This weekend was definitely Epic. My travels took me to Andover, Newton, Franklin, Vernon, Pine Island, and beyond! My first time back on a treadmill in nearly 3 years. Celebrating birthday parties, crashing a GNO, and playing with a new kitten!

We'll start with Thursday night, where my work wife Shawn allowed me to crash her Girls Night Out with Michele, Laura and Gail. We had a great time catching up, it had been far too long. One of my personal highlights was updating Michele that I got engaged to Awesome Girlfriend Megan last August 17th, and showed her some of our pictures. Michele cracked me up saying "oh my god you two look like professional models!" LOL. I give credit to the beautiful Ogunquit, Maine backdrop and Brendan who had his iPhone ready to rock. We had a terrific time enjoying Thursday night Happy Hour at Kite's.

Friday was interesting. I ran out of my Clorox disinfectant wipes that I keep in my office. Steve Andrews had a very minor cold last week, so I always wipe down the studio after him being the total germphobe that I am. Friday morning, I used the last of my Clorox wipes that usually last me 4-6 months in my office, no big deal. I went grocery shopping in Franklin to restock my cleaning supplies, and was so surprised to see that there was a limit of how many Clorox wipes you could purchase, two per customer. I think there may be a bit of an overreaction to the Coronavirus here. That reaction wasn't as alarming as what I would see later in the weekend.

Friday night was a big one. Happy Surprise 50th Birthday to our dear friend, Amy! Amy and Bill (who doubles as the lead singer of The Scot McBrit Band,) are one of our favorite couples. They've been through so much this year, Meg and I wanted to do everything we could to see them, and help them smile. Awesome Girlfriend Megan was able to take a couple hours off from her job at Rutgers, come up from New Brunswick and arrive just in time for her big surprise birthday party at The Cottage. The place was even more packed than usual. Smiles everywhere. Amy was completely surprised, and we were so happy to see our friends smile. Along with seeing so many of our other regular friends at The Cottage, Friday night was fantastic.

Time for another birthday party! I then ventured from The Cottage to Blue Arrow Farm. Despite driving by it a zillion or so times over the past 6 years, I didn't learn until Friday that it is technically in Pine Island, NY just over the border from Vernon. Crossing state lines woohoo. They threw together a terrific birthday party for my friend Borasio, morning show man on 103.7 WNNJ. Felix And The Cats were awesome and made the packed house very happy. I did a juicy IPA which was terrific. The whole place is gorgeous and everyone was smiling nonstop. Another victory. Special thanks to Borasio, who gave me his exclusive behind the scenes tour. Lots of gorgeous artwork there. Wow.

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