He was supposed to attend Doug & Anni's wedding, but was in the middle of leading a 40-day retreat for a group of his students. He was sad he couldn't attend, so he invited us to come visit him...
And then spend the late afternoon digging up some funny old photos of Doug as requested by Doug's girlfriend who was working on a surprise slideshow to show at his upcoming 40th birthday!
...Doug and Anni into town from Finland! (When I called Grant the next day to ask about how the rest of the night went with the device he told me that he'd just discovered that the device did not have a battery inside it during all of the trials he'd conducted. Whoops! Science is hard! Hahah)
After coming back from visiting his family late on Sunday night, Doug stayed at our place one last night before heading back to Finland! Saying goodbye to Meredith & Maddy.
One of Doug's old band's from San Diego days: Track list: Talking to Myself. March of the Zebras. Follow Your Horse. All Right. Carousel of Heavy Animals. Sally the Sea Serpent & Her Eternal Liquid Youth. Daze. Love is a Beautiful Game. Fears. My Road...
Later that night we met up with David on the street and went to dinner! Meredith snapped this picture of us right after we all met up on the street. Love it so much.
We called Pauly and Lisa to meet up with them and found out that they were 30 blocks away. But it's always nice to walk the boardwalk, so we hoofer over to meet them.
I left the pool because DOUG WAS IN TOWN! It had been almost two years since his last visit (9/07). Trying to give people directions to your apartment is crazytown especially if they're not familiar with the area so it's always easier to tell people to go to the deli on our corner. Haha.
Wanting to make sure we avoided a second round of trouble, Doug and John worked to befriend the bouncer! I had to get up early the next morning, so I ended up calling it a night around 3:30. Doug, Inka and one of the twins ended up going out to John's place in Brooklyn and pulled an all nighter! Great seeing you guys! Miss you all so much!
Despite our karaoke set back, it was only 2am so the night was still young! We decided to head downtown and check out Orchard Bar. We relaxed and had another drink...
....and we got thrown out of the karaoke bar! Hahahaha. Here's me and Doug laughing outside about how for the first time it was John getting us in trouble instead of the two of us getting John in trouble!
