We had such a blast when Summ2 was visiting. Sadly, she had to go back to LA. I'm not jealous...no, really. It's much more fun I'm sure to tramp around in the snow and sit in class all day than to frolic in 85-degree sunny California weather.

You see how Summ1 and Summ2 got their nicknames?



No trip to MN is complete without a good-ol' outing to the VFW and some bottles of PBR.





Gee whiz, what are they laughing at? Well, I don't know if laughing is the proper description. Summ seems concerned, Amy seems amused, and Chuck looks like he's still working on formulating an opinion. For the answer to this riddle I link by way of reference to the post from a few weeks ago: "Karaoke Night at VFW Another Sad Chapter in Juice's Quest to Lose all Self-Dignity."



Summ threw an excellent dinner party a couple of weeks ago--spicy chicken curry, some wacky spinach thing, salads, magic yogurt sauce, etc. Oh, yes, and plenty of booze. That's Kerrie next to Summ in the photo, another swell transplant from LA here to visit for a few weeks.



Geoff and I love us some Indian food.



Superbowl party/deep-fry fest at Mike & Jason's house.