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Allison's Photos
Monday, February 23, 2004
Lovefest '04 - The Wardrobe Malfunction
Wednesday, February 18, 2004
The Beef Log's Long Lost Brother
Yes, this restaurant is the home of the "Beef Roll". It is the long lost brother of the infamous
Beef Log. I saw this sign the first time that I was in Sandwich, IL and I knew I had to get a photo. Well, months later I whipped out my camera while I drove by the place just so I could get this image and share it with you.
Now at this moment some of you are shaking your heads and wondering what the heck the fascination with the Beef Log is all about. Well, last year I went skiing with Derek, Neil and Steve. Derek and I drove up later on Friday night while Neil and Steve went up early to get the place in order and claim the two remaining bedrooms ("Great, now get out of my bedroom!") While Derek and I were riding up to the cottage he told me all about this Hickory Farms Beef Log that his mother had sent up with him for us to enjoy. Well, on Saturday while we watched the Superbowl and had a few (many) libations Derek asked Steve to cut a few pieces of the Beef Log. Steve proceeded to cut up the entire thing and put it on the plate. Yours truly was sleeping (passed out) on his bed (couch). When the Beef Log was placed on the table in front of me I woke up and stated, "Man that thing smells like ass!". I then promptly passed back out. The Beef Log was then summarily tossed out (untouched). Thus the legend of the Beef Log was born.
Oh, and if you follow the link you will notice that it is not actually called a Beef Log but rather a Beef Stick. But who cares.
Tuesday, February 17, 2004
Slacker
Yes I've been a slacker. Been on the road so long that I forgot what timezone I actually live in. Couple of things to rant about. Car Rentals. Notice the picture I've posted. That is the tiny chip on my windshield that Hertz is slamming me with some fees about. Some rock or something kicked up on the road and wacked the windshield. I guess it was somehow my fault that I didn't swerve off a bridge to miss the rock. Arrgh! Oh and Logan airport sucks. As usual. The worst airport I ever have to travel out of. Especially terminal B. The LIVE visit this week is going rough and I've been up since 5:00CST. Need sleep. Need to be home. Need it to be March 13th. That is when I'll be home for four weeks. So everyone I've been promising plans to do things with will have to collect during those weeks. Anyway when my thoughts are even slightly more coherent I will post more.
Sunday, February 08, 2004
Motorcycle Show Fire
Today Dad and I went to a Motorcycle show. We were supposed to be at the show in Rockingham (where I bought my bike last year), but there was a fire at the Rockingham showplace and the show was cancelled. However, there was another show back at the Bayside Expo Center, so we went to that. It was a little small and pretty much the same format as the one that we went to last year with Paul D (The top two photos above are from that show.) There were less bikes and not as many vendors because the Rockingham show was the bigger show, and most of the vendors were going to be there. Anyway, we did get to try out some of Guzman's Salsa served by Roy Guzman himself. There was another Portland vendor there called W.O.Hesperus, they sell some wicked hot sauces. Dad got a leather riding backpack for the sissy bar of his bike, and also some jars of salsa. So we had fun. Then we stopped and visited Shelby at work at the End Zone Pub over by Gillette Stadium.
Eva's 81st.
Marcia and Allison |
The roller coaster ride that is life with the Sparks' |
Eva and John on the couch
Jim and Dan on the floor
(Who's got the yellow man?) |
Allison got a cute new haircut |
Last night Allison and I went to a dinner in honor of her Grandmother Eva. Eva turned 81 yesterday. We went to Alice's home for a fantastic dinner and a night filled with fun and laughter. Here are some photo's from the evening. Happy Birthday Eva!
Saturday, February 07, 2004
Ellis Paul and Vance Gilbert
Last night Allison and I saw
Vance Gilbert and
Ellis Paul at the
Rogers Center at
Merrimack College. Andrea drove Allison up and we met at Bertucci's where Allison's cousin Erin met the three of us for dinner. We had a nice dinner and fun conversation. Then we were off to the Rogers Center. The Rogers Center is a great place to see a performance. The seats are nice and wide and the acoustics are great. We were in the third row and would have been even closer if the stage had been set up closer to the audience (A fact that Vance commented on many times.) Allison and I were impressed with Vance and his ability to make up songs on the spot and his humor. His musical talent was also great. Ellis as always was wonderful. We got to hear some of our favorites like "Put a Jukebox on my Grave" and "3000 Miles". Andrea and Erin were Ellis newbies but I think that they also had a good time at the show. It was a great night and it was nice to share it with friends both old and new.
Friday, February 06, 2004
Belated Birthday Photos
Okay so I'm a loser. It has been nearly a month since Allison's 26th birthday party and I have yet to post a message and photos about it. Mind you I had attempted to do this weeks ago while I was on my first trip to Vancouver. I had the time and the photos and I had even written a great message for the Blog. But I saved over the message and was so frustrated that I was not in the state of mind to properly rewrite the message. So that being said here are the photos from Allison's Birthday.
On January 10th Allison turned 26 and a fun fiesta was had by all at La Carreta in Manchester. Allison's friends Beth, Jenn, T.R. and Tina were in attendance as well as Ken and Alicia and Allison's parent's Dan and Marcia. We had some mega margaritas and great Mexican food. Allison got some very nice gifts and some, how shall I put it, 'interesting' gifts from the trouble triplets. Tina made a very special basket for Allison, and Ken and Alicia got Allison a transformer, and no she won't let me play with it. Willy was on hand to preread one of Allison's gifts and tell Ken what the best pages were. We got the newspaper treatment when the birthday fried ice cream was delivered. It was a fun night for all.
Sunday, February 01, 2004
Derek's 30th Birthday Bash!
Last night we went to Derek's Surprise 30th Birthday Party at Asia Grille in Lincoln, RI. What a fun night. Michelle pulled off a great evening. There was great food, good people, fantastic renditions of famous songs by amature singers (Karaoke of course!), Scorpion Bowls, Fear Factor and some big dance numbers. Check out the photos for a recap of the envents. Also send me a message for captions to the photos in our first Caption contest. You don't win anything except for your caption and name to appear here but hey 15 miliseconds of semi-obscurity/fame are worth it. E-mail me at abennett@meditech.com or leave a comment. Make sure you tell me what # picture you would like your caption to be on.
