Tour of Jaimie's House

July 10th; the All-Star Game

I got to go to the All-Star game, riding George's coattails into a luncheon at Tres Agave (very good Mexican
food and premium Tequila drinks) and then there was a no-show for the game, so I got a ticket.

We had a blast.






thats all there is to say.

No customers were at the event. The only prospective transaction was Michelle of Oracle offering to fix me up with her single friend, Andrea.

They had the 'worlds biggest red carpet' rolled out, 2000+ feet long, the players were driven down the carpet, waving to the fans.








Papi!!

July 8th, Sunday Symphony Orchestra in Stern Grove Park

I hung out with Margaret of Urban Diversion plus Tom, Annie, Raj and a few other folks at Stern Grove this afternoon. It was really nice, relaxing.

The only catch was the hill we were camped out on over the orchestra was really steep and made of loose, dusty sand barely held together with thin vegetation. It was really easy to start sliding down on top of your buddies below you if you weren't careful.

The show lasted for almost two hours. Not bad, considering its totally free, run on donations only.

July 7th; All-Star Weekend

Yesterday I got to participate in a really fun corporate event related to the All-Star game. Funny how we never found out what charity was being benefited from this.

The event was called the 'Softball Challange" and it starred a bunch of pro-athletes playing softball in the Giants Minor league park in San Jose.

The Athletes were mostly current and alumni players of Bay-Area teams like the Warriors, the Kings, the Raiders and others.

George and I got some pictures with cheerleaders from the Raiders, the funny thing was, the only guy around who could take the picture was Art Thoms, Raiders Defensive Tackle from '69 to '77. He took a good picture.


Speaking of the Warriors, I spotted Matt Barnes of the Warriors here. SInce I've arrived the only Bay-Area team I've paid much attention to was the Warriors during their short but intense payoff run. Matt Barnes was a key player, here we are, 6'7" Barnes and 6'5" me. (he's slouching a little)

The thing that impressed me about Barnes & all the other players was how gracious they were to all the fans. They took the time to talk to people, sign autographs, chat about the game & the league & the season they just had, etc.




I also opted for a photo with the GS Warriors cheerleaders.

The softballs they were using were ridiculously huge. 16" around!! I think the idea was to have a ball big enough that you can't get hurt with a line-drive to the head. You also can't hit it out of the park, either.

After the game ended, me, George and one of my customers, Bryan of Quantros, went onto the field to hit the 'beach ball' around. The day was a lot of fun, it was well-run & the staff made sure we mat all the athletes. I was sunburned & beat when I got home. Can't wait to do it again, really!