The Intern.

For the past 2 months, we've had the pleasure of having Ainsley as our Intern. Truthfully, I was a bit scared for her knowing that she was going to spending a ton of time with us weirdos. But luckily, it turned out that she was just as weird (if you can believe it) as us! I must say, she is a pretty awesome gal! she toughed it out and put up Nolan's fart noises (and real farts) and Olaf's insane escapade to scare her. We loved having here at the studio and we are all hoping to find a reason to have her come back again! Perhaps printing envelopes, Ainsley?

As a farewell to our favorite Intern, the staff decided to take her out for lunch to somewhere really special. So, we took her to the PADDLEWHEEL RESTAURANT at The Bay! There, the staff pigged out on roast beef dinners, clubhouse and deli meat sandwiches, hard boiled eggs, tasty cakes and everyone's favorite childhood paddlewheel memory...jello squares with a hard whip cream swirl on top. Overall, the dining experience was .... __________ (fill in the blank)

1) An excited Giselle, ready to dig in! 2) Catherine, trying to eat all of her lunch so she can enjoy her hard jello squares. 3) Olaf, piggin' out on her yummy deli meat sandwich. 4) Ruth, Ainsley & Clint chowing down. 5) Giselle...hmm...I guess she didn't enjoy her lunch? 6) Nolan...as you can see, he is enjoying his meal!

1) This is me, trying to cut into my roast beef. That was quite the work out. 2) Ainsley, posing with a pickle on her fork. Weird. 3) J-E-L-L-O! 4) Nolan. Our Dear Nolan. He will drink Paddlewheel coffee, but not Tim's coffee. 5) Clint, enjoying the wonderful taste of his Jello, doesn't it look tasty? 6) Paul's pumpkin pie. 7) Olaf presenting Ainsley with a little going away present. 8) Ainsley opening her present.

After lunch at the Paddlewheel, Olaf decided that we should all have malts. So all 9 of us ventured down to the basement of The Bay to eat malts and loiter around the discounted toys section.

Olaf : Yes, can I get 9 medium malts please!
Cashier: Sure, that will be $ ....
Olaf: Great! Oh! Clint! Can you pay for this? I do not have my wallet!
Everyone turns to Clint...
Clint...Smiles...and groans...and smiles some more..
Everyone: Bursts out into laughter.

1) Paul, entertaining himself by playing with a pussy cat. 2) 2 boys & 2 cups. 3) Mmm..malts! 4) take 1! 5) take 2! 6) take 3!

My Private Friend. Livin' Large.

Ainsley, we hope you enjoyed your time with us. We will definitely see you again soon!

March 2010 Outing, FRIDAY BBB's. (BBB: Bowling, Beer, Ben)

For our March DACAPO outing, the social committee (Paul and I) planned an afternoon of bowling & beers. For this outing, we had the pleasure of having Ben join the fun! Ben is a friend of Clint and Olaf's who is visiting from Nashville. Overall, it was tons and tons of fun and as usual we had a ton of good laughs. Check out the pictures below! Next month we are doing HOT YOGA for monthly outing. :) Stay tuned....

This is Clint and Olaf's friend, Ben.

Ruth, always smiling and ready for a picture.

Hands down, I had THEE coolest shoes. Velcro. Kids size 3. Jealous?

Olaf and Ben. Self explanatory. Olaf's wife, Angela! Catherine and Ainsley laughing at Ruth...or with Ruth.

Ruth and Giselle getting a little out of hand. As usual :) The Boss. vs The Audio Engineer.

The Audio Engineer got OWNED by The Boss. As you can tell, she's not happy.

The Guys concentrating on winning...

Clint, pouring himself a beer after winning BINGO bowling for his team.

Ainsley! a.k.a "The Intern"

DACAPO Christmas Dinner 2009

There was a full house this year at our Christmas Dinner! A great big group of fourteen DACAPO employees & significant others did some major "wine sampling" and dining at Inferno's Bistro. Although, one of us ended up at the WRONG RESTAURANT (ahem...KEVIN AICHELE) and one of us almost died due to an allergic reaction from eating a bread like product that contained nuts (me.) it was overall a fantastic night. It was great to sit around, relax, laugh until our tummies hurt and enjoy each other's company...because...we don't ever get to do that at the studio. It's all work and no play in the studio, right guys? Here are a few pictures from our Dinner!