Dave
Usually this blog details the various trips and vacations that Marianella and I experience, but today I want to tell you about our dear friend David Siemers who passed away on December 26th at the age of 42. If you spent any time in the southeastern suburbs of Minneapolis/St. Paul over the last fifteen years, you very well may have crossed paths with Dave. He was a pretty unassuming guy in his day to day life, working as a nurse practitioner at a Minute Clinic within a CVS Pharmacy ten minutes from his home. He loved his Minnesota sports teams, Long Island Iced Teas, The Gear Daddies, small bets at the sports book in Las Vegas, stand-up comedians, dogs, the 4th of July, food of all varieties (excepting fruits and vegetables), and trips to the North Shore. He played the part of a Gen-X, Minnesota guy pretty well and often anonymously. But for those of us who got to know Dave well, he was a superhero of sorts to us. He was the guy who returned home to quickly run in the hous