Coffee alternative

Dandy Blend is a really good coffee alternative - really!  I heard about it on a health food blog that I read.  I ordered some, even though I was skeptical, but it is delicious.  It really tastes like coffee.  I've given it to a number of people that I work with & they all agree - it's good!
100% caffeine free & all natural.

Try it!

Anniversary Party

A couple Friday's ago, we headed to Connecticut to celebrate our friend's Arthur & Dianna's 25th wedding anniversary!!

 It was a fun evening catching up with friends

 And eating good food!

 Congratulations Arthur & Dianna!  Looking forward to celebrating your 50th with you too!!

Newport Boat Show 2012

Back to the Newport Boat Show!  Windy, but a very sunny day.

 It's a fun event, since there are so many boats you can board.  They are all on the water too.

 Another place where we always seem to run into friends.  Not hot rod friends, but yacht club friends.  Every one of our hobbies has it's own small world :)

 This one was a favorite of ours   - the new C&C 101.  Mostly a racer, but still some comfort for it to be a cruiser.  Unfortunately, it's only boat #2.  A little too new for us.

Woodies on the Green

Next up - our first Woodies car show!  We were so excited for this one, and it did not disappoint.  Beautiful drive to the venue - Yarmouth Port, MA (on the Cape)

Small show - as there aren't that many Woodies.

 Our friend's 1941 (black one)

 This Woodie was reno'd by our friend Bill in southern CA.  Pretty cool that someone from MA bought it, and it ended up at a show that we attended.  We had no idea - was a pretty cool surprise.

Our friend's Woodie, a model A- He helped us buy our Woodie.

After the show, all the Woodies did a 30 minute driving tour.

Another event we'll have to put on our calendar for next year.  Twist my arm :)

Hot Rod weekend (one of many)

Early summer, we train hard & race an Ironman.  Then the rest of the summer, we enjoy our sailboat (when we have one, sigh), and our hot rods.  We have a lot of hobbies & try to enjoy them all as much as possible.

So the 2nd weekend of September has always been Tyrod's Old Timers car show.  But now, we have also added the Orange County Nostalgia Drag car show.

The weekend was a hit.  My 2nd favorite weekend of the year (1st one was IM Lake Placid)

The drag reunion also has a 'car show' as well.  We drove our 1934 Ford Roadster.

A great weekend for hooking up with friends.  Saturday's show was in Fitchburg, MA & Sunday's show was in Lancaster, MA - close to each other.  So we stayed in a hotel with some of our other friends.  Happy with that decision, as we had a great time at dinner.  Lots of laughs.

Sunday morning - heading to the next event:  Tyrods Old Timers car show.

Our roadster was quite popular, so Chris was a happy guy.

 Love Ken from Rolling Bones.  He is always a pleasure to hang out with.

 Lots of cars.  This show always has good attendance  Perfect weather - cloudy, but no rain.

Was sad to see the weekend end.  But I know there are more fun hot rod events coming up!

Last sailboat race of the season

So sad to see summer end.  At least we had a beautiful evening for our last yacht club race.  

Fundraiser!

Our second year at the Saint Elizabeth Fundraiser.  Silent Auction, live auction, good food, awesome desserts, and amazing friends!  How could we not come back!

Me & Chris :)

 Checking out Bob's purse that he won at the silent auction.  It was for his daughter, and didn't mind at all that he had to carry it around.

We won (or bought) a trip to SF!  Our whole group actually was able to purchase the trip, so we'll be heading west with a  fun group!  It was more expensive than a trip that we would plan ourselves.  But it was for a good cause, and it is going to be so fun traveling to my old hometown with friends!

Linda (red dress) will be el Presidente of Saint Elizabeth next year.  Hoping we come back to the fund raiser again next year!