Breakdancing Babies and a New Sofa. Oh, and Donation Results Too! Wednesday, Jan 31 2007

Madara Sky

Listening: Cat Power’s album Moon Pix
Reading: An old issue of The Economist. Soon to start Dostoyevski’s The Idiot
Yay: Projects going well, new couch, new to me carpet
Boo: Snow

So it’s been a long time since I posted one of those to open up the post. Let’s go through some of it really quick. I made a post about Cat Power’s music a while back. Since then I’ve acquired two of her albums, both of which are great, but Moon Pix is absolutely amazing. Her take of a traditional Irish pub song “Moonshiner” is almost too good to believe. Her version borrows from Bod Dylan’s lyrics, which in turn borrow from the traditional ones, but she adds her own art to it. She took what was originally a drinking song about the joys of being a moonshiner and has turned it into a slow, sad, dirge sung from a the perspective of a destroyed women who can only experience life through the the bottom of a bottle. It’s as haunting and horrifying as it is beautiful.

I’ve been behind on my reading lately. I seem to have misplaced my copy of What is Good? since I last picked it up. I was almost done, so that’s a shame. I think it’s somewhere in a pile of stuff in my apartment somewhere, and will probably find it and finish it sometime. I didn’t really enjoy it all that much, but it was informative. In the meanwhile I’m hacking through an old issue of The Economist that I still have from going home. It was the big double issue for the end of the year, so there’s a lot of stuff in there. Man, I love that magazine. If anyone wants to shell out for a subscription for me, you have dibs on my first born. I hope to start The Idiot soon, which was given to me as a gift. I’d like to read it and talk about it with Ben, who gave it to me. I’ve got a lot of others on my list, and I’m hoping to become more disciplined as a reader. The new additions to my apartment should help with that.

My new sofa

The biggest of those additions is a new couch! I cannot tell you how excited I am about having a couch. I’ve lived without one for over a year and three months. Finally I have a comfortable place to sit and read. I also bought a desk lamp, so that helps too. It folds down into a flat double bed, so I have something for guests to sleep on now, besides a pad on the floor. I keep the couch covered with a light blue fitted sheet, and then keep a blanket in a white duvet cover on top of that. So the whole thing is white with a red frame from the arm rests most of the time. The actual color is a red plaid. Other additions include a new carpet for my bedroom floor. I had a carpet, but took it out because it was ugly and difficult to clean. However, Ben left Peace Corps and willed me his nice carpet, so last weekend I was finally able to get it from his old apartment. I can’t overstate how much nicer I feel my apartment is after these two additions.

A happy child

I also have some news about ongoing projects. My fund-raising back home generated a handsome sum, and with it I have been able to buy all the kids at my institution three pairs of underwear and 1 undershirt, both of which were sorely needed. With the rest of the money I am planning to build a fitness room for the school. I’ll apply for additional funds from the At-Risk Youth Fund, a committee of PCVs here in Bulgaria that raise money at PCV events through the sale of donated items from volunteers leaving Bulgaria and charity events, so that I’ll have enough to get enough equipment to have each class cycle through at least once a week. My host organization seems pretty committed to it, which is good. I’ve rarely seen this much enthusiasm from them about something. They’ve even promised around 700 leva to renovate a room to house the equipment. I’m pretty stoked. Once I have a complete budget for everything I can submit it to the ARY Fund people. I should actually be able to get that done tomorrow.

Saying “thanks!”

In less happy news, it snowed last night. It’s snowed twice before, but each time it quickly melted. The first time was in early November, then again right around New Year’s. It hadn’t since, but it seems that this time it’s here for good. I doubt it will melt away as easily now. The ten-day forecast calls for more snow on the weekend, but the weather is still pretty random. Tomorrow it will be in the 40’s and Thursday’s high is in the 50’s. As I said, I think the cold is really here to stay this time, but it still seems to need to adjust its grip.

Snowy Zavet

The past two weekends have been really fun. The first of them I spent in Razgrad for my friend John’s birthday. We ended up eating well, watching a bunch of movies, and, of all things, dancing in the apartment like drunken Bulgarians. Maybe we’re assimilating better than we ever thought? This past weekend was spent in Madara visiting two of the same people that came to John’s party, Carey and Gina. Mostly the time there was spent visiting the Bulgarian family Gina lives above. They lease the second floor of their house to PCVs. The family is really nice, if not a little opinionated, and have a beautiful toddler son that loves Gina. Carey cooked a very toothy beef stew that was enjoyed by all. The next day I picked up the carpet at Ben’s and made my way back home.

