What I Did On Christmas Vacation. By Jorm, Aged 37

Mostly, it was uneventful save for the fact that I listened to a lot of Black Sabbath.

I kid, I kid.

My lady, Stacey of the Oakland Merricks, came into town for a whole three weeks. We did a lot of things, which I shall list out for you:

• We took her father to see GLADATORIAL COMBAT between various robot types in San Mateo.
• We had dinner with KBK and JD and Bar Crudo
• We went ice skating with her friend Erin and a couple others, followed by drinks and food at Thirsty Bear
• Stacey’s parents were gracious enough to invite me to Christmas Eve dinner with them. There, I met her mother and brother, both of whom I like muchly.
• On Christmas day, we drove south with her parents to Santa Cruz, where we had dinner with her extended family, all of whom I like muchly as well.
• We saw Sherlock Holmes. Stacey fell asleep during the part when Holmes did the “here’s what happened” bit.
• We had dinner with my friends Tevya and Chris at Ebisu
• We played a lot of Rock Band
• Stacey’s parents own a condo in the village at Northstar, so we drove to Tahoe for New Year’s Eve. While there, we:
  • Had lunch with a friend of hers
  • Spent too much money on alcohol
  • Went to the Ritz Carlton
  • Got very cold
  • Spent more money on alcohol
  • Saw some (mediocre) fire dancers
  • Actually got seated for dinner and had some excellent sushi
  • Hooked up with another friend of hers that she used to work with and then watched the fireworks
  • Fell asleep before midnight
  • Drove back during a rainstorm
• Went to see the King Tut exhibit with her parents (and Destri and Aerin)
• Went to Cliffhouse with her parents and had an excellent lunch at Louis’
• I made chili, which we ate with Maynard, KBK, JD, and Destri
• Narrowly avoided getting arrested by the cops at the San Francisco Christmas Tree burn

Then she was gone, off to New York for a bit.

It was excellent.