Arizona - Day 1

Day 1 was fantastic.

Morning:

• Got up
• Ate breakfast
• Got ready - and put SANDALS on because it was 84 today.  HA!!

Afternoon:

• Went out for a day of shopping - liquor store, Safeway, and a quick trip to Barnes & Noble to pick up my book club book
• We had lunch at Fate Brewing - awesome pizza!!  The beers were good - nothing stood out as amazing, but solid sampler.

Evening:

• Came back to the house, hung out, read my book, Chris had a beer and then went out to golf a few holes with Dave (splendid performance after a three year golf hiatus)
• Made pasta with a meat sauce of Patty's own making - lots of onion, carrots, red and yellow pepper with ground bison...um...who says I can't cook??
• WINE:  had a spectacular bottle of Sineann 2007 Pinot Noir from the Willamette Valley (sidebar...we have never visited there, but NEWSFLASH, they will be on the docket for our next trip.)
• DINNER:  it was awesome!!  Salad and pasta - and now Oreo cookies for dessert.

Might I say the best part of the evening was that USED CARS was on in the background.  This was one of my dad's favorite movies, and one that we need to watch with Dave.  Highlights that never stop giving:

• "When my boss sees these figures, he's gonna have a stroke..."
• "Is this a 1974 Mercedes 450SL for twenty-four thousand dollars?  That's too fucking high."
• "We are blowing the living shit out of high prices."
• "Toby wants you to buy it."
• "Trust me..."

If you have not seen this movie, rent it.  Now.  Don't wait, just do it.  It's awful, has gratuitous nudity, but Kurt Russel is at his 1980s finest. And the cast boasts Lenny and Squiggy from "Laverne and Shirley" as well as Grandpa from "The Munsters."  That's Academy Award material people.

Relaxing now after a bottle of wine and Oreo cookies.  What will tomorrow bring?