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Sunday night dinner party

…. although, can you really call it a dinner party when we have to eat in shifts because the grill won’t hold all 9 steaks and we only have 5 dining room chairs…. ?

…. and if Andrew and I have to quickly do dishes after dinner so we have enough clean forks for [...]

Holidays with DiBiases

I love when Devo is in town …We always try to make sure to hang out with Devo and Angela when he is in town.

January 2nd we headed down to their new apartment for lunch – It happened to be POURING that day. (We had tentative plans to go up to Santa Clarita [...]

Miss Angela over the last 15 years

Miss Angela is moving …

I’ve known her for …. A MILLION years ….

which makes this a PERFECT time to post old (embarrassing) photos of her

There are even MORE fun (old) photos of Angela here on this old blog post for her bday

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Angela’s going away party

That’s right. My darling girl is leaving me for greener pastures. And bluer skies.

Starting Monday (just a few days from now) she will be starting training with Virgin America to be an airline stewardess… or air hostess … or in-flight team member …. or whatever you call them.

Sad.

She had a bit [...]

Florence, Italy – Wedding Night

I know, the title sounds kind of ooh-la-la, but it’s mostly a story about Devo and myself.  Oh, this is Andrew by the way, doing a mid-week post since this is my story and not Amy’s.

After the wedding and reception, Devo had rounded up cabs to take all the guests to their lodgings.  [...]

Firenza, Italy | Tuesday Night Zuppa Disaster

After our wonderful sunny day in the Tuscan Countryside tasting wine, olive oil and a traditional Italian home-cooked meal everyone was kind of beat.  The next day Angela and Devo had a full day of getting married and I think most of us just wanted to relax and be available to help prepare for [...]