Saint Paul MN - Mary's Birthday....again

We finally found a date that worked for all to gather for another birthday celebration for Mary.......good fun, good laughs and the usual bad and inappropriate conversations.  The perfect Birthday Dinner!

Saint Paul MN - Bike ride and the Saint Paul Art Crawl

Got back a day early and got out for a bike ride on a beautiful Saturday morning - buzzed by First Avenue and took in all of the activities surrounding the passing of Prince.
And finished off the day with some time at the Saint Paul Art Crawl - took in the new artist lofts at the old Schmidt Brewery - ready to move in.

Tokyo Japan - Spring has arrived in Tokyo

I hit the best weather week of spring in Tokyo.  Everyone kept telling me this was the first good spring weather week.
Lots happening while in town - and got it done early enough to catch a flight home a day early.   Nice to get back to MSP.

Saint Paul MN - Bike Group ride 2

We finally got another above normal Saturday and so we hit the trails once again.
By late afternoon it got all the way up to 80F.
We seemed to get one nice day and then 10 cold and wintery days.  It would have been almost easier to just stay cold and not get teased.

Saint Paul MN - Annual birthday dinner finally gets on the calendar

For a long, long time Jim, Mike and I got together for a birthday dinner.  We are all the same age and our birthdays fall in within 30 days of each other - I get to be the youngest......
Over the years it went through some other gyrations, additions and changes.
We seemed to have settled in to a core group that gathers for our birthday and a couple other times throughout the year.  The Salon Group as Bev calls it - our budding actress and model.
Another great night and another birthday on the books - and the last celebration finally executed and done.