CARDRUNNERS

   My gf and I spent two weeks traveling through South America (Venezuela and Argentina) followed by a week in Hawaii.  Both trips were so much fun.

  On my last blog I wrote a trip report on the South America part of our trip and here are some pics

Spilling a beer at dinner in Mendoza -- the food there was out of this world, had some of the best meals I've ever had there.

 Chillin with a busker in Plaza Independencia, Mendoza.

My gf and I are usually pretty adventurous when we travel.  In Mendoza we hit up the wineries of course but also went trekking, rapelling, ziplining over a huge lake, and swimming in some hot springs.  We like lounging by the pool drinking and reading obviously, but we can do that anywhere so when we're somewhere new we try to get out of the hotel and explore.  In Hawaii we got to do a little of this, but it wasn't as fun mainly because some people weren't going into stuff with positive attitudes and then spent a lot of time whining afterwards.  I mean it's of course understandable to be more of a pool person and not like an activity, but then to complain about it for three days straight afterwards bringing negativity everywhere while you're on a gorgeous island isn't how I want to spend a vacation.  Don't get me wrong, we liked the people we were with a lot, I just now will be a little more cautious when it comes to suggesting stuff like rafting, surfing, and luaus to poker players.  In Hawaii, my gf and I got to catch up with Taylor/gf and David/gf who we've done some traveling with and it was great to see them again, they're both really fun couples.  We also got to meet Aaron and his girl who were nice.  I can see how it might be hard to come along for the first time on a trip when David/Taylor/myself have know each other pretty well, but they were great and sociable.  Tom and his girl also met up with us and we had a lot of fun playing a pretty epic game of drinking volleyball and polishing off a bunch of wine with them.

Kauai was such a gorgeous island.

After we flew back from Kauai my gf and I started to get settled in DC.  The place I bought is so perfect for us, I'm really really happy with it.  House shopping was tougher than I expected, or maybe I'm just picky.  I looked at a bunch of places, hated all of them except for the one I got, but the one I got I was absolutely in love with.  The rest of our furniture arrives TODAY!  Finally, so excited.  Our designer has been really helpful with everything though and I would highly recommend Eric at Vastu.  Everything he has picked out for us has been incredible and he's spent a lot of time making sure our place is just right for us.

Last night we got a puppy!  His name is Joey, he's a black lab we rescued, and he's the cutest thing ever.

Now that we're in DC I'm gonna buckle down and grind it out a bit more.  The past few days I've been playing all the 2550 NL and PLO games with pretty good results.  The new CardRunners site looks great!  Hope you guys like my video this Friday.

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Cole