John breaking it down

That’s pretty much it. So, in an effort to entertain a bit, I leave you with a breakdancing toddler, who does better than John does above: http://www.jokeroo.com/funnyvideos/breakdancing_baby.html

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A New Year’s Survey Thursday, Jan 18 2007

Stolen from Rhonda.

1. What did you do in 2006 that you’d never done before?
I ran a marathon and visited Greece and Macedonia

2. Did you keep your New Year’s resolutions, and did you make any for this year?
I think I decided to swear less, which I have kept. I haven’t made any this year. Maybe to continue exercising more since getting fit while marathon training?

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
No.

5. What countries/states did you visit?
Macedonia, Greece, New York, Virginia, Georgia, and Louisiana. I actually drove from New York to Louisiana, but those listed were the only states I actually did something in.

6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
A real job, certainty that my career track is working, and money.

7. What date(s) from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory and why?
The Holiday season really dominated this year:
January 1 – The worst hangover I’ve ever had, dealt with while taking skiing lessons for the first time ever
February 28 – Mardi Gras in Bulgaria. I threw a kicking party and taught some Bulgarians some Louisiana traditions
Winter – OMG it was cold! My first “real” winter ever!
Sometime in Spring – The birth of the Georgiana retirement plan
June 12 – Seeing Sting perform live on the Black Sea
July 4 – Getting drunk and lighting off fireworks at the stadium in Isperih, Bulgaria! America, F*** Yeah!
July 15 – Saying goodbye to Matt
July 17-20 – Seeing my parents for the first time in 9 months, road trip from New York to Baton Rouge
July 22 – Tubing with my buddies
July 27 – Saying goodbye all over again
July 31 to August 8 – Clown School in Macedonia
September 2-10 – Another training in Macedonia
November 5 – Ran the Athens Marathon
November 25 – Thanksgiving dinner in Zavet
December 9 – Saying goodbye to Ben
December 22 – Surprising my mom for Christmas
December 31 – New Year’s Eve with all the friends I’d been missing

8. What was your biggest achievement of 2006?
Running the Marathon, staying the course with Peace Corps.

9. What was your biggest failure?
Not motivating myself enough to make a bigger difference here in the face of all the adversity a volunteer faces.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I injured my knee in a soccer match that kept me off marathon training for three months, got food poisoning once off a bad duner kebab, and was under the weather a few times, but was largely healthy.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
Tickets to Greece maybe? The Sting ticket? Most of the best stuff I “purchased” were experiences.

14. Where did most of your money go?
Beer and bus tickets.

15. What did you get really excited about?
Two trips home, two trips to Macedonia, multiple trips to the beach, and the marathon.

16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
Oh God… umm… Probably Gergana’s “Posledna Vecher”

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
-Older or wiser? Definitely both.
-Thinner or fatter? Thinner
-Richer or poorer? I have more savings now, so richer.

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
More work with my organization, more secondary projects.

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Chasing things I didn’t really want out of pride.

20. How did you spend Christmas?
With my family, thankfully.
22. Did you fall in love in 2006?
I fell for someone, but I wouldn’t call it love. Love is an educated emotion. I didn’t have enough time with her to fall in love, but I certainly could have given enough time.

23. Do you love/like anyone that you didn’t love/like this time last year?
Oh yes! There are lots of new girls to be liked.

24. Do you hate/dislike anyone now that you didn’t hate/dislike this time last year?
Ummm… Not really. There are people I don’t respect as much as I used to, and others more so, but no one has really made me spurn them.

25. What was your favorite TV program?
Heroes! Veronica Mars comes a close second, and Jericho a third.

26. What was the best book you read?
The His Dark Materials Trilogy was certainly the one I consumed the quickest., but The Brothers K was probably the best book I read.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
The entire genre of Mashups (AKA Bastard Pop). Also, while I had listened to Air a little, I really got into them this year.

