About Us
The Pack Family Journal is a place where we gather text and images of our lives, adventures and travels. This is a very personal site, written openly and honestly. Enjoy.
Yesterday we went for a nice foggy, cool (at least started that way) 3 mile walk from our place to Los-gordos Bar at La Bufadora for breakfast with friends and all our dogs. I learned 3 very important things during the walk: #1 ZZ Top is good walking music, #2 cold Pacifico is best served with breakfast, #3 exercise is painful...I woke up this morning and I am so sore!- MORE PHOTOS -
Rachel and I getting ready for our weekly gig at Mama Bears. This is the coolest place; the staff are awesome, the food is the best, and the customers are the coolest. We actually have people that come each week to see us. Plus, we talked them into two pizzas as part of our pay...1 pizza when we get there and 1 pizza to take home when we're done. Oh yah baby! - More Photos -
From John - I don't know how many of you remember a couple of events Rachel and I have produced; one was several years back at Playa De Oro called Flamenco Nights, and more recently the Latino Fest. Although Rachel are big blues fans (obviously), our second love is Flamenco guitar, Flamenco dance and many styles of Spanish guitar (huge fans of The Gipsy Kings). We are in the process of doing another such event, only this time at a very unique rancho called Rosa Negra, with an amazing chef, and the best Flamenco performances anywhere outside of Spain. Today we scaled the mountainside above the location of the event, to give you another view of where this incredible night will be held. We'll continue to share the details as they become available...the date it set for September 12.
Dinner tonight is coconut, curry, butternut squash soup. Slow cooked in a castiron Dutch oven, then served with grilled coconut shavings, cilantro, diced roma tomatoes and whole wheat garlic and olive oil bread. Disfrutar! - see more photos -
From John - I always consider others first - always. I make it a point to always be courteous to those around me, to a fault sometimes. I guess that is why when people don't do the same, it really pisses me off. The problem with me being pissed off, is I don't handle it well. Normally, I am a big, sweet teddy bear, but when I get angry I become a wounded Alaskan Grizzly. Once again, I loveRachel, she sees the transformation taking place before I do, and after 13 years is really good at taming the beast before bad things happen. I'm blessed....and those rude people...well all I can say is they have no idea how lucky they are to have her too.
