FBR Fun!

This weekend, Stacey and I met Troy and Kelly, her sister, Jen, and friends Chris and Jane at the PGA's FBR Open in Scottsdale.

This was our first time at the FBR and we're sure to go back!  Because the Super Bowl was in town too there were record crowds at "Golf's Biggest Party."  I could've done without a few (thousand) of the people there (mainly those girls and guys dressed like there were going to a NYC or Miami club).  But, once you got out of the major party area around the 16th hole there was still good times to be had.  We stayed on the 17th green and watched the last few groups of golfers go through.

After the FBR, Troy, Stacey, Kelly and I had dinner at this fantastic Italian restaurant near their house in Scottsdale.  And by fantastic, I mean FAN-Fing-TASTIC!  Not too expensive (if we didn't get those two bott-ows of wine) and family-owned ... it was great!  We'd definitely go back!

The weekend itself had much to be desired as far was the weather goes.  Saturday morning and early afternoon were actually nice - sunny and in the low-60s.  Then, in the late afternoon, clouds rolled in and it got quite cool.  Superbowl Sunday was not so great with a few rain showers and highs only in the low-50s.  Worse yet was Monday.  I had an all-day meeting in central Phoenix/Tempe and when I left at 4:30 it was raining and 43.  43?!?  The rain was actually partially slushy/snowy.  In the mountains just east and north of the valley there was quite a bit of snow.  We've been lucky to have a lot of snow in the Arizona mountains helping to alleviate the drought out here.  In fact, tonight, I heard that the Arizona ski resorts could NOT GET ANY MORE SNOW from today forward and still be open until late April!  Maybe I'll get to ski this year yet!  It's still weird to me ... today I was in North Phoenix/Scottsdale and although the immediate mountains in the suburbs were not snow covered, the McDowell Mountains and the eastern Superstition Mountains were all covered in snow.  In fact, all the mountains past the immediate ridge of the valley were white.  It's crazy to see palm trees and snow all within the same view!

But, this week brings much warmer weather ... weather we haven't seen in about two months!  By Friday and Saturday (I have to work both days, ugh!) we are supposed to be in the upper-70s and keep it that way for the length of the forecast!  This is what I'd expect in a desert winter!

So, this past weekend was good times!  Hopefully everyone else had fantastic fun too!  Woo hoo Giants!