Febraury = What a Month

Caribou Nation... Hey it's Monday, why not have a blog post to jump start the week!!! This past weekend, big time birthdays were celebrated. It began on Friday as Rotman turned the big 2-5, Lori, Fischer, Kantor, and crew did BIG THINGS in Boston. Check out the Caribou Montage Lori put together for Rotman. DIGGIN' the bell. BOU-YAH!!!! It's really not to long until we start hearing the bell again.

Then on Sunday Martha celebrated her birthday at Gargoyles on the Square for a phenomenal dinner and great family fun.

Also this weekend, our own Jeremiah Blitz, took home the New Jersey intramural basketball championship!!! And David Jacobs finshed off his Varsity Basketball season with a 17-2 record. RIDICULOUS. I'm telling you the basketball players that come out of the Caribou Program clean up wherever they play... Man I can't wait for the summer!!!!

In some Alumni news... Fischer and Rotman met up with Alumnus Ben White, who is doing real well, currently at BU Law, but can't stop thinking about the upcoming Alumni Reunion.

On a side note, something I just need to bring up. Next year, the Oscars need to be hosted by Will Ferrell or Vince Vaughn. I'm just throwing that idea out there. You need a stand up comic to host the show. Maybe even Robin Williams or Chris Rock. But check out this video. Could be a sample of next years Oscars.

Keep in touch and have an amazing week!!!

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Big Staff News!!!!

OH IT'S FRIDAY!!!!!! What up Caribou Nation, we've got some big news on the staff front, and, YES, this is outrageous. KICK THE TIRES AND LIGHT THE FIRES.. Mark William Pracy is gettin' his Slice of Heaven in 2011!!!!! After a one summer hiatus, Pracy is back and working on the ski staff. And the BIG news doesn't stop there... I KNOW, this is getting ridiculous!!! Anthony Bonaddio is back for more and is holding nothin' back this summer. Welcome back brothah!!!

In other staff / Alumni news: Charlie Rotman, Brad Gelfand, and Adam Werther, all University of Michigan students, are in the final four for their intramural basketball tournament. GUYS... GO HARD...SHOW THE MIDWEST WHAT THE BOU IS ALL ABOUT... AND TAKE IT TO THE HOUSE!!!!

Caribou.. have a great weekend... Keep in touch, and let us know if you have any upcoming sporting events, we would love to try and make it!!!

By the way camp is only 126 days away.

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The Weekend that Shook the World

OHHH YAHHH. What a ridiculous and outrageous weekend the Caribou family just had!!! What up guys and gals. The scene of the crime, New York City, the culprits, a slew of Caribouinians.

Right off the bat, Fischer and Rotman were invited over to the Nissans for a feast fit only for kings. The dinner was amazing, unbelievable food, and really great to see Greg and Marla!!!! Ben we missed you. But again thank you Marla for such great time!!!

On Saturday, Rotman and Fischer headed over to the Murray Ave school for a rockin' camp fair to talk a little about the Caribou program and family. But the real fun started Saturday Night in Greenwich, CT at Planet Pizza. Jacob Savitz, Max Finkelstein, Zach Russell, Charlie Russell, Fischer, and Rotman all got together, talked tons about Olympics and Colorwar, and enjoyed some great pizza!!! It was awesome seeing Savitz and welcoming Finkelstein and the Russell brothers to the Caribou family.

On Sunday, Caribou took over Broadway, where Rotman met up with Max Godnick, Andres Vaamonde, Sam Cox, Dylan Lublin, Jake Lublin, and Ben Landau. The crew headed over to the Manhattan JCC to play some pick-up ball. And from the looks of it... Caribou Basketball is in pretty good hands this summer!!! Andres was ripping the boards, Godnick was dropping teardrops, Landau was hitting buckets, Sam was lighting up the arc, Dylan was using his height and dribbling in circles around people, and well Jake had an injured foot from a hockey game, but he took care of business on the sidelines. Oh and Rotman, well you know how he does things.

After some ball, the crew headed down Broadway for some dinner at Big Daddy's. However, let me tell you one thing, finding parking on Broadway is not the easiest thing. It took a couple of what Rotman calls, "unaturns" to find a spot. Though, at Big Daddy's everyone enjoyed some great hamburgers and milkshakes. However, Jake for some odd reason had to get himself the Barbie Milkshake. GET IT JAKE...

Overall it was a great weekend. Awesome seeing you all!!! And if any of you have any updates for Caribou Nation let us know.

PEACE

New York & Connecticut Better Watch Out

Caribou Nation... What's good!!!! Lets turn things up a notch and take NYC down. We just wanted to let everyone know that Rotman will be in Larchmont, NY and Greenwich, CT area this weekend. On Saturday he will be at the Murray Ave School from 12-3pm in Larchmont. On Saturday Night, Rotman and the Caribou Greenwich crew will be tearing things up at the Pizza Planet for some dinner @6pm

On Sunday... the fun ain't stoppin', as Rotman will be at the Westchester Reform Temple from 12-3pm. Feel free to join Rotman anytime through out the weekend. I hope to see as many of you as possible!!! ROCK ON..

Check out the Toughness in this photo.

Caribou Heading into the Weekend!!!

