This post is a tad late, but I was inspired to post it as I was looking through old photos and a very funny video of Ian, and realized that neither of us had mentioned this trip in our previous posts about Ian’s New York visit!
Well, one of the highlights of Ian’s visit was that we drove about 5 hours north to Okemo, VT to go skiing over my birthday week.
Interestingly, I thought the best part of our trip was lazing in our rented apartment -
It had a real working fireplace, and “Man Make Fire” Ian proudly tried to start a fire…
| From Ian in NYC – Feb 09 |
We had hot chocolate lazing on the couch, and watched lots of Friday Night Lights which was how Ian made a fan out of me
| From Ian in NYC – Feb 09 |
I gave Ian some “lets hit the slopes” attitude
| From Ian in NYC – Feb 09 |
Ian took me out to a nice dinner, and got me my birthday cheesecake!
| From Ian in NYC – Feb 09 |
I woke up one morning to find Ian busy cooking away in the kitchen – turns out he was making me a surprise breakfast! What a sweetie!
| From Ian in NYC – Feb 09 |
| From Ian in NYC – Feb 09 |
Oh yes, and we did some skiing too!
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| From Ian in NYC – Feb 09 |

April 24, 2009 at 10:45 pm |
Thanks for celebrating your birthday weekend at Okemo. That cheesecake looks delicious! I hope you’ll visit again soon.
Cheers,
Bonnie
Okemo Mountain Resort
May 7, 2009 at 9:15 am |
well, sounds funny how i found your blog..I live in europe (portugal) and i’m thinking to buy a scott speedster s30 at SBRshop which is localized in NY…Of course the goal is to save money (about 200$).
I’ve already started the negotiation but the first thing they told me was “If we ship the bike it would void your warranty. We can ship to you with this understanding.” .
Since i read your review about the problems with the bike’s frame i’m a bit afraid of buying it..so i just would like to know if you could specify me what happened to the frame…
Sorry, i know i’m bothering you, anyway i’m hoping one answer! here you have the e-mail if you want to answer this way. j_ferreirix(at)hotmail.com
Regards.