For Zachary James Pratt

Hey Zach! The second half of April was taken up by a business trip to Boston. It was very unexpected as my manager had to bow out and asked if I wanted to go. It was for an operational risk conference that was quite interesting but I also had time to see some historic sites, namely all of the points of history on the Freedom Trail which was amazing. It was daunting to think that this city was basically the birth place place of the United States. I also got to catch a Red Sox game. They lost, but because we bought the tickets after the game had already started, we got them cheap and sat eight rows behind home plate! This was very exciting as the stadium is quite historic and the fans were so funny and friendly. Basically I squeezed a lot into a very short few days in Boston but came away knowing I would be back someday, as it is a beautiful city.  Let's not forget that your beloved Nana turned 80 on April 27. We are having a celebration in May to mark the occasio...

T Hi Zach, well April turned out to be an exciting month. Between meeting a couple of celebrities in a San Francisco restaurant and spending three days in Calistoga doing my baths and massages it was quite something. Jeff and I drove up to wine country on a Saturday morning and did a little wine tasting on the way. Then we checked in to Indian Springs, a beautiful spa in Calistoga that is famous for mud baths and spa treatments. Our stay was complete with fluffy robes and a huge mineral pool to swim in that is always a balmy 104° and is fed by one of four natural geysers on the property. The mud baths were interesting and the massages were amazing. We had a couple of nice dinners, one at a farm to table place that was really cool. Jeff's work had pooled their money and given us a gift certificate there so we had an incredible meal starting with roasted Dungeoness crab and ending with a fabulous dessert of beignets dipped in a bourbon caramel sauce, delicious. All in all it ...