The Big 3-0!

So the inevitable struck my lovely wife recently, her 30th birthday! We spent the night at home opening various cards & gifts, and diving into some delicious carrot cake:



That weekend we really celebrated in nearby Royal Oak. We started with an early dinner reservation at the trendy Oak City Grille restaurant. Later we were thoroughly entertained at the Music Theatre by the touring comedy group, Axis of Evil. Hilarious! These 3 have Middle Eastern descent and spent two-plus hours making light of the politics and turmoil overseas, with several jabs at our lame duck president! Go see them live or on Comedy Central if you ever get the chance. In all a fun night and something different ...

Return to the Sunshine State

Our pseudo-celebration of our 3rd wedding anniversary took place in Marco Island, FL (south of Naples). Michelle was selected to attend an ACCP Fellows Conference for 3 days, while I tagged along as a pool/beach bum. We checked in late Thursday at the at the Marriott Resort & Spa (beautiful, btw), and had some drinks later that night with a friend from work.

While Michelle attended a focus group Friday morning, I hit the pool-side early for some sunbathing. The weather was beautiful, warm and sunny in the high 80's with sandy white beaches facing the Gulf of Mexico. Michelle later joined me for some sun as well ...

Later that night we found a popular resort, Snook Inn which is off the coastal waterway. Rumor has it dolphins will swim up to you while eating, but this wasn't the case ...

Saturday was more of the same for most of us, although her conference lasted all day. No problemo, as a beachside surf & turf reception was put on by the convention Delicious food & open bar, we met all the "movers & shakers" of the pulmonary world.

Other random shots of the hotel (outside front and inside sand castle with the logo).

Didn't do much Sunday as it was raining most of the afternoon. Swung through Naples and strolled around the outlet mall in Ft. Myers before flying back LATE Sunday night :-)

Overall a wonderful trip and good chance to get away. We came back with a lot of color (and some bad sunburn peeling, yours personally) ...

April (Snow) showers?!

I kid you not, we got a decent amount of snowfall accumulation this Easter weekend. We were cheated with high-60 degree weather in the middle of the week, only to have a cold-front move in from the Great Lakes and drop white stuff over Michigan.











Ginger gets busy tinkling away, and then licks her chops after a job well done! :-)

Of course our trip to Marco Island, Florida this week couldn't come at a better time. More to follow ...

Happy Pesach

Michelle & I were guests for the 2nd sedar at the home of Larry & Naomi (cousins to Michelle's grandmother Marcy). Overall we had a wonderful time, almost 30 people were in attendance: including Larry's niece from West Virginia with their 3 children. Lots of reading, singing, and of course ... EATING. We left very well-fed, to say the least. Looking forward to breaking Passover with some veggie pizza ... YUM :-)

New friends ... not really

Michelle & I are house-sitting this week for a colleague from the Emergency Department at our hospital. She has two fur-ball cats, the above named Colby (also a darker, black-colored cat named Cocoa - not pictured). Ginger shows good poise on a leash, unfortunately the two don't seem to click that well!

Another candid shot of our baby girl ... always game for photo ops!