Immediately after OpenWorld, Basil and I took off and headed to the town of Mammoth Lakes, east of the Sierra’s. I didn’t set aside any time to research this spot, so luckily Basil had the entire trip mapped out. In fact, I knew so little about where we were headed that I told my boss embarrassingly that I was going to “Lake Mammoth.”

I visited Christina and Rob in Reno last weekend and as usual got the royal treatment – always great fun catching up with them! I joked that they need to host their own reality TV show on child-rearing because I seriously have not seen anything quite like the routine they’ve got going with their son, Ethan (age 3 1/2). Everything (and I mean ev-er-y-thing) is a teaching moment and he is such a smart, observant, well-rounded, well-behaved, and joyful child!

I just flew Southwest this weekend back from Seattle, and the crew for Flight 887 (departing SeaTac at 6:35 p.m.) was a class act. Song and Dance, the whole 9 yards.