Grossman family west

Every once in a while, as we are capturing adorable photos of youthful exploration and self-discovery, I find my mind wandering into the future picturing our family in 15 or 20 years. It seems, tonight, that the fates have helped me as some relevant comparisons have just fallen into my lap. Cousin Josh (who currently appears to be on a decadent tour of Boston food and sporting events) sent me these three “classics”, which I thought that all GFW readers (except maybe 3 of you) would enjoy. Comments welcome!

Well, Passover may have been a a month (or more?) ago, but we haven’t forgotten it—and not just because of the box of stale matzah that’s still sitting on the kitchen counter. Indeed, we have posted a brief 8 picture photo album just for you, now in the Photo Gallery!

Which of the plagues was "Growing Vampire Fangs?"

Well, here’s a little experiment that we’re trying at GFW. We’ve integrated Facebook into the blogs. The benefits:

1. We are using the Facebook comment system, so it should be easier for you to comment on posts.
2. You can “Like” a post

Feedback welcome!

Much Love from Silicon Valley,
GFW

It is good to have famous relatives, so we were pretty excited to see dad’s cousin, Josh Narva, featured on the local ABC affiliate.

Check it out:

We’re going to try dropping his name at at local restaurants to get good tables… Congrats on the great PR, cousin Josh!

The company also has a blog, one recent article featured a 20+ year old photo of Dad (and his cousins), while another recent post was a funny one from Cousin Josh called Five Lethal Interview Mistakes.

Kind of like a bada** biker gang...

Uncle Dave and Aunt Dara are finally in South Africa, despite Heathrow’s best attempts to cancel their honeymoon! Want to get automatic email updates when they update their blog? Just go to this page to subscribe!

Did we forget anything?

Avi’s Kazoo playing on the first night of Hanukah has inspired others to make some Hanukah music, too. Here are some of our favorite Hanukah songs, all (of course) inspired by Avi’s Hanukah Kazoo:

The Maccabeats, Candlelight

Matisyahu “Miracle” (starts at about 1:25)

And, of course, Adam Sandler…

From all of us to all of you, Happy Hanukah!

So I was poking around the InterWeb the other day and I found a brief history of the Grossman Family Lumber business, incorporated in 1919.

I thought that the entire thing was pretty cool and decided that Avi might want to read it some day, so I copied it onto the GFW site (with proper attribution, of course). As “bonus history”, I even added a little paragraph from my father at the end that explains the move into Real Estate, the current Family Business.

History, now on GFW: http://www.grossmanfamilywest.com/about/grossmansIncHistory.html

Also, I found a company selling some sort of “accessory piece” that depicts the Grossmans Lumber Truck, complete with catch phrase: http://www.abigailscrossinggifts.com/online_store.cfm?categoryid=7&ic=28

Enjoy!

Here Comes Grossmans

Last night, Joel, Holly, and Aunt Debbie left the Big Man at home while we researched his potential career as a Rock star. He’s shown promise with his general interest in our Rock Band evenings, but we wanted to dig deeper. We decided that there was no better model than American Hasidic musician Matisyahu, so we headed off the Fillmore in San Francisco for another fantastic sold-out show (Holly and Joel had seen Matisyahu in Boston). Unfortunately, it was past Avi’s bedtime, so we thoroughly documented the evening in pictures (below). If you’re interested in learning more about Matisyahu, including answers to burning questions like “How do you keep Kosher on the road?” or “Can you participate in a music festival over Shabbat?”, check out his website: http://www.matisyahuworld.com/ Along with the Beastie Boys, Matisyahu keeps the Rock star dream alive for Jewish boys everywhere.

And here’s a recent release: