Jenkins Family Blog

How the Tiger Saga Impacts the Jenkins Fam

greenlakenick — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:18:04 +0000

Believe it or not, this last few weeks is the not the first time “Tiger Woods” and “addiction” have been mentioned in the same sentence around here. Although I’ve had control of it lately, I had my own Tiger addiction of sorts. Not sex, mind you — Tiger shirts.

I’d go on Ebay, enter a bid, and occasionally be the high bidder. Okay, more than occasionally. At last count, I have somewhere near 37 Tiger or Nike golf shirts. I’d guess 75% of them were from Ebay. Hate to say it, but I’ve probably spent close to a thousand bucks on Tiger- and Nike gear over the years. (That I’ve had the same set of irons since 1997 may help balance that out.)

Several of the no fewer than 38 Tiger and Nike golf shirts I've purchased over the years.

I’m not sure I can wear the Tiger duds anymore. Okay, I can probably wear them — they’re still sweet lookin’. But I’m going to feel a bit strange every time I put one on knowing that I spent my hard-earned money helping support a serial adulterer. Worse, I’m not particularly keen on looking like an adulterer myself.

All this leaves my golf clothing plans very much up in the air. No way I’d ever wear Adidas as long as they’re paying Sergio Garcia. I like Phil Mickelson, but if there’s a worse dressed player on Tour I’m not sure who he is. Greg Norman gear is outstanding, but they don’t give it away and the Ebay market is a fraction of what the Tiger garb market is.

I suppose I can wear some of the hundred or so golf shirts I already have.

Something tells me Reese and Finn, who both want to go to college, would appreciate that.

Did Tiger Just Catch His First Break?

greenlakenick — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:02:46 +0000

I hate to use the Jenkins family blog as an avenue to ruminate — that’s what Facebook is for. But given how much time is spent in the Jenkins household talking about Tiger these days — that is, lots — I can’t resist. My latest thought is that the report out of Florida that officials from the Florida Department of Children and Families visited the home of Tiger and Elin Woods this morning may prove to be Tiger’s first break in a while. Because no matter how much of a scoundrel he was/is, the world public is not going to have much patience for government bureaucrats sticking their nose into his mansion. Tiger may not be much of a husband, but there is no particular reason to believe either he or Elin are lacking as parents. If the FDCF sticks around, the story goes from “What Tiger did to Elin” to “What government bureaucrats may do to the Woods family.” And if the latter is the storyline, Tiger the perpetrator becomes Tiger the victim.

Reports that state bureaucrats have their noses in the Woods mess may turn Tiger the Cheetah into Tiger the victim.

Of course, this potential break might be a double-edged sword. If Elin or the Nordegrens thinks there’s even a snowballs chance in hell that she could lose Sam or Charlie to the State of Florida, she’ll be Stockholm bound faster than Cheetah can get laid — and for good.

POSTSCRIPT: As of 1 pm on Monday, this story really hasn’t caught on at all. So I guess the answer to the question posed in the title is a big fat “no.”

The Tree, She Is Up

greenlakenick — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:40:25 +0000

Today we got our Christmas tree up. Took a few days, but I gotta say it looks fantastic. The pics probably don’t do it justice:

Great tree, would look better with window treatments.

As close as I can get to everyone looking in the right direction.

Sophia Cheuk Turns Four

greenlakenick — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:58:54 +0000

Today the Jenkins fam headed over to the Roosevelt Whole Paycheck (aka Whole Foods Market) to celebrate Sophia Cheuk’s fourth birthday. About 20 or so families were in attendance for kids’ cookie making. A few photos:

These are going to be some tasty cookies.

Ted Naff is having more fun that he's letting on.

John Naff is none too impressed with Reese -- yet.

My Thoughts on the Cheetah — Er, Tiger — Woods Saga

greenlakenick — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:34:40 +0000

I’ve been trying hard lately not to use the Jenkins family blog as a venting forum. Some of it can and may be used against me. Plus, I doubt Reese and Finn will care much what I thought about when they were in diapers.

Nevertheless, I’d be remiss if I didn’t say a few words about the Tiger Woods scandal. It does, after all, occupy a fair bit of the Jenkins family dinner conversation these days.

He had it all -- and it still wasn't enough.

My thoughts, in no particular order:

Conventional wisdom is that Tiger will bounce back from this one. Tiger the player may bounce back, but Tiger the brand never will. This guy is no longer Superman. In fact, he’s a full-fledged dog of a husband. Sure, Kobe recovered from a similar situation. But Kobe was never as perfect as Tiger. And for Kobe there was only one gal — there are three (3) gals linked to Tiger. So far. Plus, “Cheetah” Woods is just so good for a guy who changed his name to Tiger.

