June 15th 2008
Father’s Day 2008
Technically, this is my second Father’s Day but Havana was only 6 weeks old at the time. This feels like my first one and I was looking forward to it. And the weather was great, all weekend was beautiful. Gay and Havana woke me up and Havana had put her “I Love Daddy” shirt in honor of Father’s Day and gave me a bag of gifts. I got three books to read to Havana and an Amazon Kindle! I spent the day in the hammock in the sun reading on the Kindle and finished the afternoon with a Lagunitas IPA, one of my favorite IPAs.
The Kindle is a great device. I agree with a lot of the reviews that mention its design flaws. The screen is easy to read and can be read in direct sunlight. It’s light enough to hold for long periods of time and can hold lots of books, 200 supposedly. That alone makes it an improvement over books. All in all, I highly recommend it.
For dinner, we had barbecued Rib Eye steaks with chimchurri sauce, garlic mashed potatoes and sauteed corn
The wine was a 2005 PlumpJack Cabernet that we got while in Napa Valley. For dessert, we had a homemade strawberry shortcakes with whipped cream while watching Talk To Me.
3 Comments »
troyandgay.com/blog » Kindle Review on 07 Jul 2008 at 2:31 pm #
[...] three weeks with the Kindle, I’ve read six books. That’s a lot for me in three weeks. And I’ve probably read [...]
Liza on 22 Jul 2008 at 10:59 pm #
Hey..happened upon your menu while looking for recipes for Cliffy’s 3rd b-day party…great to see you guys on here and good job continuing to use ol’ RZ!
Year in review on 31 Dec 2008 at 3:09 pm #
[...] Getting a Kindle for Father’s Day has encouraged me to read a lot more and I’ve done that. I read 20 or 25 books this year, which must be a record for me. I wish I had it on all the trips we took this year, it’d be great for traveling! I hope to continue to read books at a steady rate in 2009 because I’ve got quite a stack of books waiting for me. [...]