the city by the bay

we're back . . . after a 5 day sojurn to kentucky, we arrived back in san francisco late last night (flying first class of course . . . my baby has gots the hookups). it was a great trip and we actually returned home rested and relaxed, lungs full of the country air. . .

we got there thursday morning, and really spent the day recovering from the red-eye and shooting the shit with uncle gene and ms. p. that night we went out to 'our best,' a real country restaurant with the toby boys (jon and ben), their wives, kids, uncle gene, ms. p, and officer mikey. it twas good . . .

friday we picked up my dad and we grabbed some lunch at a great irish place in bigger town closest to gene's. up to until a short time ago, oldham county was a 'dry county' - you couldn't buy any booze, anywhere in the county. recently it went damp, which means restaurants who seat over 100 people can have a full bar. it brought a tear to my eye to order a guiness in la grange, ky. . .

that night the whole crew (gene, tobys, et al) got together for dinner at the westport general store, the little restaurant in the little village in westport,ky., the closest town to gene's place. dinner was great, and we finished up with a few to many vodka's at the house before bed.

the 3rd was the big party day . . i'm not going to even try to describe it, except to say that it was incredible. the weather held, the food was great, the booze flowed, the band (a local sf band call the shut-ins - if you are in sf, you need to check them out)was rockin', and the confluence of people was superb. if you want to hear about it, i'd rather tell you in person - email me and i'll send you the links to the pics.

the actual 4th was a pretty chill day. . .we sat around, talked, at leftovers, played dominoes, and relaxed - not a bad way to spend a day.

i must say that it was a great trip, with great people, and great times - as ewa said, this is a trip (and a party) we will never forget.