I’m off to the West Coast this afternoon for my friend Melanie’s wedding. It should be a good time as this is the first time in a long time that I’ve had a chance to actually have some fun there. Usually, I’ve been working with no time for fun.

I’ve got a week to experience the best of the Bay Area. If you’ve got suggestions, I’ll be looking at the website and updating with new tales of fun. Hope y’all have a great Memorial Day weekend.

Some of you may know that I really like to cook stuff. Well, I went to a friend’s wedding not to long ago and one of the hors d’oeuvres plate had this awesome cheese spread. The thing that caught my attention was this warm gooey bread wheel, filled with cheese. It tasted so good that I asked the chef for the recipe for this “Baked Brie wheel” and I thought some of you might like to know my experiences.
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The Cahaba river which runs next to our house has risen so much in the past day. There was a huge storm last night. The flooding near our house happened the next day when all of the water that fell in north Birmingham caused the Cahaba river to surge down in southern Birmingham where we live.

I took some pictures to show how awesome Mother Nature is. It’s amazing how quickly the water rose and then receded.

Day of flooding	Day after flooding
Here’s how the river looked at near it’s peak and the next day when the waters receded.
My neighbor’s townhouse closest to the river! Her air conditioner was underwater during the worst of it and we were all worried that those townhomes would get washed off into the river.
You can use the three pine trees in the center of the photo to give you an idea of how high the river got. Isn’t it unbelievable? And yet here’s the photo evidence.

UPDATE: So I finally got around to putting up the photos of the flooding. I think they really show how severe it was.
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My friend just showed me a cool Google trick:
Go to www.google.com
Use the terms: french military victories
Click on I’m feeling lucky

Don’t those results just make sense?