Talking to Constance

Au Revoir Constance...

Constance left this morning but she left us some great pictures...

Welcome Niklas !

Niklas Breiling was born on Saturday, July 21st at 6:25 pm in Portland.
He's the 7th Breiling grandchild and apparently his nickname is going to be "Niko"...

Live Soccer in the Bay Area

Patrick Bruel n'est pas la seule star française qui fait une tournée en Californie...

Samedi dernier, Stephanie et moi sommes allés voir à Stanford un match amical entre Chelsea et un club mexicain. Tout était parfait: Magnifique stade, 47000 spectateurs, excellente ambiance (surtout grâce au supporters mexicains), 3 buts devant nos yeux (dont le premier de Malouda avec Chelsea), et pas mal de stars...

Voici donc 2 de nos vice-champions du monde en action:

Claude Makelele	Florent Malouda
et Didier Drogba, qui est presque-français...

5 years !

Last Friday we celebrated our 5 year wedding anniversary. This is an important milestone and we really wanted to celebrate it in style... We rented a convertible and toured the Bay Area stopping at a few very special places.



We opened a bottle of champagne in front of the house in which we first met on June 23rd, 2000:


Next stop was a Golf course in Sunnyvale:

Believe it or not, the ball went in...

and Stephanie made par on this hole!


Then we had a nice dinner in the Italian restaurant where we spent our first date 7 years ago.


We finished the day with a wonderful musical in San Francisco: Jersey Boys.

Oh what a night !

A Visit to Bonfante Gardens

Yesterday we visited Bonfante Gardens in Gilroy, aka Gilroy Gardens. They describe themselves as a family theme park, and the whole family had a great time, as you can see on these pictures.


We stayed there from 10 am (the park's opening time) to 2:30pm. The park was almost empty for the first hour and a half, but even after lunch, the lines were not that bad at all.

They have 3 semi scary rides for older kids and adults, but if your kids are older than 12, consider a visit to Great America instead.

Here are my final tips: Buy your tickets online (you'll save $12 on the $40 admission), and don't forget to bring swim suits and towels for the kids as there are some cool water play areas.