Cross it off the bucket list

My bucket list is still long, but 3 weeks ago, I got to cross "attend Grand Slam tennis tournament" off it after I went to the US Open in New York. Watching live tennis at this level is amazing. We were lucky enough to get to watch both Venus Williams and Rafael Nadal play in Arthur Ashe stadium along with a number of other great matches in Louis Armstrong. The rest of the weekend in NYC was rounded out with a long day wandering around Central Park, a great Broadway show called In the Heights, a trip to MoMA and lots of shopping, great meals and general reverie with my good friend Megan Griffin. Someday, I'd love to get to London for Wimbledon, Paris for the French Open, and Australia for the Australian Open and complete my own grand slam as a fan.

That's Morgan, Captain Morgan

I have developed a strange and perhaps somewhat unhealthy obsession with Captain Morgan. Not the alcohol actually as I don't really like spiced rum, but the mascot himself. It started when I spied a full size replica of him at my companies Morton Grove, IL office (we handle the Diageo account, the manufacturer of CM) Naturally, I had to take a photo with him. A few months ago, I was hiking with my friends Jill and Dan in the Kettle Moraine and afterwards we stopped to enjoy a beer at a nearby pub. On the patio, who was there? The Captain of course. This Captain is a little obscene. Notice his hand gesture in the photo. Since then, I've launched a full fledged effort to take as many photos of me with him as possible. Game on! A few weeks ago, I was at a preseason Packer game with my girlfriends, and who came strolling through the parking lot...you got it. These pics tell the whole story. It's my understanding that there is another Captain at a bar in downtown Milwaukee called Brothers. I plan to get there soon to take photo #4 and I hope to find many more Captains throughout my travels and escapades. No one can say that I don't have goals, however misguided.

Drumroll please!

Here she is!.....the latest addition to "The Reching Crew". Hayden Anna Rech. Born September 2nd, 2010 at 1:30 p.m. Weighing in at 8 lbs. 14 oz. Height: 20 inches. We are so excited to welcome Hayden to our family. Personally, I'm super excited to buy her adorable outfits. Let the spoiling commence.