28. What was your favorite film?
Syriana, probably, though Casino Royale really impressed me, if only for the potential for sequals.

29. What did you want and get?
Christmas at home, a new stove, and closer friends.

30. What did you want and not get?
A steady girl.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 24, and I think I just hung out with some friends. I actually don’t remember doing anything on my birthday, so I must not have done much.

32. What was one thing that would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
A car?

33. What kept you sane?
Matt, Carey, Ben, my own cooking, and lots of travelling.

34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Oh… Hrmmm… Rhonda put Kristen Bell, and I think I might steal her answer. She’s yummy and smart in Veronica Mars, that’s for sure.

35. What political issue stirred you the most?
Post-Katrina Louisiana, again stealing Rhonda’s answer.

36. Who did you miss?
Baton Rouge friends, and my family.

37. Who was the best new person you met?
John and Alana McKinney. We had met before, but only became friends this year.

38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005.
Don’t judge yourself too harshly. You’re only human. Just don’t turn that into an excuse. Strive for excellence always. Just forgive yourself for not achieving it always.

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A Weekend in Sofia Wednesday, Jan 17 2007

National Palace of Justice, newly renovated exterior finally visible.

This past weekend I made a trip to Sofia. On Friday night there was a Bluegrass band playing at a bar there, and a bunch of my friends and I decided to head out there since a lot of them were already going to be in Sofia for a meeting. So on Thursday night I took a train with a sleeper car to the city and spent a few days there. I also used the opportunity to meet with my program director about some issues, which was great. I also was able to raid the Peace Corps Library.

A Versace store’s upcoming location, just beside a building that collapsed recently. Wealth and decay were never so married.

Anyway, on Friday night we all went to Carl’s house for dinner. He made a wonderful selection of chillies, had pizza, and lots of munchies available. It was a great time and a chance to catch up with some folks / meet some new ones. Afterwards many of us went to the show and dance the night away.

Nevski Cathedral at night from Julia’s balcony

The next day I met out with Carey and Matty mostly. On the way there I passed a small jazz band playing in a park. I took this video of them:

We ate at a Turkish restaurant and ended up going to the cinema (where I watched Casino Royale, hence the earlier review). That night Julia was having a party. Carey and I were both staying with Julia, so we attended, even though we were both a bit tired. After the party died it actually kicked up again with different guests. Andrea and Boudreaux, a married, PCV couple living in Sofia brought around Greg, another from our group, and his visiting brother. Andrea and some of us started playing a game where we said movie quotes and the others had to guess from which movie that came. It was a lot of fun.

A graffito in Sofia. Apparently they hate the hurricane here too. Note that they got the Latin “R” correct but not the “N.”

The next day Carey and I basically scrambled out of Julia’s place after sleeping in late. I took the bus back to Zavet and started my week on Monday, as per usual.

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Movie Review: Casino Royale Monday, Jan 15 2007

This movie absolutely blew me away. I think this is the best James Bond movie ever made. I think Daniel Craig is the best Bond to date. Yes, even better than Sean.

Let me explain this, though. This really isn’t a Bond movie in terms of how we have understood them so far. This is something different. Disregard for a moment that this is a reboot of the series, starting off with a new timeline. They could have simply done that and left the formula the same: womanizing Bond with lots of cheesy lines, gadgets galore, Q, cars with machine gun mounts, over the top goofy villains (Oddjob, Jaws, etc.), and so on. But they didn’t do that. No, they made James Bond as a genre better. How? Well, they made it into a true action thriller without all that fluff. The extent of the gadgetry is limited to information technology and an emergency medical kit. That’s it. No laser watches or pocket sized water breathers to be had. The villains were equally down to earth, and there’s nothing there to be turned into a Dr. Evil parody. The only thing that makes this villain even Bondesque in terms of what that used to mean is that he has a tear duct defect that makes him cry blood, but even that is fairly muted in the movie, occurring only occasionally (rather than the over used petting of a cat, for instance). And while Bond is still getting with the ladies, it’s put in the light of him actually being a suave, attractive, and magnetic person, rather than just some guy with a cheesy line. Craig David has made Bond a badass, not a pretty boy. So this metamorphosis of the genre has made Bond something new and different. They took the best aspects of Bond and merged them with the neck breaking action of The Born Identity. I love it.

