So one day I'm on the beach in Fort Lauderdale and the next day I'm on my way to Toronto!!!
Sitting on the plane:
Say good-bye to the beach!!! LOL
Ken was kind enough to pick me up from the airport and we made a quick stop at his house where I took these pix:
That's me with Serge and Laurance:
With Ken:
With Brian and Angelo:
With Marcus!
With Vadim and Aurelio!
With Adam (aka hilton) and Angelo:
That's Ken on the left and Al on the right with their lovey wives!
Some other photos:
With Ken:
The menu:
Angelo's 309!
First course, Black Bean Soup:
Second course, NY Sirloin:
Third course, Strawberry Rhubarb Tart:
Blue lume on Laurance's Deep Sea:
That's all from me for tonight. Some of the guys are still out but I can't keep up with those young studs, LOL!!!!!!
See you tomorrow with more!
Saturday July 11, 2009
So, after the torrential downpour and thunder on Saturday morning, the weather turned nicer and we decided to venture out:
Not much was available for breakfast so i quick stop for a fast-food breakfast (it really wasn't that good!!!):
Aurelio, what's that on your wrist? 
A few other watches that we looked at:
The four amigos, me, Brian, Marcus, and Aurelio!!
All that watch shopping made us thirsty
Btw, how do you like the 2009 GTG strap with carbon inserts????!!!!!!!!!
This is a nice chunk of Gold!!!
Some Platinum 
We had two surprise visitors......Rob and Sam!! It was great to meet you both
Sam's Beige strap matches his shirt, LOL!!!!!
Snack time again!
After a few drinks and snacks at on place, we went to a roof-top terrace where another activity was allowed
Left to Right - Adam (aka hilton), Brian, Me, Angelo, and Lisa (Angelo's wife):
Marcus is puffing on his first ever cigar!!!!
There was a guy at another table that stopped by to chat with us when he saw all the watches.
He was also wearing a Panerai but was clueless about our Community, but at least he knew enough to have a nice after-market strap on his Panny!
Rob was always ready for any Kodak moment!!!!
Just making sure the photos turned out well, LOL!!!
It was a great afternoon spent with some wonderful people!!!
Stay tuned for Part 3 - Saturday night dinner
Thanks for looking!
It's finally time for our Saturday night dinner!!
In the elevator on the way to meet up with everyone:
Arriving at the restaurant:
Setting up all the goodies for the give-aways.
I will not mention any names for fear of forgetting anyone, so on behalf of Aurelio, Ken, & I, wanted to thank everyone who contributed to the evening's success.
I also want to thank the attendees for taking the time to join us and making this a very memorable weekend, Thank you all!!!!
Al showing some of his creations:
Randy & Romul (sp?):
Ken, capturing a Kodak moment!!
A couple of the lovey ladies:
We had a private room that looked great!
That's me in the middle with Jason (Toronto - left) and Jason (Montreal - right), LOL!
Oh yeah, someone stuck his big head in the photo
Angelo and his lovely wife Lisa!
Ken's Firenze on the GTG carbon strap:
Ken, Aurelo, and Vadim:
Cheers, but who left their Panny on the window ledge???!!!! LOL
Aurelio & Vadim......does anyone else see a resemblance??! LOL
Marc and Deirdre:
Marcin, Ed, Vadim, and me!
Lia and Scoopster, but what the heck is Aurelio doing???!!!!!!!! LOL
Nancy, John, Lia, and Marc:
OK, caption required, LOLOLOL!!!
Patrick, Serge, and I:
Some random photos
Marcin, Laurance, Ed, and I:
With Rob (aka Donut):
The evening's menu with two Subs!!!!
More random photos:
Kurt finally found his way to the GTG, great to see you again bro!!!
Our TORONTO "table shot"!!!
Patrick's photo but a joint effort to put names to the faces!!!!!
Thanks for looking and please stay tuned for the 'wrap-up' report!
Sunday July 12, 2009
So, a bunch of us met in the hotel lobby on Sunday morning for brakfast
Hotel lobby shown here, lol!!
It was a beautiful Sunday morning:
.....and it seemed like we were the only ones out and about
We ended up at a place that was appropriately named "Over Easy"
I'm not really sure if this is Laurance's pre-meal exercise or what????!!!!!!!!!!
Ken was badly needing a fix of caffeine!!!!
Some one mentioned that this guy on the left walking in front of us wearing the cap looks like Aurelio, lololol!!!!
Farewell to another successful and fun GTG
Stay tuned for information on next year's GTG
 
Montreal, Canada
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