Thursday night my close friend and training partner Eric Lawson and I decided to go out for a quick night out on the town after a long practice.  Somehow it never ends up being mellow with the 2 of us.

Friday was when the real fun started….began the day with a great training session at Gilbert Melendez’s gym El Nino Training Center in San Francisco, CA.  After a great mid day training session we parted ways but the crew got back together for crazy night of great food and drinks.  We all met at Izzy’s Steakhouse in San Francisco for amazing food and the best service in the city.  This is where it began to go downhill.  Mark Epstein, Manager, and close friend of mine brought us some whiskey straight from Laos.  In the bottle were a cobra and a scorpion!!  Legend has it that the guys from the show Myth Busters had one drink and were puking.  Not to mention no person has successfully survived a night with this in his or her belly!  Not to be left out of the fun, the always-fearless Eric Lawson tested his manhood not to be outdone.  With peer pressure mounting….Gilbert and I both conceded.

With an extraordinary dinner and impeccable service we took our happy selves (partly from all the wine and alcohol) to the Infusion club. The night was a success….I woke up at an old friends couch and Eric was cuddled in the fettle position on the floor at the training center’s gym.  Needless to say he woke up in his clothes with Gilbert shadow boxing and beginning his morning workout, hands wrapped and ready to go. Eric would not take part (he too did not survive the scorpion/cobra whiskey).

Saturday would be more of the same.  Eric and I would regroup and head down to Sacramento to catch up with all the old boys.  It was homecoming weekend for UC Davis so the madness would continue.  We had a big reunion at The Park in Sacramento and began to relive all the old memories of Davis and sprinkled in with some new horror stories for more comedic relief.  Just as aggressive as the night before Eric and I had similar results.  As you can see from below that kitty was the only thing Eric was cuddling with!  And like most girls, I don’t think it even liked him.

Great stories and plenty of laughs on the drive home.  More to come, but now back to the real life and the grind of working hard.  Trying to put ourselves back together for the week!

Tune in for more later! – Russell