Oh how I wish Betcha.com was still around — the dough that would be flowing on this one. Betcha: “More gals will come out of the woodwork”; “Tiger’s game will suffers in 2010″; “Tiger will lose his number one ranking on or before …”; “Tiger and Elin Woods will be separated on or before …”; “One of Tiger’s sponsors will drop him on or before …”; “One of Tiger’s gals (Rachel Uchitel, Jaimee Grubbs or Kalika Moquin) will be in Playboy on or before …” — you get the idea.

I don’t see Tiger going on Oprah for this — he’s no fan of the boo birds, and they’d be out in force.

I’m a big collector of Nike Tiger Woods shirts. After his dogness became evident I thought about changing to my second-favorite brand, Greg Norman Apparel. Then I remembered — he cheats on his wife, too!

Jesper Parnevik’s criticism of El Tigre won’t go unanswered. I’m sure a lot of guys are thinking what he is saying — but they aren’t saying it. At the very least, Parnevik will be cryptonite when Tiger is around.

Thanksgiving 2009

greenlakenick — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:48:45 +0000

Today the Lippmanns and then the Otterlees joined us to celebrate Thanksgiving 2009. No drama, no episodes, just great food and friends. A few pics:

Ronnie did a great job on the table.

Sophia may be Finn's biggest fan.

The family Lippmann.

There's a device I could have lived without.

Finn with his momma.

Reese and me.

Jayne, Grant and Mark Otterlee.

Reese with Grant and Auntie Jayne.

The host and hostess.

Reese, pondering the meaning of life in Ollie's daybed.

Very, very full.

Still wondering if Otter has teeth.

Back From NYC

greenlakenick — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:54:46 +0000

I just returned from four days in New York City. Got there, door to door, for $11 — frequent flier miles [$10], a ride from Norman to the airport, a bus ride [$1] from LaGuardia to 96th and Broadway, a 26-block walk to Fang’s place at Trump Place.

Unfortunately I did not take a camera. Thus, my pics are all iPhone jobs, which makes this officially –>

My Worst Blog Entry Ever.

Here are the pics I did take:

Fordam U at Lincoln Center. I went here for Fall Semester 1988.

The Hotel Lucerne on 79th and Amsterdam. I lived on the 12th floor for $440/month when I went to Fordham.

This is just a chimp on Park Avenue. No particular connection to me.

I didn’t take these, but I need more for this entry, which is so lackin I’m almost embarrassed to publish it:

The University Club on 54th and 5th. Carl, Fang and I had dinner here on Friday.

Filene's Basement on 79th and Broadway. Great store, but the cool stuff was XL or bigger.

The campus at Princeton. Visited Suzy and Carl in the town on Sunday.

Trump Place on 69th and Riverside. Stayed here on Fang's couch.

A view from inside the Time Warner Center. Not your mom's shopping mall.

Walker's in TriBeCa. Met Bob and Ann Beth Stebbins here for dinner on Monday night.

I think it’s time to invest in a camera.

Halloween 2009

greenlakenick — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:43:29 +0000

A few pics from Halloween 2009, Reese’s third and Finn’s second:

Reese and Finn with Virginia Ball.

Reese and me on the way over to Ardeth's Halloween party.

Halloween at the Wallingford Center.

Our fam.

Longtime friends.

Carrie, Tamir and Tom Richardson.

Reese's first-ever trick-or-treating.

Four years ago, I'da never guessed it.

Reese and Finn, checking out their loot.

Better Late Than Never: The Jenkins Family Jack-o-Lantern

greenlakenick — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:14:01 +0000

Tonight Reese and I carved up the Jenkins family jack-o-lantern for 2009. We waited until the 25th to get rolling on it — I thought six days with a pumpkin was sufficient, but I’ve noticed some of the neighbors — mainly Norman — got after it earlier. Not laziness here — I’m just not a huge fan of having holiday decor out for weeks at a time — except for maybe Christmas.

A few photos:

Ready to start carving.

Ah, there's nothing like the feeling of a pumpkin's insides -- yuck.

The kids jack-o-lantern photo 2009 brought back memories ...

of my all-time favorite ever Reese pic.

Reese’s New Obsession

greenlakenick — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:43:17 +0000

Reese has a new thing.

Bats.

Rubber bat in hand, bat face on the laptop. This is what dinner looks like these days.

Not baseball bats. Bats as in the things vampires turn into. Flying rats.

She first took a shine to a giant rubber bat Halloween decoration that our neighbors Steve and Barbara Koh have hanging over their front door. She insists on visiting it daily. Now she insists on looking at pictures of bats on the Internet during pre-dinner time.

Who'da thunk that bats would do this ...

I trust this is a phase and, hopefully, a short-lived one.

Now if only her terrible two’s were a phase …