Here are some other pics I took off of RT-15 along the Susquehanna on the drive home.

Well I had to do something to celebrate my birthday. My choices were A. Going to Vegas or B. Going to D.C. Since I went to Sin City in August I decided to hang out with my buddy & his family in Northern Virginia. I left on Thursday after I hooked up with a friend of mine for dinner on Wednesday.

I arrive around dinner and then proceed to chipotle for dinner before my college buddy and I head over to a meeting of his investment club. It was a bit interesting to see how older guys think about the market. Observing their meeting and stock pick was a pretty entertaining evening for myself. The best part is one of the members who did also go to Niagara had 2 extra tickets for the Browns/Redskins game. So we took him up on his offer.

Friday I ended up going to Richmond for the day since I didn't want to hang out at his home while him and his wife were working. If I wanted to watch CNBC I could have do it here. So I explored a city of which I wanted to visit and had a good time. Especially since they still have an independent record store, Plan 9 I ended up sticking around until late evening as I meet up and hit Carytown with a friend of mine. I then went back to go out locally with my buddy in Northern Virginia.
This pic is just to piss off (e:jason) as PBR is placed between Sam's and Stella


my catfish lunch

Just places around Carytown






Plan 9's basement


Friday Night we ended up going to the Capitals/Devils game. He scored tickets off of Cragislist for $25 less than face value. The best part was they were Center Ice 7 rows up! Sadly even their face value of $105 is cheaper than what the Sabres are asking for these days.

Here are some pics @ the Verizon Center






























Then I went to my 3rd current or 4th all time NFL Stadium. After learning that Redskins tickets are hard to come by I felt really good about grabbing them. Our Alumnist friend as a guy that originally lived in North Tonawanda as his tailgate buddy. You can just tell by his setup that he is from Buffalo & serious about his food.





























There is a guy in the tree playing a Sax for tips! He said that he thought the attention would get him more $




This is the police carrying some guy that ran out on the field away.






The sporting events. All I can say is that we didn't plan going to one game let alone making it a double header weekend.

So in honor of my birthday I'm taking off for a long weekend in D.C./NoVa. My original plan was to pass through Pittsburgh just to have lunch at my favorite hamburger stand Fatburger. Well I was unable to verify if the two locations are still open at this time. There was a blurb on their website that the parent company bought back the franchises but nothing if they were open or not, especially since they were not listed on the website or calling the corporate office :-( I did find out that they did have some locations around Cleveland. So the next time I feel like some good grease I may just drive out the Cleveland, especially since they also have my other favorite Waffle House. It's just that I may not find a "Yankee" Waffle House authentic enough for my taste.

So I'm off to take whatever route the GPS takes me on.

It was at least comforting to see the stock market "Green" for the first time in a very long time today. Also closing out my "Put" option on Friday was even better. That was one of the best days of my life, until that dog took a chunk out of my calf :-/

So as I write this currently given the S&P is up 20+ points in overnight trading I would have lost $5000 today if I didn't call up my broker and have him. If anyone needs a commodity/futures broker let me know. Although it was funny that I never heard from them since I had to sweat through the "Bankruptcy" that at happened at the time when my account was handled through REFCO. Especially since there is no FDIC or SPIC for commodity futures accounts.

I wish I was long as I almost pulled the trigger on buying 200 shares or so of the DIAmonds. Who knows how long this rally will last, but it does look like it does have some legs. The thing is we may climb up even past 10K but in no way are we going to get back to where we were even 1 years ago. So you can forget about getting back to 14K anytime soon.

Thinking that I would avoid any problems with the world, I though that it would be a good idea to go over to a house of a friend of mine. He has a wife & a 6 month old child so they definitely do not get out much. I did warm him that I was coming down with something but he basically said that it was OK since hid kid was sleeping. It was pretty much a pretty chill night as our mutual friend also came over with his Eastern European "Friend." We just basically watched TV a movie on IFC and game 1 of the ALCS. Then as it was time for me to head home I go back in the living room to grab some tissue for my runny noise. As I dropped the box 1 or 2 times I grab what I need, blow my nose and put it back. As I turned around to head to the kitchen, their Brittany dog does this to me


Yea so on top of feeling like crap because there is stuff dripping out of my nose I have this to contend with. Hopefully I will manage to 1. Feel better and shake off this cold/sinus infection and 2. Have my calf heal up so it's not as sore. This is so my b-day on Wednesday isn't a downer. With only that day being the reason why I have not filled a prescription for some antibiotics since I don't want to be hindered in celebrating.