THE BOSTON T PAW-TY

Ever heard of BOW WOW HAUS??? It's this kick ass Dog Store in Gastown that we frequent quite often for Laverne. Anyway, tonight, they held their first BOSTON T PAW-TY, an hour of play for all the Boston Terriers who come to the store or live in the area. It was great.

There were about 7 Bostons, a Pug, a French Bulldog and 3 Chihuahuas. They ran around, wrestled, did tricks for treats and ofcourse Chad and I were there with the cameras. I am still under the weather so the pix are limited but you can check them out HERE!!!

Laverne & Bozlee (siblings pictured above) did fantastic!!!

RABBIT SEASON? DUCK SEASON? WEDDING SEASON!!!

Wedding season is upon us and for CorsiWorld it started with a bang, as on Saturday night we attended the wedding of our friends Christine & Dave. An exceptional ceremony, an entertaining champagne reception (complete with steel drum trio), one of the best buffet dinners we've ever had (including a coma-inducing chocolate dessert buffet) with speeches and dancing to cap off the night. I'd also like to mention that the "Toast to the Bride" Speech by my buddy SEAN FREWER, was astounding, there wasn't a dry eye in the house, truly one of the highlights of the night.

Christine and Dave both looked fabulous and the evening was definitely one to remember.

Check out some pics from the wedding HERE!!!

CONGRATS MARISA!!!

Most of you have met or partied with my sister Marisa (remember the Portland extension of Corsiworld?) well Marisa recently got some top honors at her work so I wanted to share. Marisa works for Marriott Hotels as a Manager and she was recently named 2006 OPERATIONS MANAGER OF THE YEAR out of something like 150 hotels across North America. Pretty big deal right? The entire Hoiem Clan was flown down to San Antonio for a gala awards event to watch Marisa accept her award.

Pictures from the trip and event can be found HERE and HERE!!! (thanks to HoiemHeaven and Tio Victor for the links)

Read the official press release HERE!!!

Congrats on the honor Marisa, we love you!!!

THE GONG SHOW SUPER HAPPY BIRTHDAY FUN HOUR

UPDATE: Pics of Jason's Birthday House Party can be found HERE!!!

It seems that time moves ever faster and we get ever balder but despite these issues, good things still happen. Like today, for instance... today is JASON DELONG's birthday where he turns the ripe old age of Thirtysomething (he will turn thirstysomething for the next few years just for the record). If you do not know Jason, he is a good man, I call him Best Man and will continue to do so until that one day when we are forced to swordfight to the death atop some crumbling building amidst the last days on earth. Here's the highpoints of our friendship:

* Worked together at EACQA - testing games and eating at Earls, every... single... day
* Became roommates in a swank Downtown Pad for almost 3 years
* Became Neighbours for another year at a not-as-swank building, still downtown
* I was Best Man at his wedding
* He was Best Man at my wedding
* We continued to talk movies and laugh whenever we see each other.

It used to be about getting drunk, meeting girls and laughing, now it's more about, work, buying real estate and for Jason, having kids (for us - a puppy) but we still laugh and will for a long time.

Happy Birthday buddy, good luck with the kid, good luck with the new house and good luck with Fatherhood. Let's get together, have a beer and laugh, real soon!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

A big shout out to Ruth and Gina, two great moms who we love and wish all the best to on this Mother's Day (everyday really - not just today). We took a few pics of the day here, most of them are of Laverne but the important one you can see above. Anyway, the pics are HERE. You can also see some pics from our Saturday Urban Adventure HERE!

Happy Mother's Day all y'all!!!

LAVERNE GRADUATES!!!

I know I focus a lot on LAVERNE in these blogs but this one is worth sharing. Last night, Laverne completed here last PUPPY PRIMER class and passed the program with flying colors. Our Trainer, Michelle, says Laverne is doing fantastic as are we with her in-house training. She's getting tons of commands now: Come, Sit, Down, Leave It, Roll Over, Uhh Uhh, Out (out of the kitchen), Wait, Watch and the fun ones Tunnel, Hop and Jump. She also is great socially with other dogs and people, walking on a leash and off and staying beside us the whole time.

Ofcourse also being a puppy, sometimes she chooses not to follow commands and would rather chase the cats but hey, I'll take 90% success anytime!

Congrats Laverne, maybe one day you'll learn to read this blog.

CINCO DE MAYO

It's Cinco De Mayo and since the Mexican portion of our family is currently in Mexico, Portland or Rome... Michelle and I had to fend for ourselves. So we did what every Mexican celebration deserves, we made a lot of food, drank some cervezas and relaxed. We would have worn sombreros and played giant guitars but we already packed them away for the move.

On Friday we had Dinner with The Forbzez, Sarah & George and played the Wii. On Saturday, we travelled the land with Laverne and came home to make a Mexican Feast (we also watched THE QUEEN - thumbs up!) and on Sunday we booked our Vegas Trip (woo hoo) and saw SPIDER-MAN 3.

Nice weekend if I do say so myself. Pics are HERE!