Milestones, 2013

Things to be thankful for:

• Meeting Morgan & every day after
• Alida's recovery
• Improved heart health
• Jeremy & Anna
• Being part of the leadership team @ Rumble

Memorable events:

• Paul & Erin's Wedding
• Super Bowl XLVII w/ dad, Justin, Jeremy & Anthony in New Orleans
• Burning Man #2
• Ballistic @ Cabo San Lucas
• Thanksgiving w/ Morgan & crew in Seattle
• Egg Night 6
• Lake Tahoe trip
• MIT Sports Analytics Conference
• Balloon Fiesta
• EDC/Stag Party
• NG prototyping w/ Josh & Adam & crew
• Andrew & Sam's Bend wedding
• Working w/ Adam & Art & crew
• Napa birthday
• Buying a new car
• Bonfire at Ocean Beach
• Gary's 75th birthday
• Morgan's 3 birthdays

Performances seen:

• Primus (left after 4 songs)
• Jared Diamond
• Nick Kroll
• Pinky & the Brain (the voices of)
• Todd Barry
• Portlandia Q&A
• Rob Huebel & Paul Scheer
• Celebrity Autobiography (Janeane Garofolo, Maria Bamford, Rachel Dratch & friends)
• Super Bowl: Beyonce, Destiny's Child, Alicia Keys, Jennifer Hudson
• Lisa Loeb
• The Specials
• Bay Area High School Poetry Slam Finals
• Sarah Chang
• Joyce Carol Oates
• Nicholas Carr
• Bob Saget
• Temple Grandin
• Lettie Cottin Pogrebin & Gloria Steinem
• EDC: Hardwell, Fatboy Slim, Tiesto, Markus Schultz, others
• Allen Ginsberg memorial reading at CJM
• David Byrne & St. Vincent
• Justin Timberlake & Jay-Z
• Richard Dawkins
• Margaret Atwood
• Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: Martha Wainwright
• Balloon Fiesta: Darius Rucker
• Davy Rothbart
• Anjelica Huston
• Frank Gehry
• Ann Patchett
• Alice Waters
• Amy Tan
• Jonathan Richman

Memorable restaurants:

• State Bird Provisions
• Bouchon
• Baker and Banker
• Le Charm
• AQ
• La Ciccia
• El Gaucho
• Andre's
• Sage
• The Prime Rib
• Sadie's