chiwawafest, winter edition

the gangsters all pulled together this weekend and made it out to hang on the chiwawa. mornings were a hazy affair: mounds of berry-laden pancakes, half a dozen pots of coffee, and several pounds of "ends and pieces" to help soak it all up. its a cure all!

it wasn't so much about the skiing this year even though we all got in some good clicks: part of group got in some sunny yo-yo's in the backcountry and others skated the nordic center. but how i will choose to remember this weekend was the defining evening of revelry: the blender was worked pretty hard, and in an effort to decant undiscovered flavors that might make the Mr Ts drink book i got pretty daring and admittedly churned out some pretty sketchy concoctions: i learned that peanut butter does not go well with... i forget with what else. but i was duped by a simple but sweet vodka rocky road shake which turned out to be a hit. such simplistic, unsophisticated tastes. as usual we sledded until someone got hurt, but then we just kept right on sledding... sorry nate... and just about all of limped home in some form or another.

the players: mar and christ were there, alan and rach, shannon, david, jeff, stephen and mary, nate and jen, brent, and tj and tim made an appearance with myself and marina rounding things out. we all had beds and seats at the table, but many of the usuals were missed.

so many good memories instantly forgotten. arrivaderci amigos, thanks for the sendoff!