Yesterday was Jessica Loveman (my cousin) and Kevin Morten’s wedding in Newport Beach, CA. Here are a few shots of us. Welcome to the family Kevin!
Shawn, Jessica (gf) and Michael (step-bro)
Mom and Maer
Jessica and Shawn
Reception centerpiece. Pretty.
PARMS with bike and smile at Marin Headlands.
Shawn decked out to bike.
PARMS with the GG bridge.
Pretty.
Jessica and I ate at Ti Couz in the Mission for the first time this morning (we were thinking about eating Pho instead, but would have been faced with the decision of which place to choose from). We ordered potato and leek soup, served hot. It wasn’t vichyssoise, but we pretended it was so we could reference Monkey Island 2. I need to post about MI sometime.
We then ordered a mushroom/swiss crepe and a nutella/pear crepe. Being a fruit lover, Jessica preferred the sweet crepe, whereas I liked the savory one better. The savory crepe was smothered in a cream of mushroom sauce. The sweet crepe had homemade whipped cream on top and just the right balance of fruit to nutella. All in all, I dig this place. They don’t do take-out orders (to prevent excess waste), and they only serve you water if you ask. Nice work.
Highlights:
Shawn with the Boot at Essen Haus
Shawn Mouse
Greg, Parms and Shawn in Madison, WI
Greg and Carmen in Madison, WI
this is an attempt at my first mobile post to the blog. i’ll say i’m very impressed with the mobile site… i had no idea. it is cumbersome writing in T9 (remember that?). i still own the samsung m610, pretty much the best non-smartphone made.
Lauren and Kenny are traveling the world! They recently took a leave from work to travel/volunteer for about year. I plan on meeting up with them now and then.
I recently served as a juror on a month-long criminal trial in Sacramento County. The defendant was charged with committing 3 home-invasion robberies in the Sacramento suburbs. Being a juror is fascinating. A wise co-worker once said that “a month at work will be easily forgotten, but a month in jury duty is something you’ll always remember.” There are a few lessons I took away from jury duty worth sharing (in no particular order):
We found the defendant guilty for 13 out of 20 counts, and mis-trialed on the other 7 (see first bullet point above).
If you’re reading this it means you’ve either added shawnlavoie.com to some kind of rss reader or you never lost hope that I would someday post again. Good for you! I’m back. Actually, Wayne recently informed me that my site was f-ed, so I had to come (do the bare minimum) and set the theme back to default. While I’m here, check out these things online that I like: Pandora, W00t, S&C, HousingMaps. That’s all for now.
I spotted these three Priuses lined up outside the synagogue last Saturday and felt it necessary to capture the all-American memory. It appears three separate parties happened to park in ’flag’ formation and it wasn’t some Toyota gimmick. Sorry for the poor quality of my camera phone. You get the general idea.