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Happy February 2008!  

I know it's been a while since my last blog, so here's what's new...

I went to New York for the Thanksgiving Day Parade, where Mr. Friend dared me to kick the Charlie Brown balloon in the chonch.  Long story short - I'm now banned from Macy's for life.

I had a nice Christmas with my parents.  My pops got me a velour track-suit and my moms got me a Boggle game.  So now I can cross those things off my list.

And, I took a nice long trip to Germany, on assignment for the Gold Coast Traveler.  It was for our bi-annual glockenspiels & schneeballen issue.  First stop - Munich!  If you saw that movie Munich - it's nothing like that.

Munich is famous for its beer halls!  I met up with our Bavarian bureau chief Kaiser von Pretzelface and his charming wife Helga.  They took me to the Hofbrauhaus and the liters of beer began to flow.  My memory is a bit fuzzy here, but I remember eating 5 sausages, a plate of mashed potatoes, and arm wrestling Helga.

When I woke up the next morning, I found that I was the proud owner of a beer bottle-fanny pack contraption and a case of gingerbread necklaces.  All for just 950 euros!

Stay tuned for more from Austria!