My wonderful girlfriend Kelly planned a surprise party for me. Her roommate Sarah, whom you see in the picture, helped with logistics and ice purchasing. Nonetheless, it was a fantastic time.
My 26th birthday on top of a mountain in Boulder. Not quite like a pizza party in the Minikani Staff Lodge (how many were there again?), but those times are gone. It was a fitting beginning and end to the first quarter century of my life. I spent the past week in an atypical reflective pose, and now we are back to the day-in, day-out here at the BACKPACKER Map Office.
As always, the Matranga brothers run Bouldertown.
More is always on the way. A month-and-a-half into this gig, and phones are flying out the doors. Technology meeting people, and people meeting technology. Hopefully the happy medium is communcation. Ideally that’s not too much to ask.
In any event, too much to say. I’ll be back in the meantime.
Posted by ajm at July 20, 2005 06:15 AMi'll be back? i gotta go...
(much better than the taus-ditches-you-in-san-francisco birthday of 2004)
Posted by: taus at July 21, 2005 12:46 AMMore like Trangy passes out on the floor of a Tahoe beach condo after finishing the last verse of a road trip song and a cheap bottle of red wine, and then drives to San Fran to meet Ben Harper.
(Not to mention the H-Bomb squad at the beach.)
I had to go....
Posted by: ajm at July 21, 2005 03:12 PMyes, ben. ashes. we have his blessing. was there ever a better birthday present (besides a first-set reba in '03?)
Posted by: taus at July 22, 2005 01:12 AMHAPPY TO YOU.......HAPPY TO YOU....Happy to you Anjune...Happy to you.
From the Nut house!
We love you so and miss you too. Did you get the cookies or did Pedro eat them all? Did he bring you love from all of us?
