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Small Family Gathering

Dave — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:53:58 +0000

A few of us got together at Arlyn and Bunny’s house in Ojai for some great food (from Wood Ranch) and conversation. Met some relatives we hadn’t seen in years, make that decades! The evening was too short – isn’t it always when you’re having a good time? Looking forward to the next get-together, whenever and wherever that might be. Here are a few photos from the dinner.

I sneeked in a couple of shots of our boys, both rescued, ex-racing greyhounds – we are unabashedly fond of them and like to show them off whenever we get the chance.

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Emma’s 85th Birthday Celebration

Dave — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 07:00:55 +0000

More than 40 family members from around the country came to Ventura to gather and help the family matriarch, Emma Brennan, celebrate her 85 years of life. We were just one of the group of folks taking photos of an event that saw folks from all over California, Oregon, Wyoming, Massachusetts, and Arizona. We’ve put together our photo collection for you to see, download or print. We haven’t labeled the pics yet, but are planning to do go through and label them with names so everyone will know who they are looking at. Meanwhile you can see the photos here: Emma’s 85th Birthday Photos. Our other albums contain some entertaining pics, everything from dogs to zoo animals to architectural wonders. Enjoy!!

Clam Bake – Bulger Style!

Dave — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 18:21:35 +0000

Invitations went out more than a month ago for an annual event at Kevin and Karen Bulger’s home on August 26, 2006. Having missed last years event, I wasn’t about to let this one get away. I’ve been to one of their get-togethers before, and these folks can really put on a feed. Kevin’s been in the food industry for longer than the 10 years Polly and I’ve been married, and the family is set to open a new Fifty’s style restaurant in Simi Valley near Tapo Canyon Rd and Cochran Av. Those experienced hands prepared a feast for about 40 close relatives and friends, dishing up a scrumptious seafood variety dinner also known as a Clam Bake. Evidently this is a well known East Coast tradition, though being a 4th generation native Californian I’d only heard the term (never been back east in the entire time I’ve been with Polly, yet her entire family is from Connecticut – go figure!). The group dined on big pots of New England clam chowder, 40 lbs. of steamer clams, 35 Maine lobsters, countless jumbo shrimp, corn on the cob, beer, wine, water and soda, and assorted ice cream deserts. Definitely tasty!!

We got a chance to visit with lots of family, some whom we hadn’t seen for a while. Kevin and Karen Bulger, Jennifer Bulger, Patrick Bulger, John and Terry(Bulger) Kraljic, Emma(Bulger) Brennan, Dick and Mary(Bulger) Van Nest, Jeff and PJ Van Nest, Mike and Patricia(Brennan) Dumont, Tony and Terry(Van Nest) Martinez, and so many more.

Jennifer Ferris flew out all the way from New York to partake of the feast, and is one of the family members who has an album in the Two Hearts Gallery and also has clambake photos in her personal gallery.