New Year's with LJ in Little Silver and pictures of the cat ... A cold-ass weekend in Boston ... Cindy's wedding in Baltimore and the top hat on the bear ... A visit from Heather involving board games and Simpsons UNO without any need to draw cards ... Casey cooks everything for the Super Bowl party ... Dinner with Mia and pals at Tavern on the Green ... David Gray at MSG ... Waking up on the Upper East Side and hearing about Columbia before I was out of bed ... The Irish at Seton Hall ... A week in Orlando, missing the northeast blizzard, three trips to Kennedy Space Center and a day at Disney World ... Beauty and the Beast on Broadway ... Weekend in D.C. for the Irish at Georgetown; Matt meets a girl in the basement karaoke bar ... A cold day at Shea for the Mets and Cubs ... My third straight BlueClaws opening night ... For the second trip, a warm weekend in the Hamptons ... Baseball weekend: Notre Dame at Rutgers, BlueClaws at night, Derek Jeter playing for Trenton on Sunday ... Finally, a return to Cape Cod for Memorial Day weekend ... A third Stanley Cup for the Devils ... Crazy weekend in Atlanta for Jamie's wedding ... Another 4th of July weekend in Johnstown, another Astros-Pirates game at PNC Park ... Back to Boston in warmer weather ... A barbeque in Little Silver ... Closing out July on a sweltering weekend staying at the Hilton in the City ... A morning at Dorney Park, an afternoon at Leanne's wedding ... Four days and a return to Maine after too long an absence ... John Mayer and Counting Crows at the Arts Center ... Bruce at the Meadowlands in August, then at Shea in October ... So long to the Vet in Philly ... Crazy weekend in Seattle for Matt's bachelor party ... The Irish upset Pitt and I'm the only one smiling in the luxury box ... Back in South Bend, it's a good thing so many friends came out for the USC game ... Dave and Emmylou together at the Manhattan Center ... An eclipse for Donna's wedding ... My streak ends: after two false starts, a wedding I'm in goes off when Matt and Denise smile for six straight hours; we're in Seattle four days before to see the sights ... Discovering Homestarrunner.com ... Thanksgiving with Moom and the Bass in LS ... Touch football on a cold November Saturday ... Winter comes hard on the first weekend in December ... Bake-off in Connecticut, then another snowstorm slowing our return home ... White Christmas in Johnstown, "Snowmen Melt My Heart" in Greensburg, inflatable figures pop up everywhere ... A quiet New Year's Eve with a prickly tree still leaning in the corner ...