Family, friends, food and beverages.... [part I]

Yes, we had some unpleasantness in our recent trip to San Francisco. The accident was unfortunate because we were having such a great time with our family and friends.

Marc already talked about his ride in the Ferrari (to be fair, Chris did not require much convincing to let Marc drive the car so it's not like my salesmanship skills are that good), so I'll cover some of the other things that we did.

Sticking with Cousin Chris, who was probably sick of us by the end of the weekend, he gave us a product demo of the latest venture (Marin Software) he is heading up. It's pretty cool and very user-friendly, so we are all pulling for Chris and his team to be successful. We didn't get a chance to see RS (his wife), as she was under the weather, but Chris took us to one of the best restaurants in SF - Gary Danko. What a great meal, and we were joined by Cousin RA and her husband, Bob. Good times, lots to catch up on, and RA finally paid up on her promise for Team Bobby t-shirts from this year and years past. Fun times....

Unfortunately we only got to see one of the 4 younger cousins due to scheduling (naps - I miss those, soccer games, etc.), but we'll get them next time.

So we also met up with Matt on Sunday afternoon to watch the Pats-Colts game, but unfortunately we had to take a detour through California Pacific Medical Center. While it was a bummer that we could not spend more time with Matt, he came up big by rescuing us from the hospital and getting us some much needed food and beer. And we ended up catching the 4th quarter to boot. And Matt's friends picked up a much needed round of adult beverages, which was nice.

I'm not going to write about the accident, other to say that I am beyond livid that the cab driver was so reckless with our lives and to reiterate that Marc is right yet again - wear a seat belt in all cars/trucks regardless of who is driving and where you are sitting. That's all that needs to be said from my end.