Glad you were above water ,and better yet, on the beach. My wife remembers the last flood back in the mid-80’s so be prepared for another one in about 20 years. Her Dad is in Ignacio so we occasionally make it to NoCal.

Tell Dom, Lady Di, & Mrs. Holler to get on this site.

Hal

I appologize for sprlling your nzme wrong. We went to Oahu in ‘04 and would love to live in Hawaii someday, the weather is always perfect!

Katie, your kids are so adorable!

I think I know what street you live on too, we used to walk by there – walk BY there mind you – to go to this ice cream shop in the Village that had a dog theme.

I met my husband in NYC and we moved out here/got married in 1999. I do miss NYC, especially during the holidays. We’re there once a year to catch up with friends and make the pilgrimage to Peter Luger’s.

Can’t wait to see you in August, are you bringing the family?

My grandfather lives on Kauai-the third house on Brenneke’s Beach, Poipu, if you know the area. That was part of the reason why we moved there after law school. We lived on the top of Punch Bowl with views from Waikiki to Downtown-without a doubt the best place I have ever lived. Working downtown, however, was pretty much the same as anywhere I guess.

I am in Japan all of the time. The past 3 years I was splitting myself between Japan and Australia, but have finally given that up. Instead I do 5-7 short trips a year now. My wife is Japanese and we met while I was a graduate student in Kobe. In total, I have lived there longer than I have the Mainland US in Nagoya, Kobe, Sapporo, and Tokyo. We speak Japanese at home and I used to teach in Japanese at Hokkaido and Waseda Law Schools. Last year my son’s primary language flipped from Japanese to Australian-English. I am not sure how excited I am about that, but I even catch myself looking for a “rubbish bin” and wanting “biscuits” with my milk. This will sound strange, but I only worked out in my head that you were of Japanese ancestory while I was an undergraduate living in Japan for the first time.

Another aside-with apologies-thanks for posting a list of what makes you happy today. I didn’t want to define myself with outside images of me (eg professor, husband, father, Australian), but rather by my own self-image, ie who I saw myself as. Unfortunately, it sounded incredibly pretentious when I did it. I should have confessed to a love of Budweiser, professional sports, and four-wheel drives (all of which are true). In any event, your using the same method made me feel much less self conscious.

peace

K

Captain Feathersword!

It would be great to get together. I think there are many of us in the greater bay area. I ran into Michelle Crum at a bar in Los Altos a few months ago.

I’m not sure why I listed myself with my married name, but I have changed that and added a photo that might look a bit more like me.

Can you point your fingers and do the Twist? (while simultaneously air guitaring it) – blows me away everytime.

Maybe Russell Crowe plays Wags the Dog..?
Don’t take it personally…I think Hal must have made that comment during a hair-envy moment.
Should we read anything into the fact that Steve Irwin isn’t aired in his own country?

I’ve been doing packaging design for about 12 years. I enjoy it, but I’ve been in the corporate world for too long… I’ve gotten into fine art photography as an artistic outlet, but that doesn’t keep the kids in tennis/basketball/cross training shoes!

Thanks for the update on John. I spent a bit of time talking to him and Rochene at the 10 year reunion. Their Aidan was the first other Aidan/Aiden I had met. Now there are a ton of them toddling around!

Great picture of your kids, they are adorable!

:>) Nicole

Kristin – how are you! I love the little boys..you remind me of Jennifer Hodel who has 4 boys and they adore her!

Shelley sees Rochene and John around Anchorage. How are they doing? Get her to log on.

We left Saratoga about 2 1/2 years ago and came to the farm land..yes we show lambs and have a tractor..it is a riot! Do you ever head south? There are lots of fun boy activities at my house..animals, dirt, hills and little motorized vehicles. My husband has more fun than Nick!

I’m happy that everyone (me too) is enjoying 43T so much. It’s great catching up. Should I be in SF on tour in the future I’ll alert you.

I’m in SF often enough for other reasons or visiting Kevin & Susan Ellis. Anyhow, it’d be great to see you down there, too.