Sid and fixed up the ol' trike so he could ride along down to the beach. We joined our gang of friends for bocce ball, barking, sunburn and sand castles. Great call - a full day of relaxing on a blanket was just what the doctor ordered.

Good food, good friends, and great mojitos. And after chilling by the fire for a while, we went down to the local Legion for our karaoke fix.

Always happy to hang out in ink parlors, I met Jessica at Twilight Tattoo to take pics while she got her new tat.

The weather was perfect and people felt like drinking, so Sid and I hosted a little get together before Kevin heads to Australia.

It had been a while since the gang got together for a night of singing with Jon. So Kelly had us all over for good food, fun, and friends. (And a little wine.)

CVG2008 turned out to be quite the 4 day weekend of debauchery and fun. I was quite impressed, the various pool suit/party conversions were awesome. Not to mention all the elaborate costumes. I for one, will be back for next year's geekfest. :)

The guys decided to have an impromptu bbq in the cage behind work. Excellent call! The only thing missing was a cooler of beer.

To end the big family-time weekend, I joined my cousins for a bit of fun on the water. We took the boat out to the cabin and tore up the glass smooth lake.

St. Martin celebrated it's 150th year and the whole extended family was there to share in the good time. Mike had a float in the parade and afterwards, we headed over to the bazaar for food and fun.

My cousin, Sarah, got married this last weekend to her beau, Dave. I played the piano for the wedding and my friend, Scott Dercks, handled the reception with his band, Nearvana. We all had a great time!

Photos from Kevin's 5 weeks in Spain.

Bec Smith took the stage at the Kitty Cat Klub last night and shared music from her new album "Blessing". Sounded great guys.

Once again we all gathered at Our Bar to sing along with Jon. Good times as usual.

Kevin is spending a month in Spain, but that didn't stop his friends from living up his passage into the legal age. Looks like he had quite a night!

We started the evening at Chambers for the Gorilla torching. Then of to Babalu to listen to Christine Rosholt. And of course ending the night at Nye's.

Karl and I got the kayaks out and went down the Minnehaha river from Gray's Bay to behind our shop at Creekside. Man that was a lot of work, but a brilliantly fun adventure. Next time we'll do the whole route.

Bob and I ventured out to join our friends for another piano bar night near the airport with Gen Hall behind the keys.

The Rabbit leaves for Spain for a month, so I held a little going away party. Unfortunately, I forgot to take pictures (can you imagine) and so there are only 3.

Bob and I went down to Nyes where the Canadian Whiskey girls bought us a drink and shined our shoes. :) Afterwards, I joined Toni and friends for a quick jaunt to the Country Bar.

Friends came over to help break in the firepit in the backyard. Brauts were grilled, beer was guzzled, and Sid and Snickers barked at the moon.

Kat and I spent the day in Lowertown crawling the art. Since we ended at the Rossmor, we stayed for the piano bar with Jeff at Camp.

Yet another night that ends at Nyes. Martinis, Premium, and tunes with Lou.

As part of a promotion for Chambers Hotel, Toni asked me to come down and snap a few quick shots of four beautiful young ladies sipping on cocktails. Guess how long I took to decide on that?!

Kelly and I attended the Spaghetti Dinner & Silent Auction up in Coon Rapids to benefit the Breast Cancer 3-Day. It was a huge success with many more people showing up than anticipated.

Jon de Vaal entertained us at Our Bar again. Afterwards, a few of us finished the night at Nyes.

Toni, Blake and I spent the day at McGovern's for St Pats Day. That's a whole lotta green and a whole lotta Guinness. At the end of the evening, I found myself at Nyes.

We all met at Nyes for Teresa's birthday. Then it was Ground Zero for dancing to the 80's, but it was dead. I met up with Toni later and finished the night at the Otter.

Sunday night is piano cabaret night at CAMP. So Kelly and I headed over to spend a fun evening with Jeff and the gang.

A large group of us made it out to sing with Geoff down at the Chatterbox on Monday. Chocolate stout, good friends and good times. :)

The pug group had another pugathon on Saturday. Sid was already tuckered out from dog day at work, but forgot how tired he was as soon as he saw all those pugs!