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January 29th, 2010

For being out late last night, I feel pretty energized. We got home around 1245, asleep by 130 or so. Got up earlier than normal at about 630am. Great sunrise this morning, light mist and two hot-air balloons which you can barely make out in the picture. Yes, it's another driving photo. I spend two hours of my free time on the road every day. So it's actually a large portion of my non-working day. Lame. I need to move closer to work. Positive side? I get to see some great views. I'm still waiting for the perfect balance of morning sun and fog to get a really good shot.

January 28th, 2010 Drina and I went out tonight for the first time in ages. Okay, maybe not an age, but I think it was September 2009. Seems like a long time. Anyway, we went to Yardhouse (surprise) and got our favorite salad; The New York Steak Salad. That is a realllly good salad. Of course, I got a beer with it. It's hard not to when they have what seems like well over 100 different beers, all on tap. I was going to be a little adventurous and rehash my positive fruit-beer experiences over Christmas Vacation. While Beth and Mike were visiting, we got a Sam Adams variety pack of Holiday beers and included was a Raspberry-Something-or-Other. I gave it a try and it was really good. So I ordered a Spanish Peaks Honey Raspberry Ale from Flying Dog Breweries. Just my luck. They were 'out'. Anyway, I'm glad I have a lot of other choices. I went with one of my fall-back favs. Chimay Triple. Not as good as the Blue, but awesome in it's own right because, really, it's a different beer altogether.

After eating, we went and saw Avatar which was as visually stunning as everyone said it was. I actually said 'wow' out loud a few times. Amazing. Story? Meh....We had fun last night though.