5:30am wake up call to catch a plane from Chi- town back to NY to grab our trusty vehicle got interesting when mother nature decided to unleash her fury on O'Hare airport and surrounds. I've heard about the Midwest's crazy summer storms, and this was one of them. Buckets of water, savage wind and big time thunder and lightning = 3 hours delayed, which sort of messed up our plans of getting to Virginia. But, the good thing about being on vacation is that plans are...

Yankee Stadium to watch our Milwaukee Brewers get spanked 12-2; well it's a nice stadium anyway!!

Welcome to the BIg Apple, the BIG Smoke, the BIG Enchilada. New York City! Ran amuck for a few days with our friends Chris Laible and Mitch "Spice" Cynamon and had a dandy time. Thanks heaps for the hospitality, Boys! Also, great to see fellow Oaklander Jacob Weingrow- Nomura and his lovely wife and get to put down a nice meal and few beverages in the hipster Mecca of Brooklyn before they make the move back to the Bay. New York... One Helluva City!