Sunday, January 1, 2012

Best of 2011!

My favorite time of the year is when I get to share all the best/coolest/most interesting things over the past year.  I think you get the game, so let's play...


Best of 2011...

Beer - Tom Johnson's Pumpkin Ale
Wine - Brother Bonarda, Wollersheim Winery
Purchase - Apartment in downtown Chicago
Moment - Getting the Ph.D. call
Movie - Inception
Song - After the Storm; Mumford and Sons
Album - Island in the Sun, Shwayze and Cisco
Artist - Mumford & Sons
Run - Along Lakeshore watching 15 foot swells
Bike - Up Grandad's Bluff
Swim - Loyola Pool smashfests with Baker
Place - Siesta Key Beach with the boys
Restaurant - Q
Food - Grilled BBQ pulled pork panini
Team - Packers
Athlete(s) - Raramuri
Book - Born to Run
Thing I learned - Balance, life is too short to work all the time
Game - Aggravation
Discovery - Amtrak (notably the lounge car with all the booze)
Accomplishment - Becoming a UWL Alumnus, BS in Bio-Medical Sciences and Chemistry Minor
Regret - Not doing a triathlon this year
Race - Hot Chocolate 15k
Most influential person - Jess
Car - Bugatti Veyron

2011 was great.  It brought a lot of changes for myself, my friends and my family.  I got to be a proud older brother when my sister accomplished her goal of landing an internship with Omni Hotels for this coming summer.  I got to make a whole bunch of new friends coming to Chicago for graduate school.  I'm looking forward to 2012 and hope to make it just as memorable.

Happy New Year
Cheers

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