Happy 4th Of July - From San Diego!
I hope everyone had a fantastic 4th of July Holiday
and week. Its definitely one of my favorite holidays for sure. The events of
the week in this country definitely are troubling and I pray for our country
especially with the upcoming political campaigns – it seems like everyone in
this country is on edge and we all need to chill and keep the dialogue open and
ease up on the hatred.
With that said, I am very honored and happy to have been
selected and appointed to the board of Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona http://habitatcaz.org. I
firmly believe that a lot of the problems out there are due to poor housing and
the lack of opportunity that many face. As a community of whites, blacks,
Hispanics, Asians, etc. we can come together on projects that are productive
and bring families and people together – building versus destroying! http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/06/how-a-house-can-shape-a-childs-future/489242/
I am so excited to be a part of this group and hopefully can
bring more of the design and building community to this amazing forum.
I know I live a wonderful life and I am so blessed with a nice
home, and beautiful family, supporting wife, fantastic career and business, and
work with a talented staff and have the dearest clients. During this 4th
of July week I had some time to reflect on all of this. First – thanks for the
time to spend with my family and get away! The 4th of July is always
great because nearly all of my clients take the week off too so it was
definitely quiet and calm. Very appreciated!!! 
So this 4th of July I packed up the troops and we
rented a beach condo in Ocean Beach in San Diego! Just like the last few 4ths
I had all of my girls. My oldest Tiffany flew down from Denver, my wife Isabel
flew over from Phoenix, and my two youngest daughters, Sophia and Bella, and I
all piled into the Highlander along with a friend each and we were off on our 4th
of July adventure.
What a great week! Of course you cannot go to San Diego over the
4th without running into clients and friends from Arizona. In fact,
I think half of Arizona including Arizona Governor, Doug Ducey, were all
enjoying some down time and cool air in San Diego.
My clients are so wonderful and treat me and my family so
graciously. From a fantastic beach party with our clients and good friends, Don
and Sharon Ulrich along with Dave and Melissa Mullard and their family and
friends, to an evening on the Charles Keller yacht, Just Sit Right Back in
Coronado who made the trip down from Marina del Rey with my associate, Tim
Mathewson and his fiancé Amber, to running into more Italy travelers, Gicella
Dulcich and Julie Horne at the Marine Room in La Jolla http://www.marineroom.com, to finally a relaxing
evening at the La Jolla courtyard casa of Erika and Russell Dickey – we were
treated like royalty!!! THANK YOU!!!!
Such a wonderful week, from time on the beach, eating fish tacos
and my share of oysters on the half shell, enjoying some margaritas and vino,
the Coronado parade, some one-on-one time with the girls including a fund day
at Balboa Park with Tiffany, and even squeezing in some time to make homemade
pasta with our new and soon coming to market Candelaria Collection Pasta Maker.
Nothing better than homemade raviolis!
We made it home last night in time for my good friend and
amazing lighting designer http://www.cdltg.com , Walter
Spitz’s 60th Birthday. 60 – seriously!!!! Well, all I can say is
what a joy it was to be back in time for a wonderful evening at Avanti’s! http://avanti-az.com
What fun and good times – now its back to it – second half of
the year here we go!!! Let’s all do our best to share love, tolerance and
generosity and let’s all try and make a positive difference.
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