Wow, I can't believe I have been in Austin for 12 1/2 years. It seems like yesterday that I was living in Syracuse, New York, doing a morning radio show, drinking a ton of beer, driving my sweet 1982 Pontaic Gran Prix and wondering where in the world my life was taking me. Then I got a call from JB asking if I was interested in doing a show in Austin, and that he thinks we have a pretty good shot at it. I will spare you all the details of how we got here, but let's just say that might be the best phone call I hav ever received. If I look back at the last 12+ years I am pretty proud of what the JB and Sandy Show has accomplished. Bikes For Kids this year gave away it's 10,000th bike and hit the million dollar mark in fund raising, we raised the money for the Kelly Davidson Foundation to build Kelly's Room at the Dell Childrens Hospital, we raised $100k for the Juvinile Diabetes Research Foundation last year in our first ever JB and Sandy Golf Classic at Barton Creek. So thinkgs are cool with the show. We are working on a new contract right now and I promise it won't be as ugly as the last one was. I don't think I could survive another battle like the one we had 5 years ago. I will keep you posted on how that is going.
If you are new to the show, here are a few things you may want to know about me.
Ten Years ago, I swore up and down that I would never get married again. I got married April 19th to Tricia. We had been together for 5 years and I thought it was time to poop or get off the pot.... so I guess I pooped! We hope to have kids sometime, but we realize at our age (37 and 40 in June) that we may need a little devine intervention and science. We'll see.
A few of my favorite TV shows: Entourage, The Shield, The Office, Real Life, Intervention
Favorite Movie: Snatch
Favorite Resturants: For Sushi it is Musashino, Mexican it's Flores, BBQ its Rudys or the Salt Lick, the best ham sandwich in town is at Smokey J's BBQ at 2222 and 620 Not many BBQ places do ham, Smokey J does it right. For fancy food, I think Eddie V's is tough to beat and Trulucks is right there with them. I love a good sandwich, here are few of my favorites: Hog Island Deli, Jersey Mike's, Thundercloud, Jimmy Johns.
My Favorite Drink is a very strong Crown Royal and Coke. I really need to cut back on these. Maybe just as a treat on the weekend.
If I am going to outside here is what I will be doing. Wakesurfing or wakeboarding on Lake Travis. I got a new boat this year from Steve Present and the Texas Ski Ranch. We went a little over the top with the custom wrap on it, but I think it is cool. My wife just rolled her eyes and said "Whatever little boy" JB said, "Nothing like being almost 40 to get all extreme." I love this boat though. It is a Mastercraft X30 and Mastercraft did everything right with this boat. Trust me. If you are shopping for a ski boat, get your booty to Texas Ski Ranch in New Braunfels and buy a Mastercraft. I like to play golf too. I am not very good, but I enjoy it.
I hate music festivals. You will never see me at the ACL Festival. I honestly can't think of one band that could get me to fight the masses at Zilker Park to see. I really can't. The Stones were here, I passed, Dylan was here....not interested..Tom Petty....I was on the lake.
Tricia and I love to travel. We have been to Europe a couple of times, traveled throughout most of the US. One of my favorite places is Jackson Hole, Wyoming. We went there in the summer and loved it. There are so many cool things to do. We learned that we aren't hikers. I really don't understand hiking, but to each his/her own. Love Jackson Hole and want to go back asap. Other places we want to go and things we want to do. Costa Rica is supposed to be killer. We want to WATCH the running of the bulls in Pamplona. I don't think we will be making a trip any time soon. The dollar is just too weak against the Euro. I also have an interest in Maine. I have no idea why, I just do.
If you listen to the show and hear me talk about Bumper, he is my dog. He is an 11 year old Chocolate Lab and probably the coolest dog in the world. I will leave it at taht. Bumper is my boy!
That's it for now.