In supporting roles, Judy Dench reprises as M, but we see her as a creating force in Bonds life as a ruthless agent carrying out his government’s interest, and it makes her all the more sinister. Sure, we’re on her (and Bond’s), but we’re certainly glad of that when we see what they do. The supreme lack of attachment they both show in what they do (and its display in this film is much more gruesome) make them frightening characters. There’s an ugliness to what they do, and they know it. The film even explores this, and one of the major dilemmas Bond faces is how every time he kills he loses a bit of his humanity. This film doesn’t glamorize him as a spy with a “license to kill” and kid gloves like Mac the Knife as though that were something to aspire to. It shows him as a man with blood on his hands knowing that they will get bloodier. M, for her part, recognizes the James and other Double O’s like him are “blunt instruments” that must be used. She also knows they have short life spans and are expendable. But they are needed to get the job done, so she sends them to kill or be killed, all the while calculating the risks and benefits of their missions to her government.

Wow.

On the other hand, the Bond Girls in this film are fantastic (see above)! They did well by casting unknowns (unlike Madonna or Denise Richards, for instance), but even better by casting such amazing beauties! Eva Green plays her part to perfection to boot! You just can’t complain about either of the two.

So yes, go see (or rent) the new Bond film. It rocks. The only complaints I have is that Texas Hold ‘Em has replaced Baccarat as James’s game of choice, which while more contemporary is less interesting and that the pacing of the film slows near the end and then speeds up again, giving up two competing climaxes. I think this could have been done a bit better, but in a way the story requires it.

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Back in Zavet – Holiday Redux Thursday, Jan 11 2007

First off, the picture above is the scene of my homecoming in Leesville on Friday, December 22. My mother, again, had no clue I was coming home. It was two straight minutes of her hugging, crying, smiling, and laughing. What you don’t see in this photo is that I had a large, golden bow on my head that was called the “Mega Bow” according to its tag at Wal-Mart. The bow is visible in other photos in my gallery, which, by the way, has pictures of my trip home: http://gallery.deepgrey.net/Koubi/home/

Anyway, heading back to my last post, the night I made that I ended up staying up quite late. I heard Allison get up to make her flight before going to bed myself, though she still woke me up to say goodbye. A few hours later I roused myself and starting doing some work, but before long I got an email from my friend Angie reminding me that we had a lunch date, so I quickly dashed out of the house and met her at the Chimes, ate lunch, and walked back. It was really good seeing her, and she reminded me about everything that was right about the South. She’s warm and kind and beautiful, inside and out. Such a wonderful change from the usual coldness of Bulgarian women. The food was also really good. I ordered off the menu and went for a Gator Sausage Po-Boy (Bulgarians, by the way, who eat all manner of things I find distasteful, always find it shocking that we eat gator in Louisiana). Angie and I also split a memorable bread pudding… Yum!

One part of that and some other trips I made around town by foot that I really enjoyed was the LSU Lakes. Sure, they’re not immaculate. There’s trash on the edges in places, but, by and large, it’s a really well kept and well used park. I went running there once, walked there with Jason and Allison, and walked by towards campus and back twice. It was gorgeous in the winter sun with all the birds there. Lots of ducks, pelicans, and goodness knows what else I couldn’t identify. Just beautiful. It really made me appreciate how the American people appreciate their environment (even if our government seems not to).

That night was my last in Louisiana before my return, so Jason and I got dinner together (again at the Chimes). New Orleans Style Barbecue Shrimp rarely tastes as good as when you’re saying goodbye to the Great State of Louisiana yet again. We had a really good talk about things, particularly my future. I’ve always valued Jason’s opinion on the important things in life, and I asked him about the direction in which I was heading. He pointed out the illogic of not going for the Foreign Service immediately, as opposed to waiting a year and doing the Fulbright grant in between. Why not go for it? I’m qualified now. I’ve got experience, and if not the graduate degree then certainly the smarts. So I decided that I’m shifting my focus to that (not that if it falls through I wouldn’t welcome a grant to live in Germany for a year). Immediately following this discussion we happened to run into a group of LSU folks from my class that Jason and I both had friendships with, one of which works for OurPublicService.org. Apparently his organization aids the government in recruiting talented minds for government work, so I am know hoping to get in touch with a recruiter through him. I’m not sure how well that will work, but who knows?

