Easter Weekend in Salt Lake City

We spent Easter weekend in Salt Lake City visiting Alec and Tiffany, eating our way around the city, and watching nearly every shot of The Masters.

The Masters was thrilling and even non-golfers like Tiffany and Janae couldn't resist watching the drama unfold - especially late Sunday afternoon when Tiger and Phil went head-to-head, and then a 3-man playoff of no-names finally decided the outcome.

Of the three guys in the playoff, I was okay with 2 of them winning - Cabrera or Perry. If Chad Campbell, who played at UNLV, won, I would have quit watching golf forever. Professional golfers are a boring lot to begin with and none is more robotic or uncharismatic than Campbell. His facial expressions never changed. His mopey walk is maddening to watch and I can't stand the fact that he wore a white golf shirt 4 days in a row. Perhaps I shouldn't be surprised. His sponsor? Jani King - a commercial cleaning company. Snooze. Couldn't his agent round up at least a Denny's deal or a JC Penny gig? Jani King?

The 2009 Masters won't be known so much for Cabrera winning but for Perry choking - he bogeyed the last 2 holes in regulation to fall into a three-way tie. I give the guy props for playing stellar golf for 70 holes, but when it came time to close it out, he choked. It was hard to watch. He reminded me of Steve on so many occasions.

El Pato



That Cabrera won was cool. The fact that he said that the Masters was one of the top 10 tournaments in the world had to make the Augusta members flush with anger. Top 10? What a dis. Cabrera's nickname is El Pato. Translation: The Duck. No doubt he's on his way to Argentina to celebrate with friends and family. This guy has a personality and I'll be cheering for him in the next major golf tournament, the US Open - which he won in 2007.

We heard from Jake today which is his normal day to write home. He's been in Guayaquil, Ecuador for several weeks now and is really enjoying the city. It's considerably bigger than the other areas he has served in and the living conditions are superior to what he's had up until now. We're excited to talk to him on Mothers Day next month. As usual, we'll have a good sized crew here to pass the phone around and give everyone a chance to talk to Jake-Jake. It will be our last call until we see him. Holla!


As is customary any trip to Salt Lake requires a visit to Crown Burger, Flemings, Rio Grande Cafe and The Pub. Alas, we didn't have enough meals to get to all of these places, but we did manage to have a kick ass brunch at The Grand America on Easter Sunday. The spread they put out is fantastic.

Alec and I also managed to squeeze in the final few episodes of 24: Season 5, and the first 5 episodes of Season 6. I absolutely love that show.

Need to find out when my next corporate challenge event will be. I'm nearly healed from softball.