Friday, October 3, 2008

Perks




One of the benefits of having a wonderful wife with a great job is that there are some fantastic perks that go with it.  If you don't know, one of Sandy's jobs is that she is the ticket master for her firm.  She controls a suite at Staples Center (Lakers, Clippers, Kings, Sparks, Avengers, Concerts, etc), court side seats to the Lakers, dugout seats as well as others at Dodger Stadium, two boxes at the Hollywood Bowl, third row seats at the Disney Concert Hall and seats at the Home Depot Center (LA Galaxy aka Beckham, Chivas USA).

Over the years this has meant the opportunity to do some rather fun things.  Groups of friends in a suite for a game or concert, sure.  First choice to buy concert tickets, yep.  But one of the fun things we have gotten to do is the special events for the suite holders/administrators. We've been to a closed Universal Studios, Rod Stewart concert and many, many dinners.  They have all been tremendous blessings and allowed us to do for free what we could never have afforded to do ourselves.

Sandy's run as the ticket master may be coming to a close soon.  We are both sad and glad about this.  Sad that a great perk is coming to and end, glad that she deserves a break from what is probably the most stressful part of her work life.  So it was time to BLOG about it and share a photo from dinner last night.

The dinner was on the floor of the Staples Center.  They boarded over the ice.  Great food and drink.  A chance to shoot some hoops on the Laker's court. A tour of the locker room. Free stuff.   Another great night.  

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Teenagers



As of yesterday morning, I became the father of not one, but two teenage girls. Happy birthday to Courtney who turned 13 on September 30th. I am really wondering where the time has gone. Please stop growing up. Love, Dad