Friday, January 19, 2007

happy birthday nicki !

picture this...
today is my sister-in-law nicki's birthday.
we are going to meet later this morning for
some "coffee talk" at one of the dunn brother's.
who knows, it may turn into another
3-hour tour!! feliz cupleanos, nicola!

okay, time to fill you in on what we did
on our visit to arizona....are ya ready?

we decided to stop off for a bite on the
way to suprise and we had never been
to an "in & out" before so we thought
we'd give it a go...pretty sure i won't hit
one of those ever again.
maybe because i didn't get the "double-
double"....everyone seemed to be ordering
that. we each got the #2 (cheeseburger, fries
& a medium drink...limited menu).
i didn't taste any meat and the fries were
like giant shoe string potatoes...not a fan.
here's an unsuspecting customer i shot while
we were eating....



got to dean and lois' and got settled at
their friend "feliz's" place a couple of blocks
away. feliz has this really great "casita"
attached to her home that she offered us.
it was really fun.




lois prepared a yummy dinner for us and
we just sat and talked the evening away.
here's dean...



and here's lois. we went up to the "white tank"
mountains for a bit of a "rock study" for lois...
she is an amazing artist and works with
watercolor and pastels.



this area is growing so fast. there are now plenty
of places to go near by...no more driving up bell
to the highway to get a bite or a glass of wine.
we found a really great sports bar "brookside" and
stopped in...shocker....it was happy hour, 2-6.
we split a small pizza and a couple of beers and
told chris (the bartenter) we'd be back the next day!






the next day we decided to hit some of the model
homes at Trilogy @ Veletcia, those images are on
gary's camera...i'll post some another day.
there are some really great shots of interiors.
really nice stuff, cool ideas. lots of color blocking
on the walls too.

we hit the new cardinals stadium, just missing
a tour (rats!) but i got some nice exterior shots....
this new stadium had a field with real grass
that rolls outside. very cool!! it still had the
florida and ohio state logos on it when we stopped.








that's enough for today...gotta get ready to
meet nicki.
have a great day!

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