Happy Perfect Cup of Hot Chocolate Day!!

It's a long story but we created a most killer holiday exactly 4 years ago, yesterday. We happened upon it when the stars aligned, gods inspired and I Matt Jones, created the perfect cup of hot chocolate. Each drop was pure liquid pleasure. The ratio of sweetness, creaminess and chocolocity were matched by no other mug throughout the land. So in honor of this most blessed cup, we try with great fervor, on every September 29th, to re-create this esteemed beverage. The last few years have been wrought with disappointment, but this year we were once again visited by...The Perfect Cup!!!


The preparation was grueling, I am but a tool....
Behold, it's greatness

Sampling ambrosia (not the crappy salad your aunt makes) while wearing my ol' Dropkick Murphy's Sweatshirt=Genius!

Holidays and traditions make life worth living.

The Golden Years

My brother introduced me to the sweetest site ever - behold yearbook photos through the generations.  And don't worry, there's more where they came from.  Thanks Ryan - Enjoy!

1966

 1980

1952

1958

1990

1990

1978

1982

1984

1984

1976

1976

Comfort vs. Style

We love modern design but we also love to be comfortable. It may not be apparent but both loves are, at times, enimigos. Take our wonderful Corbusier sofa, the handsome low profile and steel frame look fairly bitchin' in our space. In the last year, we've tried to use this stunner as our primary sofa for watching movies, spooning and pocket change depositing. Unfortunately, all of these activities are not as fun as they were with the big, purple, velvet monster we had in college.

It's time for a sectional. A big soft, comfy sectional that will welcome our bottoms with each sitting. We'd still like our new piece to fit in with the rest of our furniture-friends. This gets a little tricky. Are we trying to have our cake and eat it too? Damn the furniture gods.

So far, here are a few candidates. The first is the carter sectional by Gus. Not too big, low profile, tufted. Add some graphic pillows and this could work.

The above is the "clyde" sectional by Blu dot. Cool lines but is the open end going to put us back into a cuddling conundrum?

What about the lucias sectional (above)?. Not a designer piece but who cares, it looks kinda cool.

If anyone knows of any rad sofas please give us a shout.

F cubed = Friends, Family & Food

We were in UT over Labor Day weekend to visit all the fam!  We hiked Lake Mary - and it was great to get out of the 97 degree heat into the cool Mountain air.  Matt's "pouring one for his homies" (Jon & Kaylene who are in TX) in the photo - just in case it was unclear.  It was wonderful to catch up and spend time with all of the grandparents and as always learn a little more about each of them!  We of course loved hearing Patrick play every instrument in the house as well!  Thanks for a fun time!

Our cute niece Lauren who does a sweet elbow dance, but doesn't really like Matt.  What do you do? 

Shocking - another booty shot of Matt.  

The only thing that grabs the attention of grown men - video games.  We had a sweet fun filled evening with Whitney and Keela and their men Brian and Matt (plays guitar hero on expert setting) playing rock band and eating.   I don't get to see my Broncos friends twice a week any more (so sad), but at least we are still getting together.  

Longtime homies; Grant  Mitchell and cute girlfriend Rachel (check out her sweet photos at www.rachelthurston.com) were in town a coupla weeks ago.  We were lucky enough to partake of the World's greatest fries together, and a whole lotta sushi.