Christmas 2010

I left for Jacksonville on Wednesday the 23rd at 7:40AM flight out of Philly.  We boarded on time and left the gate right on time.  We had no delays heading for the running and were the first flight to take off.  We arrived around 9:45 which was 15 minutes early.  Since the flight arrived early, Mom was not waiting for me.  I ran into her as she was walking towards the meet-and-greet area.

We picked up Dad and had lunch at a new brewpub on Beach.  they just opened and had not installed the brewing equipment yet.  The food was good and they had an excellent draft craft beer selection.

Flagler College

On Christmas Eve we drove down to St. Augustine for the morning.  We took the scenic route down A-1-A.

Mom and Dad

St George St.

We ventured down St. George Street popping in and out of shops and boutiques.   We ended up having lunch at the Columbia Restaurant, a famous restaurant in old town.  Very good Cuban and South American food.

St Augustine Lighthouse

After lunch we drove over to Anastasia Island so I could see the Lighthouse.  The problem was that we arrived when the place was closing for the day.  A schedule snafu.  Oh well there's next year.

Me with big knife

Christmas, here I am with my new chef's knife.















The Jaguars were playing a home game on Sunday the 26th and as usually Scott had tickets and wanted me to go to the game.  This was a must win game against the Redskins.  They were favored and the Jaguars have never lost when I was in the stadium, Never!  Well, it was one of those nasty winter days in Jax so I decided to watch the game at home with Mom and Dad.  So, the Jags lost and Scott blamed me.  Ha!  Any who, I went over to his house to watch the late game, Vikings at the Eagles.  Unfortunately the game was postpone until Tuesday because of the blizzard in Philly (which I missed, ha ha).  So I just hung out and visited.  Gina's sister was in town with her husband who is a pro soccer player.  They had the flu so I did not get a change to chat with him much.  Scott and I did our usually thing, listen to music and watch videos (add drink beer).

Monday nothing much other than we went to a movie and saw the latest Harry Potter movie.  Mom and Dad were good sports since they have only seen one other Potter movie.  I enjoyed it and can not wait for the last movie.

I left on Tuesday the 28th around 11AM and got back to Philly around 1PM.  I watched the rescheduled Eagles game which was a disappointment.