We went out to eat Friday night and went to Monk's for some drinks after. Apparently it is one of the top 10 places in the country that you have to have a beer. On Saturday we went around and saw all the sights, we hit up the Rocky statue, the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall and more. It was nice to get a refresher on some of the history that makes up our great country, especially when the inauguration was just a few days away. For lunch we of course got some cheesesteaks that were delicious. I wouldn't say that they are better than a good cheesesteak from one of my favorite joints up in Boston but DC is anemic when it comes to quality food so it was a welcomed delight. Saturday night we went out for some more dinner and drinks and rapped things up pretty early so we could get on the road early on Sunday and beat the inauguration traffic that was headed to DC.

We have a few pictures from the weekend, nothing special but another place to cross of the list - http://picasaweb.google.com/brianpfitzgerald.

This weekend Mandy and Dan came down for the weekend and we had an awesome time. Friday night we went out in our neighborhood, had some dinner, a few too many drinks, played some darts and then came home and stayed up til 1AM playing Cranium and drinking scotch...ouch. Saturday AM was a bit rough but we stepped up and headed downtown to get some lunch and walk around the mall/Capitol area. We went to the Air and Space Museum and walked around for a bit.

We got back here in the afternoon and proceeded to watch 4 or 5 movies - 300, Heartbreak Kid, Transformers, Traffic and something else. All movies I had seen before but it was that kind of day, good times.

We got back from Philly this weekend, I would share more but I'm at work right now. I do have some stories and pictures to share so I'll plan on doing that later on. Today was a floating holiday so I decided to come in. Tomorrow there probably won't be much getting done either as our office is closed because of the inauguration. I'm planning on coming in though.

Once up in Manchester we spent a few days hanging with Mikey and Mackenzie and relaxing by the pool. I played a bit more golf, we ate and drank at all the normal spots - Backroom, Billy's, Derryfield and more. Tracy got to eat lobster and if you didn't think I could do a headstand, just check out the gallery. We missed getting a shot of my cartwheel.

Manchester Gallery

On the Sunday the 6th we were getting ready for a surprise birthday party for my Mom's sixtieth birthday party. At around noon we lied and told my mom we were going to meet some friends for brunch. Instead we ran a couple of errands and went down to see my cousin Matt who I told you about before. He has opened his new business Freedom Boat Club of Dennis and business is doing very well. If you spend time on the Cape, have some money and don't want to buy your own boat, his club is the way to go. Anyway later in the day we had the party, we all ate and drank and that night a bunch of us headed to one of my favorite spots, Chapins, for a few late night drinks.

One the 7th and 8th I played golf with my Dad and a couple of his friends. I played awful, might have hit 2 fairways on the day, shot something like a 107 and really didn't want to play the next day. So of course I do play and shoot one of the best rounds of my life, posting a 43 on the front nine and a 91 overall. We walked both days as well which is pretty exhausting. Also on the 8th Tracy and I took a drive to Chatham and walked around and shopped a bit, I had never really been to Chatham so it was fun to check it out. Dinner at Clancy's and the baked schrod on Tuesday night was delicious.

So that is a little more than half of our vacation. There are still more pictures and more stories from our few days in NH and I'll post about that later on. Until then check out the galleries.

Winchester and the Cape Gallery

Friday, the morning of the 4th, was a bit miserable for a while but once we got going it turned into a sweet time. We headed out to Suffern, NY to hang at Jason's parents house. Sully and Erin came by for a little bit to show off their little guy Riley, who is an extremely well behaved and cute little man. We then drank and played wiffle ball, and pool basketball and ladder golf. Ladder golf was new to me and it was pretty fun, in the same category as horseshoes and bags and all of your other backyard games. Later in the evening we started rolling some dice and continued that until 2AM until some major money had changed hands. Lucky for me I ended up in the black pretty nicely. Check out the 4th of July gallery for the full visual.

That is the recap of the 3rd and 4th but it is getting late and I need to hit the hay. I'll give some scoop on the rest of the trip, including more photos, over the next few days.