Last night was the first Friday night I spent in my own bed since the first week of the year. I hung around town to see some friends, John & Betty Baboujon, who I haven't seen since before I moved to Vail last year. When I was down in LA for after I came back from Samoa, they were living in Paris. When I was down there again two weeks ago, they were visiting family in Sydney. So it was well worth killing a ski day to have dinner with my jet-setting friends in Buglingame last night and lunch in Alameda today.

But it's been snowing in Tahoe. The 50 is closed to cars without chains or 4WD with snow tires (Subaru, I call upon your powers!). Anyway, I'm off in a few minutes. I checked the Heavenly webcams and it's looking nasty as shit up there, but the prospect of even a few inches of powder tomorrow has me aching to get my tuchus up there.