Category: family & friends
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The one about the good shit wine party
This past Saturday was our first ever Good Shit Wine Party. We came up with the idea for this party after our recent trip to the Sonoma Valley where we bought a whole lot of really good shit wine. So much, in fact, that we filled our new wine refrigerator. So to cut down on…
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Not as thrilling as the landing at Plymouth Rock, but still pretty good…
This is a clip of John O’Shea talking about the first O’Sheas coming over from Ireland. Flash or Quicktime versions available (but this is a honking big clip at 250MB, so I recommend Flash – if it doesn’t work for you, you’ll need to upgrade to version 8.x of the Flash Player). Coming soon: An…
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O’Sheas in Ohio!
We spent this past weekend in Toledo, Ohio at an O’Shea family reunion. I had never been to Toledo and wasn’t quite sure what to expect. It was both much nicer than I expected and much sadder. Nicer in that it’s a friendly place, much slower-paced than So Cal. Sadder in that much of it…
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A life well-lived: Bobbie Messina, 1944-2006
Last Monday a good friend of Chuck’s passed away. She was only 62, and in today’s world that seems crazy young. She had a sudden heart attack, sitting in a chair reading. We’re getting accustomed to a world when 50 is the new 30, and 70 is the new 50. Bobbie lived in the Baltimore…
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Up close and personal
This past weekend was USC commencement, and as a friend of ours was graduating, we attended with her family (several of whom were also staying at our house). It was quite the orgy of celebration – it started with dinner the night before, then continued all day Friday, concluding with a final blow-out meal at…
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Cruisin’ down the highway….
…in my spiffy convertible PT Cruiser. This was a total accident, one that I blame completely on Hertz and Sirius satellite radio. See, I flew up to San Jose to visit my aunt who lives in Watsonville (about an hour and a half south of San Jose). I had reserved a rental car from Hertz…
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