After the Chimes I went to Slinky’s for a few last night drinks with Chris, Sarah, and Rhonda, some of the closest friends I have in the world. We have grown a bit more distant lately, but falling in with them over the break showed me how easy it is for me to pick up the ball right over again. They’re really great folks and I love them. After they all had to duck out (they all work, the saps!) I closed out the bar with Pam one more time before heading to bed. The next morning Chris drove me to the New Orleans airport, and I was one my way… sort of.

My flight from New Orleans to Chicago ended up getting cancelled. I was rerouted to D.C. This ruined any opportunity of getting together with John and Alana, two Peace Corps friends, in Chicago for the transatlantic flight. This upset me a little, but at least I would have a connection in D.C. to Frankfurt so that I could meet them there for our connection to Sofia. Well, this all ended up being a good thing. First off, I found out when I boarded the plane to Frankfurt that I was bumped to business class for the transatlantic! WOOT! It was my first time to enjoy such luxury in a plane, and it was for the longest flight of the trip! How wonderful! Then I found out in Frankfurt that John and Alana’s plane from Chicago was delayed a couple of hours, and that it would not make the connection to Sofia in time. If I had been with them, I wouldn’t have made it home on schedule! I guess it all worked out for the best for me.

Anyway, so I was back in Bulgaria, crashed at my friend Julia’s apartment in Sofia, and then slept about 16 hours. Man, that felt good. That night a bunch of people I met only that day through Julia and I went to dinner together. After that a few of us went to see a metal band in some Sofia club, which was fun if not a little cheesy. I was wearing a pair of pants that were a very light khaki (nearing ivory) and a pink shirt… in a club with a metal band playing… surrounded by a bunch of Bulgarian metal fans. I felt a bit out of place, but a after a while I loosened up and gabbed the night away with this girl named Phred (short for Phrederick… Yeah, I don’t get it either), who is married to a Fulbrighter in Sofia and is actually a singer who occasionally has jazz gigs there every now and then.

The next day I actually took Julia and her friends Kristi and Mark to Zavet. They all live in Sofia and haven’t seen the small town life in Bulgaria. It was nice having company, even if I wished I could have gotten the house ready for them. I gave them a tour of the town, took them to the local bar and restaurant, etc. We actually spent a lot of time chilling at home, playing Scrabble, etc. On Sunday we cabbed to Isperih to get them dinner and on the night train. I took it down to Shumen myself to shop the next day and restock my kitchen a bit, though I actually ended up mostly getting stuff that wasn’t all that important, just some dry goods.

Since then I have pretty much been catching up with things at home. I got a lot of files from Julia and Natalie (in Shumen) with my new external hard drive (300 gigs!!!), so I have had to sort that stuff out. I also cleaned the apartment a bit after having had guests. I’ve also used the time to catch up on the news, listen to the Prairie Home Companion Christmas show, and generally settle back into the apartment for the coming winter.

Speaking of which, it’s amazingly warm right now. It’s sunny and in the 50’s. This is unheard of in Bulgaria in what is nearing mid-January. Global warming never felt so good. Too bad it means that my state will be under water.

Tomorrow I’ll end up dashing out of town yet again. I guess I’m trying to get some traveling in while the roads are still decent and it’s easy to do so. I’m going to night train it to Sofia so that I can see some friends in town for a meeting, but really I just want go to a show being given by a Bluegrass band called Lilly of the West that will be playing in a club Friday night. I’ve organized quite a group to go, so I’m really looking forward to it. I haven’t gone dancing properly in a long time, so let’s hope they play stuff that one can cut a rug to. Saturday we’re planning on hiking on Mount Vitosha a bit. We’re scoping out possible trails to take in a month’s time, since we’ve moved the Beard Off party from Burgas to Sofia and made it a week early. *shrug* Should be fun anyway. We plan on doing a hike and then going out together.

