[Today marks the end of the blog’s first year – it started January 2, 2011, so Happy Birthday tomorrow. So we celebrated. Well, OK, today is also New Year’s Day, and, even more importantly, the supervisor’s birthday! As the star of the blog, we toasted her celebrity tonight with Waterford crystal champagne flutes (a wedding present from Libby and Michelle) filled with Mumm Napa Blanc de Blanc 2003 (a birthday present from me). The photo above was taken by me – just showing off my artsy side.]
[And the technically difficult, a 3.6 degree of difficulty, tree focus shot. 🙂 ]
[“Happy New Year to you; Happy Birthday to me!”]
[Birthday dinner on birthday eve at SAWA. New Year’s Eve is also the supervisor’s sister Rita’s birthday – ergo, The Biddies’ birthdays are only one day apart! (When was the last time you saw ergo used in polite conversation?)]
[Enterprise was the entertainment. Ergo (there it is again!), the supervisor’s favorite song, Perfidia, was played in the first set.]
[“Dangerous” Dan offers birthday greetings.]
[Cornish game hen accompanied by a BV Coastal cabernet sauvignon.]
[Beef Wellington, the BV cab, and . . . a hat!]
[Kevin Kilmek, the “dark side” . . .]
[It was midnight somewhere – we were home by 10:30.]
[Just a party animal.]
[SMILE!!]
[And greetings from the HQ and Will from Minnetonka.]
[Not Lake Darling]
[So, this morning was birthday present opening – thanks, Roy!]
[“Such a wonderful husband!!”]
[“Did I mention ‘Such a wonderful husband’?”]
[“Thanks, sis!!”]
[Of course, it always comes back to food. How many goodies can you name? (Hint: There is a lovely, hard-to-find in Alex, fontina cheese!)]
[We actually had a winter day today – kinda nice on the holiday!]
The tasteless birthday cards:
And other stuff:
[Ashley Holmes (12) battles the Gophers, 12-3-11 (from Sioux website).]
[Bill and Anne Gross e-mailed photos from their October trip to the Northshore with us.]
Finally, we will include here photos from the staff photographer, i.e., from the other side of the court, of the girls’ basketball tourney when they become available. Here is an exchange with the StarTribune regarding the reporting of the championship game:
December 31, 2011 Email from tom obert, December 30, Alexandria beat Robbinsdale Armstrong, 47 – 37, not the other way around as was posted. Thank you.
January 1 2012 Tom, Thanks for letting me know about the error. I’ve adjusted the score on the site. Thanks,
Eric Ebert, WEB PRODUCER
TST Media, Creators of NGIN, 1400 Van Buren St NE, Suite 200, Minneapolis, MN 55413 http://www.tstmedia.com
January 1, 2012 Thanks! Cardinal fans rejoice! :-), Tom