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I just got back from Tahoe and a weekend party for KJ and his family. Hanging out with 4 Jarvises is quite an experience, my family is similarily close, but not that open. They would do a "poo" chant about, well, pooing.

Back to the action... I won about $200 playing craps. It is always a good feeling to win at craps and I had several runs where I was making money. The secret to craps is to recognize a streak and jump on it like stupid on Jessica Simpson. I was playing next to my friend Joe after I had pulledl my money off the table (another secret is to know when to walk) and I did miss a fairly good roll by the shooter. He was rolling numbers big time and Joe was smart enough to put out some bets and went from $50 down to up $50. So, Joe made about a $100, but the kid who was rolling was camped out on the pass line and didn't have any bets out. So, despite his rolling about 15 numbers he only made two points and about $10. If I had been down on the table I would have made about $300, but by the time I saw decided it was the real deal, I elected to stay out lest I ruin the table's mojo. So, in this case I was the stupid one, but it is so damn hard spotting a streak.

Tahoe has a Fatburger in the Hilton that serves a bacon and egg sandwich, one of my guilty pleasures. That would be a broken yolk egg fried overhard and bacon on a toasted hamburger bun with lettuce, tomatoes, and mayo. One of the world's greatest sandwiches ever! I suggest doing the sandwich with sliced bread and no lettuce and tomatoes--be sure to cook the egg thoroughly as the running yolk changes the flavor of the sandwich. Or subbing ham for the bacon... Or fried baloney for the bacon... Or go with the runny yolk, it's not bad, just different. Some people like adding chesse, but I feel it gets gloopy and ruins the flavors of the sandwich. An excellent duo is the bacon and egg sandwich with a BLT sandwich. There are definitely synergies involved in these sandwiches.

When I got back to SJ I went to California Sushi in Santa Clara. The place was very busy and I was treated like a non-sushi eating white guy by the sushi chef. I am going to say that you might want to avoid that place on Sunday nights as they don't seem to staff the store. The whole experience gave me an upset stomach and soul and ruined what was up to that point a wonderful weekend. The sushi was okay, but the service sucked ass.