very relaxing. The weather couldn't have been better as it was about 75 degrees and not a cloud in the sky...pretty good for February!

The inn bed and breakfast itself is very historic. The founder of the Central Pacific Railroad was John Crocker and this was his ranch where him and his family would come for vacation. He ended being one of the "big four" that established California's government.



The inn has a very rustic feel to it...but it still has many modern amenities cause it was remodeled in 2003. It has wireless internet, DVD players with flat screen TV's, jacuzzi tub, and so on. It was hard to leave...



We had a good time shopping, relaxing, and eating good food. The last three years have gone by really fast for us...they have been the best three years of our lives!

Huh? I can't hear you...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20060202/bs_nf/41385

Check out the link above about a lawsuit that was just filed by a man in Louisiana against Apple for hearing loss related to using his iPod. Guess I'll have to turn down the volume!! Personally, i think it's rediculous because there are many technology items that can cause hearing loss and it's up to the person how they decide to use them. How about hair blow dryers? tv's? car stereo? going to a loud sporting event? electric screwdriver? What do you think?