Mia Syn reporting for CALTV

Behind the scenes,  two individuals who proclaimed that they work for Abecrombie and Fitch asked Mia after the filming of that piece if she would come to SF and be evaluated for an in store modeling position.  Sounded kind of fishy to me so I researched it.   Seems this may be a way that…

University of Oregon – First impressions

There are no direct flights to Eugene Oregon from SF or SJ. Today, it took us 10 hours to fly from SF to Portland and then to Eugene.  We probably could have driven it faster.   Mainly because of the rainy weather, but its been a long time since I had such an uncomfortable trip…

The Spanish Fly is Dead…

Friday,  I heard on the news that Jose Wejebe, host of one of my favorite fishing shows-Spanish Fly–died in a plane crash.  It was his own plane that apparently went down shortly after take off.   I really wanted to fish with that guy once before I died.  Its funny how you get to know…

Mark’s Lacrosse Career is over – torn ACL

With less than  a dozen more games in the next month to finish off the season,  Mark injured his left knee in a scrimmage with Christopher High School in Gilroy last night.    He hyper-extended his left knee while playing mid fielder when he hit a patch of bad turf and collapsed.  After being carried off the…

Easter Bread 2012

Gina inherited the responsibility of baking the Easter bread for entire Gray side of the family about 10 years ago after watching her mom make them since she was a kid.   It is an all day project that is steeped in tradition and chemistry (baking skills) .  In the Russian Orthodox faith, this bread is…