sean brendan

Happy New Years everybody! Thanks for a great 2005 and cheers to a happy, healthy, and rewarding 2006!

I put together a best of 2005 list last week on the flight back from San Diego. What were your “best of’s” and what did I miss?

Best Restaurant Experience - Il Latini in Firenze

Best Performance by an athlete - Reggie Bush tearing up Fresno State for 500+ yards

Best Seattle Sports Event - Adam Morrison’s bank shot to win the Battle in Seattle

Best Zag Moment - Beating MSU in 3 overtimes to advance to the finals of the Maui Inviational

Best Bottle of Wine - Vin du Lac Pinot Gris 2003 on Lake Chelan at sunset with Liz and the Black’s

Best weekend trip - Lake Chelan triathlon

Best vacation - Italy, France, and London

Best location discovery - Aix en Provence, France

Best party - Tilford Luao and Coffman Wedding (tie)

Best consumer tech device - the iPod with video

Best magazine - Wired

Best festival - Christmas in Monaco

Best movie - Batman Begins

Best Tv discovery - 24

Best Winery - Big Pine Winery, Manson Washington

Best Seattle Restaurant - Volterra

Best Bellevue Restaurant - Chantanee

Best Excuse to be lazy - I have to finish this disc of 24 and get it back in the mail so Netflix will send the next one

Best Conference - Gnomedex 5.0

Best Personal Blog - Chongqing Blogging

Best Sports Blog - Bob Condotta of The Seattle Times “Husky Basketball Blog”

Best election result - WA banning smoking in all public places

Best Sporting event attended - Game at Fenway with James

Best song - Better Together, Jack Johnson

Best Fantasy Football Draft Pick - Larry Johnson

Best Recreational Flag Football team to play on - West Canaan

Best round of golf - Wandermere with Andy, Tom, and Steve S.

Best museum - National Gallery, London

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