Monthly Archives: February 2009

Rudi’s Birthday

Nate & Rudi shared a birthday party at her house. Not as much Jägermeister as you would expect.

The Girls

The Girls

Valley Fair shopping

A rare visit to Valley Fair’s Nordstrums so Nikki could get some new makeup. I also managed to get a nice new pair of Fossil sun glasses.

@Nordstrum

@Nordstrum

On the way home we decided to watch The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Now that is an excellent movie!

iPod installation in my car

Finally, after months of waiting, I have a full iPod integration in my car. It’s sweet! However the installation was a little involved!

Z4 trunk full revealed

Z4 trunk full revealed

Because there’s not much written about the installation I wrote up a guide over on ZPost.

Valentines Day Dinner

Rather than go out for a fancy meal we decided to cook something fancy at home.
On Nikki’s menu: Green beans, wilted spinach salad and crab cakes.
On Jon’s menu: Seared scallops with bacon, fava beans and tagliatelle

First time cooking scallops

First time cooking scallops


It was really nice to be able to spoil each other with some great food….and Vue Cliquot, of course!
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Dinner at Trader Vics

Trader Vics

Trader Vics


Off to dinner at Trader Vics, Nico was back from his national service, but with news that he’s going to be leaving soon and not coming back.

Drinks at BJs

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While Nikki was at the gym, drinks with Reda, Angie, Rob, Kip, John, Brian, Jason and Justin.

Tony & Alex’s Engagement Party

Up in San Francisco for Tony and Alex’s engagement party. To ensure we could make the most of it we got a room at the ‘W’ hotel, where we lived it up in style with my upgrades.
The night was quite an adventure; XYZ Bar, XYZ Restaurant, District, Redwood Room, Room Service.

Red Room, SF

Red Room, SF


This was one fun night!
W Hotel

W Hotel

Redwood Room

Red Room

The Guys

The Guys