Meet Steve & Cindi Pehowski

On Saturday October 25th Cindi Hoch married Steve Pehowski in Green Bay, WI. It was great to see a number of people that I hadn't seen in a while. Also - it was Alicia's first real trip to Green Bay. It was eye opening to say the least.

Jarvy and I had the pleasure of DJing the reception

And then there was the after party...

Congrats to Steve & Cindi! Look forward to seeing you soon.

Stefanie Igtanloc 1979-2008

On Thursday October 16th my friend Stefanie (Anderson) Igtanloc passed away at the age of 29 after a 12-month battle with ovarian cancer. She was a college friend of mine from Osseo, MN. She was one of the nicest people around and was taken from us way too soon.

We will all miss you Stef. Rest in peace.

Beautiful Fall Day...

It's Saturday October 11th and it's a gorgeous Fall day. What do you do?

Go on a nice hike through Afton State Park

Follow it up by heading to The Village Pub for the "We Try Hard" Fall Beer Bust!

I love the Fall!

"Shooter" Shawn Buehre's 30th Birthday Party

On Friday October 10th my good friend Shawn Buehre turned 30. His girlfriend Ciera threw a surprise party for him at Maxwell's Pub. Many of our good friends showed up for the shindig.

Here is Shawn, Shawn's mom and I

The crew. Someone must have locked Easton outside.

Happy birthday bud!

Leech Lake 2008

I spent September 30th through October 2nd in Walker,MN with my buddy Joe Tuccitto. I typically go fishing with Joe a couple of days before he closes his cabin for the winter. This year I got really lucky fishing and pulled out some monster walleyes.

I know I'm not going to pull fish like this out of the lake every year. Here is photographic evidence that it happened once.

Oktoberfest 2008

Can you believe it?!? Oktoberfest has come and gone again! This year it we were in LaCrosse over the weekend of Sept. 26-28th and we brought a couple of newbies (Malinda, Zach & Easton).

Another year on the drums
Our "drinking shirts"

Zach, Easton and I

My sister is "special"

Alicia & Donnie. I can't remember the last time Donnie made it festing.

Another year down and more memories. Looking forward to next year!

Twins vs. White Sox

On September 25th Jon Wrolstad and I attended a great baseball game at the Metrodome.


I think Jon set the scene and described the game the best...

"Okay, I have to set the stage for this post... Mike and I are big Twins fans and with 6 games left in the season we trailed the White Sox by 2.5 games. The Twins had the White Sox at home for 3 games and if they won all 3 they would take the division lead and be playoff bound. So I called Mike and said if they win the first 2 games we should go to the 3rd game. The Twins won the first game. The second game was close and it wasn't on TV here so I was "watching" it on ESPN.com GameCast. Before I even knew who won (GameCast was going really slow) Mike called with the good news, we won! So we got tickets for the 3rd game. We go to the game, it starts off a little slow. Then we go to get beer and hot dogs and the Twins are down 1-6 when we come back. Apparently the Twins only like to win when we are watching them. So it was the fourth inning and we were down, but Mike and I remained hopeful. We slowly start coming back and in the 8th inning Gomez and Span tie up the game with a single and a triple. The crowd is going nuts at this point. Top of the 9th and 10th we bring in Joe Nathan. The White Sox can do nothing. Bottom of the 10th Casilla drove in Punto to win the game and take first place in the division. All we need to do is beat the hapless Royals and we are in the playoffs and have a lot of momentum behind us.... At least that is how it should have gone, but we ended up in a one-game playoff with the White Sox that is at Chicago due to our poor coin-flip calling abilities and didn't make the playoffs. Despite the rest of the season, it was the best baseball game that I have ever been to. I'm already looking forward to next year!"

Erin "Peck"ermen turns 30!

On September 20th Erin "Peck" Zimmerman celebrated her 30th birthday at The Lion's Pub in Minneapolis. I grew a fu for the occasion. Good times.

NFL Season Begins - Vikings @ Packers

Thanks to Cindi & Steve, Jarvy and I were able to attend the September 8th Monday night season opening game at Lambeau Field. It was my first game at Lambeau Field since 1996.

Although the Vikings lost it was a really good time. I have a feeling Minnesota will get the last laugh (because I'm posting this in January). Thanks again Cindi & Steve!