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A Louisiana New Years Tuesday, Jan 2 2007

Last I left you I had just eaten dinner at Tsunami and been hanging with Pam at Slinky’s. Now, a few days later, our story continues:

On Friday I got up in the morning and loafed around the house a bit, but before too long Pam showed up for us to go shopping. We went to the Albertson’s on College Drive picked up everything we needed to make a gumbo. At some point while checking off my shopping list she was wondering where I had “celery” listed, and then she noticed. “Oh… You just put ‘trinity.’” So true. It’s good to have someone know what you’re talking about when you say that. Anyway, I went to work as soon as the groceries were in the kitchen and by 4:30pm had it all simmering.

At that point I had to walk down to the Chimes to meet Molly Dubois for drinks. It was good catching up with her, and before too long Jay Ducote joined us and the three of us were as mirthy as usual. We ended up eating there after all (Crab Cake Sammich!) and talking with some other friends at other tables before the end of the evening.

Upon my return home I was able to get in touch with Pam about the gumbo, for which I made a dark roux and let cool soon after. I also got in touch with Jeremy and Erin, two friends of mine with whom I made plans to make a late show of Night in the Museum. It was a good show, and it made me laugh, but most of the gags were visual or slap stick. Still, I laughed a lot. Eric Ducote showed up before Pam picked up the gumbo and joined us at the theatre.

On SaturdayI ended up heading out to Hooters of all places. Apparently Jay, Eric, and some other get together there pretty regularly and put back a few hundred wings. I joined them and from 5 to 8pm I drank more Bud Light than I care to remember. It actually was kind of annoying the way they do things there. The servers there fill your beer glass no matter what state it’s in (i.e. half full, three-quarters full, etc.). So you never know what beer you’re actually on. This was fun and novel and makes for flirtatious comments with your server (who has heard it all before but still smiles and laughs), but after enough time it gets annoying. I even told my server to stop a few times only to have her fill the glass when I was not looking. By 8pm I was ready to head out, which was good, since I had reservations at P.F. Chang’s with Jeremy and Erin then anyway.

At dinner I was able to have a good visit with Jeremy and Erin. They had shown me the ring the night before, but that was at the end of the night, and so at dinner I was able to talk to them more about them being engaged. It’s pretty crazy. They’re going to be the third couple that gets married in my old group of friends. I feel old! After dinner the folks at Hooters were still going strong, but it was late and I felt like a night in before NYE could do me good.

Sunday, New Year’s Eve, I pretty much lazed about the house for the whole day. Around 7pm I went to the north gates area and helped a friend set up for his NYE party while waiting for Slinky’s to open. Slinky’s was having a PJ party that I wanted to spend a bit of time at before heading to the night’s main event. So after an hour I went to Slinky’s, which was actually really slow untill about 10:30pm. Sadly by that time I had to leave, and so at 11:30pm I was able to switch from PJs to a suit and head downtown to Chris and Dustin’s party. That’s where the pic is from. It was a great night with good food and lots of champagne. Apparently they put back 42 bottles of it (I estimate I only drank about 1 of those, if that). I really enjoyed catching up with folks, even if I did crash at about 2am on the couch in my suit using my jacket as a blanket.
The next day (today) I woke up, changed, and went back to bed. Around 11 or so I got up in earnest and helped Chris clean the house. We had lunch at home, played some Smash Bros., and then ran some errands after more clean up. Dinner at Almaza (very sub-par Lebanese. I prefer Atcha Bakery.) was lame, but the company was tip top. I miss my conversations with Chris. They’re just so witty and intelligent, and we have such similar tastes in things to talk about that it’s uncanny. Anyway, after more Smash Bros. with a bunch of others (mostly Dustin and Nathan), I headed home to Jason’s.

Tomorrow morning my sister-in-law Allison will begin her trip back to Brussels. Jason will return to work leaving me to pack up my stuff. We’re getting dinner at 7:30pm, and after I’m hoping to get together with the bulk of my friends for a last night out. I plan on staying at Chris’s house tomorrow night, since he is driving me to the airport early in the morning. I fly on the same day as the Sugar Bowl (why, oh why did LSU get THAT bowl… the bowl on the day I fly!?!), which means the traffic will be bad and we need to get an extra early start. Boo. After a long bit of travel I return to Bulgaria on the afternoon of the 4th BG time. I plan on catching up on jet lag there and then heading to Zavet, possibly with a guest in tow. Anyway, it’s been a great holiday season!

Geaux Tigers! Beat them Irish!

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