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Dinner at Bucca Di Beppo

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Saturday night we went to Bucca Di Beppo for an early birthday dinner. Italian food is easily my favorite, and I love the way that Bucca serves everything family style. Veal Parmigiana was the number one item on my hit list, and Jake and I polished off [...]

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Christmas Day 2009

After church, my family (Mom, Casey, Katie, and Alex) came over for Brunch. We had our traditional holiday fare of baked eggs, pork roll, bacon, and sticky buns (If Dr. Miller is reading this, I abstained from eating any of this food which is not so good for my blood pressure/cholesterol [...]

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Crazy Vacation/Work/Camp Week

Things are a little odd this week with the McMenamin family all spread out.
For those who didn’t know, my mom rented a beach house in Ocean City, NJ for 6 weeks, beginning June 20th and running until August 1st.  We went down to the house that first weekend (Father’s Day) to open it [...]

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An Evening With the Giovinco’s

Saturday night we had a nice little cookout with my family (mom, sister Kate, brothers Jeff and Casey, as well as Jeff’s friend Rob).  It was one of the few occasions when almost all of us were able to get together.   
We had a crazy day running around with the kids, so we started a [...]

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Mother’s Day 2009

We normally start our Mother’s Day down in Philadelphia at the Race for the Cure.  Following the race we head over to my mom’s house for an extended brunch with a large group of friends and families.
This year things didn’t quite work out for us to get to the race, but we were able to [...]

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Easter Sunday

We had planned on starting our Easter Sunday with 8 am mass, but due to our late night out with the kids, 9:30 mass ended up being the one we went to.  It was a struggle getting everyone out of bed, showered, and dressed for church, but we managed to get there on time and [...]

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Weekend in Clearwater

This past weekend we were fortunate enough to escape down to sunny Florida for a weekend of fun in the sun.  We went with my mom and we were joined by my sister Katie as well.
We went to Clearwater Beach, which is on the Gulf coast of Florida.  We’ve gone down there as a family [...]

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Clearwater For Youth Celebrity Banquet

The main reason we end up coming to Clearwater year after year is because my step father Phil was heavily involved with the charity Clearwater for Youth.  It was founded by one of his business associates, Fred Fisher, in 1967 as a way to keep children busy and active.

Jean and Kids

It was always my favorite [...]

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Weekend Update-Feb. 6th-8th

It’s been a while since I’ve had a chance to post, but here’s what we’ve been up to recently.
Jake wrapped up his basketball season over the weekend.  We finished off the year playing in a tournament over at St. Eleanor’s, losing both of our games.
The team had a rough season, starting off 4-2 in the [...]

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Tunisia-Day 8

We spent our second to last day in Africa driving over to the Cape that sits directly across from Tunis. We ended up going with Erin and Dorsey’s friend Cheryl, who we’ve mentioned in the previous entries. It took quite some time for us to reach our destination, but some of the views we saw [...]

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