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Rich Brown - Living My Life Out Loud!
Hello I'm Rich Brown and this is my personal website and blog. I'm just your simple, average, down to earth, professional, out gay man and aspiring circuit boy, living in Phoenix, Arizona with a few things to say while trying to find my place among all the scary, conservative, religious nuts in this sick and twisted world.
Friday, October 12, 2001
@ Home
Wow -- It's already Tuesday and it only seems like Monday. I had quite an exciting weekend.
On Friday night I was sitting around with Justin and Bee and we were trying to decide what do do for the weekend. I had mentioned a few days earlier that I couldn't believe it was only $100 for round trip tickets to Phoenix. So as I joke I said lets go to Phoenix. Well Bee and Justin both said ok -- lets go. I was a bit hesitant at first because I'm not really that spontaneous of a person but after some discussion about it I decided that I really wanted to go and get out of the city for a while. It would do me good to seem Mark and Andrea and spend some time with my dogs Zach and Koda. I really wanted Steven and Philip to go with us so that we could all have a mini-vacation, but Steven had to be in town since his Mother went in for surgery and Philip had to work. I think they were both disappointed they couldn't go.
So anyway we left Saturday morning on the 6am flight from SFO to arrive in PHX at 8am. Needless to say Mark and Andrea were very excited that we were coming but not too thrilled to have to pick us up that early on Saturday morning. They told me I had to take them to breakfast for making them get up. Bee, Justin and I were all so tired because we didn't get any sleep that night. We just stayed up and then went straight to the airport. We would be staying with Mark and Andrea at their apartment in Ahwatukee, which is the suburbia just a few miles southeast of Phoenix.
Most of Saturday was spent in the sun at the Pool. It was about 110 degrees outside but was pretty nice by the pool. The pool water was just the right temperature to cool you down, but wasn't cold to get into. It was great. Saturday night we had dinner at AZ88 in Scottsdale, which is one of my favorite places. It's right in the heart of Old-Town Scottsdale. Following dinner we headed down for some iced coffee at the Coffee Plantation in the Biltmore. We walked around the Biltmore a bit but it was still pretty hot so we headed back to Mark and Andrea's. We ended the night with a late night dip back in the pool to cool off before bed.
Sunday was again spent sitting by the pool with a few beers. It was slightly overcast, so it was much more bearable to be outside. We spend several hours out just talking. It was a very relaxing change. Later that night we went to the store to get some food and had a barbeque. Everyone was pretty tired so we all went to bed early.
Monday was spent sleeping in a little and then heading up to Ajo Al's for lunch. Ajo Al's is a pretty good Mexican restaurant that we used to go to frequently when I lived in Phoenix. It's up near my old apartment on 16th street and Camelback. After Lunch we drove around the Biltmore estates to gawk at all the huge houses and then up along Lincoln over to the 101. It was about time to meet up with Mark since he had to work, so we headed down to his office. From there Mark and Andrea took us over to show us the house in Mesa they decided to buy on Friday. We went back to the apartment to take a short nap and then headed down to Tempe for dinner and a walk. After dinner at Islands we walked down to the Tempe town lake and sat there talking for a bit. It was a very relaxing day for everyone.
This morning we caught the 6am flight from PHX back in to SFO at 8am. It seemed that these short few days was almost a week long vacation. It was really nice to get out of the city for a while, but I have to admit it was also nice to be back home.
Today was a pretty good day all around -- I received my IRS check and some other good news. Bee and I had lunch at the Indian buffet on Market and then I finished up some work from home. I'm really looking forward to going back to Phoenix but hopefully not until it's a little cooler there!
