East Bay CA

henapple

Probably a little late but this weekend is our yearly bash. Bocce, cornhole, tons of food, pool, spa, etc....if you're close please stop in. Pm me. Carey and John will be cooking. I'll be drinking 🍻. 

shtgunal3

I’ll be nowhere close to CA but wanted to say hello. How the hell are you?

SGH

Uncle Apple I will be flying out of Tampico this weekend. I may can swing in for a day. What major airport are you next to? 

johnmitchell

Sounds like its going to be a great time, post pics as it unfolds.. All have fun.

tarheelmatt

Who’s in charge of on site child care? 

caliking

tarheelmatt said:

Who’s in charge of on site child care? 

Nobody is. @henapple changes his own diaper.

lkapigian

SGH said:

Uncle Apple I will be flying out of Tampico this weekend. I may can swing in for a day. What major airport are you next to? 

@SGH Oakland International is right there SF not much further 

henapple

SGH said:

Uncle Apple I will be flying out of Tampico this weekend. I may can swing in for a day. What major airport are you next to? Oakland. Please try

henapple

shtgunal3 said:

I’ll be nowhere close to CA but wanted to say hello. How the hell are you?

Pretty good. You? 

lousubcap

@henapple There's way more discretionary $$ floating around here than I can comprehend.  Hiring @nolaegghead and @JohnInCarolina to fly in for the domestic duties speaks volumes.  Hopefully flying commercial 

Regardless, I'm sure it will be quite a great time and with great groceries now that Rockwood has decided to play the prop 65 compliance labeling game or are you still managing your Ozark Oak inventory??  FWIW-

JohnInCarolina

lousubcap said:

@henapple There's way more discretionary $$ floating around here than I can comprehend.  Hiring @nolaegghead and @JohnInCarolina to fly in for the domestic duties speaks volumes.  Hopefully flying commercial 

Regardless, I'm sure it will be quite a great time and with great groceries now that Rockwood has decided to play the prop 65 compliance labeling game or are you still managing your Ozark Oak inventory??  FWIW-

I’m actually in town for work with Livermore.  Just worked out for me to stick around for the party.  I’m glad it did.

lousubcap

@JohnInCarolina - I figured you were in the area for work with the big toys but just had to get that out there before heading into LEO.  Let us know what brand of charcoal (if even lump) you can find out there these days. 

lkapigian

I will be the Newbie an looking forward to it ....

SGH

henapple said:

SGH said:

Uncle Apple I will be flying out of Tampico this weekend. I may can swing in for a day. What major airport are you next to? Oakland. Please try

I certainly will Unc 👍

thetrim

Is there a petting zoo?  Asking for a friend...

td66snrf

I wish I had seen this earlier. I was up dropping my daughter off at UC Santa Cruz last week. Much closer to you than Orange County. 

nolaegghead

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td66snrf

OK where are you guys location in the pictures 

JohnInCarolina

td66snrf said:

OK where are you guys location in the pictures 

Mt. Diablo state park, CA.

JohnEggGio

Great photos...Mt Diablo?

lkapigian

Had a great time @henapple was a gracious host @JohnInCarolina cranked out some great food and @nolaegghead was everything I expected and did not disappoint    wished I had planned a couple of days 

Thanks again @henapple @nolaegghead @JohnInCarolina  

theyolksonyou

lkapigian said:

@nolaegghead was everything I expected and did not disappoint   

Early leader in the clubhouse for post of the week. 

nolaegghead

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lkapigian

Made it to SF, awesome looks like Boudin Bakery

saluki2007

What did you think of the Oysters Nola?  Last fall when the wife and I went to Nappa we went to the Hog Island restaurant near the farm north of SF.  It was an awesome place and best oysters I've ever eaten.

buzd504

saluki2007 said:

What did you think of the Oysters Nola?  Last fall when the wife and I went to Nappa we went to the Hog Island restaurant near the farm north of SF.  It was an awesome place and best oysters I've ever eaten.

I've been there - very cool place, and the oysters were delicious.  I like that you could buy them by the sack and just roast them at your table.

The hog island oysters are quite a bit different than our native gulf oysters.  Since they are farmed, they tend to be quite uniform in size and flavor, whereas our oysters go through more pronounced changes with the seasons and water quality/temperature.

I like them both!