Santa Crawl 2010

We had our annual Santa bar crawl last night. While I didn’t make an official tally, I’d say we probably topped 100 people on the tour. We had an absolute blast. This was our seventh one and it’s really taken off these last couple of years.

Here’s a bunch of photos from the evening.

State College Santa Crawl

Tonight marks our sixth annual State College Santa Crawl.

Our annual romp in Santa costumes started out as a little thing that I created (with encouragement from my buddy Brian Allen) back in 2004. Our original group consisted of five of us.

Santa Crawl Year One

This year we could have upwards of 75-100 people.

I’m also trying to ratchet up my coverage of the event by experimenting with live coverage of the goings on with my iPhone (I already know that lighting conditions are going to make it a challenge but I’m going to do the best that I can).

If things work out as I hope, the window just below will have a live feed of our activities (as much as I can without killing the battery in my phone) while the second window below will have a collection of the videos that I’ve made throughout the evening.

First – the live feed:

Live Video streaming by Ustream

There’s nothing there at the moment but the festivities will begin somewhere around 8-9 EST (I might put up one or two test videos earlier).

Come join us vicariously.

Xmas Vacation 2008

We had an awesome trip to Chicago!  Could only have been better if UncleLar had been there.

• All the cousins were together

• Some of us saw The Waco Bros. and ate “Slingers”.

• We skated at “The Bean”

• We went to Shedd Aquarium

• The kids & I went rock climbing

• And Lex returned to the scene of the crime, “The Assault of the Portal” and cursed the gate with his middle finger

State College Santa Crawl

This was the night of our annual Santa Crawl. I decided to make a token appearance by heading to the Tavern around 11 PM and surprising the crew as they came through. They arrived about 11:20 and it only took about 15 minutes for me to realize I’m not ready to resume a full social slate yet. I was busy trying to catch up with people that I hadn’t see in ages and a minor coughing fit came on quickly. Fortunately I had my senses about me and didn’t leave with them when they took off for the next bar about a half hour later.

The event has grown considerably since I started it with five people back in 2004. I’d say they had about 45 people tonight. A couple of people took photos of me and as soon as they send them to me I’ll post them

At least you can see how thin my face is in this photo. I’ll post a full body shot (without the Santa suit) in a day or two.

Christmas Card Hype

Just wanted to post a little retrospective of past NJ Falls’ Xmas cards.  I’ve got a new one coming, and really think y’all will like it, so I wanted to create a little “buzz” for the debut.

I figure I’ll post the new one Xmas Eve, unless the public outcry for a preview becomes overwhelming, in which case I might release the digital version early.

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