Buenos Días

Hola,

I'm writing this from the 'lobby' of The Gallery Inn in old San Juan. Our trip so far has been great. We got in Christmas night and stayed in the Mango Inn which was, quite honestly, scary as hell. We were startled awake several times during the night by mutant cat squalls and odd bright lights.

But since then, we've reached our hotel in old San Juan, explored El Morro, found a nice secluded beach, shopped and had ice cream, which we are about to do again. So, we're going to go do that, but maybe I'll be able to write more later.

Adios!
Aaron & Amanda

Merry Christmas

Warmest holiday wishes from us Gibsons.

Also, here are the past years' newsletters in case you want to check them out:

Gibson Holiday Newsletter 2007
Gibson Holiday Newsletter 2006
Gibson Holiday Newsletter 2005
Gibson Holiday Newsletter 2004

S.H. United

Robbie has a local soccer team that needs a logo, so I did a couple of things for him. I think this is the one they'll probably go with. I knew I wanted to try an option with an eagle since they were playing off of the D.C. United thing, but I wanted to use an eagle and soccer ball in a way that I haven't seen done before. So I started with a circle, carved out the eagle, then used the negative space from the wings as another circle for the soccer ball. I've seen quite a few eagle soccer logos, but I haven't seen one quite like this. And if you have, well, keep it to yourself.

The 6-1-9

Amanda and I just got back from a really fun weekend in San Diego. Amanda went out there for business so I tagged along for our first taste of the West Coast. The trip was well documented so there should be a video online soon, but for now I'll just mention the more memorable moments.

Highlights:
- The weather. Turns out California 60 degrees is much more comfortable than Virginia 60 degrees. I don't get it either.
- Morning jog around a new city with Amanda
- Relaxing on my butt all day Saturday
- All day Gray Line tour of San Diego, Coronado, La Jolla and Tijuana
- Two plus hours in line at the border was fun at times.
- Finding out what's in that little beat-up box suitcase that all pilots have. (Ask Amanda)

Lowlights:
- The weather. It was a California winter weekend. Windy and rainy.
- Glass elevators to the 20th floor.
- Tijuana
- Two plus hours in the line at the border was not fun at times.
- Missing flights
- Missing pets


All in all, a great weekend.