Sorry all (ok so maybe it's just the 3 people or so that actually check this blog), but I know it has been awhile since I have posted. Things have been quite busy for me these past few months. Since I have been partying it up with Britney, Paris & Lindsay, I have been vacationing at a sunny resort founded by the lovely former first lady, Betty Ford! All kidding aside (please call again Paris), I have been in the process of purchasing/furnishing/enjoying a new home. It has been a whirlwind and so far (knock on wood) a smooth transition to once again living in debt.
Thus, it was a nice break from the grind to be able to hang with the fellas as not one, but two annual traditions fell in the month of November this year. The first, NFL Weekend as we like to call it, brought us to Music City as Nashville was the venue for our latest party with the pigskin. Needless to say, I was pleasantly surprised with all that Nashville had to offer in the form of late night debauchery. 
Having lived in Austin for 3 1/2 years, I was fully familiar with all the fun that could be had in a good dive bar with some live music. What I wasn't accustomed to was that fact that I could literally wake up from a previous night of soul searching to some good tunes and a bottle of my favorite potion, have breakfast, and step back into said bar and it still be packed to the hilt and the sounds of a different band be playing before lunchtime. And EVERY bar along the block was the same way! It was amazing! When in Rome... 
Oh yeah, and there was a football game too. Tennessee (my dreaded ex-Oilers) were playing host to the Carolina Panthers who had the unfortunate non-luxury of having David "I still know what it's like to lay face first in the turf" Carr at the helm. Enough said. Tennessee 20 Carolina 7. 
The 2nd "guys" excursion occurred just last weekend when a couple of my friends joined my cousin's buddies for a hunting trip at my aunt and uncle's beautiful ranch in Junction. I wouldn't necessarily call it "roughing it" as the accommodations there are truly first class. Their newly acquired chef, Toby, fixed some outstanding meals and seeing as how he told me he has an invitation from an insider with Hell's Kitchen for an audition in February, Gordon Ramsey will have a top notch competitor should he make the show. 
In between lavish meals, poker bets, and drunken lies, there was a little hunting going on. Most would awake in the mornings/afternoons and be driven to blinds. However, on Saturday a group of us decided to go to a spot I have hunted before which allows for a little more relaxed atmosphere. It's a great spot atop of a cliff overlooking a large field with a feeder in the northeast corner approx 200 yards away. Once the feeder goes off, the shooting commences.Good times had by all and thanks to Toby, Kay, Billy and Gary for taking care of all of us that weekend. It was memorable. And as much as I enjoyed our little get togethers this month guys, it's time to give you all a break...I am going on another hunt...for some women!
Cheers!
