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!

Jon's testing the waters for a new piano bar night up in New Brighton at Our Bar. Lots of "old school" folks came out for great night.

Another successful cabaret concert at CAMP with Jeff Olson. We crooned classics and favorites to an audience eager to join the fun. Half way through, Vidur Kapur kept us laughing with his comedy routine.

Anne's friend, Karl, had his 70's themed birthday bash at the Capri theater. Fun retro snacks, disco music and costumed guests rounded out a fun night.

Bob nor I had been to Nyes in over a month, so many of the gang met us there for a night of singing with Lou. Good times as always!

Betsy and Angelo's annual Super Bowl Party was another success. The underdog team won and we all filled up on the beany goodness of the various chilis available.

That's a lotta beans! Going for something a little different, I made "Albino Chili" for the Super Bowl Party.

Tammi and I were in the mood for a little microphone action on Thursday night. So the Country Bar and then the Vegas Lounge served up the goods.

Sid and I showed up for another Pug play date. He always has so much fun! This time he was shy and didn't join the group until I took his Mickey Mouse sweatshirt off. Peer pressure, I guess.

Toni's big day was marked with Rockband competitions and tequila shots. And good friends, good food and party favors!

Kevin and I spent 5 days up in Duluth helping our friend, Toni, set up for the large St. Mary's DECC celebration. It was a lot of work, but it was a great party and we met a lot of fun new people.

Bob and I drove down to the Fort Snelling Club for some piano bar music with our friends.

Bob came over on Christmas Eve to share gifts with us. Then after Santa left his goodies, we went to Jen's parents for more present unwrapping. Mira's favorite by far was all of the moon sand.

It's time to throw the dice for white elephant gifts with the family. Afterwards, we went back to Mom's house for more gift giving. Adam's drawings were a hit.

Before Mira's Holiday break, her class had a New Years party. Parents were invited to join, so we all had fun with the kids making crafts and playing games.

Jeff Olson hosted a Holiday Cabaret evening at CAMP bar. Eleven talented singers joined Jeff on stage (including yours truly) for a wonderful night of Christmas music.

Neither Kari, Bob nor I had ridden the Light Rail yet. So after brunch, we did the whole trip from Mall of America to Downtown and back. With a stop for a drink at Hard Rock. :)

Everybody got "leid" at Betsy's Hawaiian birthday party. The punch flowed freely and alcohol induced moments of clarity led to much philosophical chatter and speculation.

After stopping in to see Joy and Scott, I was off to Nyes to celebrate both Jeannine's and Dave's birthday. We had quite the time - as usual.