Caribou Nation... the weekend is here and yet another snow storm is about to hit the east, UNREAL!!! But that ain't stoppin nothin. Rotman is heading up to Mad River Glen to tear up the slopes and try out his new Line Prophet 90's. Lori is having a little Camp Tapawingo reunion in Boston tonight. And Bill is heading to San Diego for a National Camp Conference. BIG MOVES ALL AROUND.

Camper News: Dan Gittleman-Egan is ripping up the hard wood on two different basketball teams. The Brookline Warriors Metrowest are currently 5-3 and 15th in the state. And Dan is also playing center and averaging 15pts a game for the Lincoln School who are 5-0. WAY TO BE DAN. Represent. See you at the BOU.

YOOO. check out this fresh pic from our trip to New York. Just absolute legend status. Max Kaufman, Levin-Ep, Fischer, and Rotman.

Keep in touch guys. BOOM!!!!! I'm going to leave you guys with one of the most ridiculous videos on youtube!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VNNjTxhCWs

January Ends with a BANG!!!

Well, what an AWESOME weekend!!! What's upp Caribou?!?!?!?! I hope all is well as we enter the snowy month of Febraury. Caribou's take over of the eastern seaboard was a massive success. DC and New York were no match for Caribou Nation. Down in DC, Bill and Martha and loads of Caribouinians got together at the Rockville Sports Plex. Adam Abrams, Zach Robinson, Jake Cantor (who is an absolute beast, benching 245 pounds), Ross Cantor, Jake Harburg, Mickey Bell (who didn't really wake up until they started playing ball, of course), Ben Gold, Charlie Shapiro, Jake Blumberg, Spencer Blumberg (We hope your foot gets better), Caleb Friedman, Matt Schick, Sam Pearl-Schwartz, David Pearl-Schwartz, Jonnie Voyta, Joey Voyta, Aaron Strauss, Josh Orszag (new to the Caribou family), Aidan Martin, Liam Woo, Jake Woo, and Jake Ford (Schick and Harburg's Friend) were all there for TEARING IT UP. Awesome group of guys. At the reunion they played a little soccer, got some pick-up basketball going, handed out Slice of Heaven T-Shirts, and enjoyed a some great subs from Subway. 5...5...5 dollar foot LOOONNNNGG. Bill and Martha had a great time, awesome to see everyone!!! A special thanks to David Pearl-Schwartz and Zach Robinson.

As Bill and Martha were down in DC, Rotman was on a whirl wind tour in New York City. It all started on Friday night when he arrived in Larchmont to meet up with the Legend himself, Adam Fischer. Thirty minutes after Rotman's arrival, ghost rock material Adam Levin-Epstein, showed up for this weekends festivities. Things really began on Saturday at Friends Seminary for a camp fair, there Fischer, Levin-Ep, and Rotman absolutely tore it up and definitely let some New York Families know all about Caribou. Then three of them hopped in Rotman's Xterra and shot up to see Max, Wendy, and Jeff Kaufman in Chappaqua. Max who is now like 6'2, had a basketball game at the Bell Middle School. The game certainly didn't start off to hot, as the halftime score was 11-8. Though, with Wendy Kaufman and Rotman's cheering abilities, Jeff Kaufman's strategic coaching, and Max's rebounding abilities, the Larchmont Tigers were able to squeak out a win, 38-36. It was awesome seeing the Kaufman's in the short amount of time we spent together.

Levin-Ep, Fischer, and Rotman were certainly on the go as they had to quickly get back down to the city for a dinner at Dave & Busters. There Sam Cox, Grant Sabean, Harry Zolot, David Barber, Sacha Heymann, Andy Godnick, Eli Fadil, and Greg Nissan were all there for an awesome Caribou Dinner. At the tail end of the dinner we had to tell the waitress that it was Levin-Ep's birthday (though it really wasn't), so we could get in on some ice cream action. Levin-Ep turned a little red, but embraced the fake birthday like a champ. It was great seeing our Caribou City guys, and awesome that Nissan, one of our alumnus, was able to make it.

That night Fischer, Levin-Ep, and Rotman met up with some more alumni. Harry Liss, Ari Biederman, and Andrew Wallace, who are all doing real well and jacked up for the Alumni Reunion.

On Sunday, the action didn't stop as Rotman went over the Froelich's for a little bagel breakfast. There the Schaffers (new to the Caribou family), the Kaidens, (looking into Caribou), Zabala's (also looking to join the Caribou family), Andres Vaamonde (great surprise!!!) and of course the Froelichs all were in attendance to talk Caribou and enjoy some great New York Bagels. We wanted to thank the Froelich's for hosting such a great get together.

The weekend finished off with a bang at the Godnick's. Though, before we had dinner, Rotman and Andy Godnick went over to the local JCC to play some hoop. Godnick has only gotten better from the last summer, as he did beat Rotman in a One on One battle 11-6. Good work Godnick, but that ain't happenin' again. At the Godnick's, Lisanne and Howie put on a great dinner. Rotman got a chance to meet Ben Landau (new to the Caribou family), who is a great kid, real pumped for the upcoming summer, and seems like a perfect Caribou camper!!! We also got a chance to meet Ben's parents Barbara and Shawn and their daughter Annabelle (Matoaka camper), great family and real excited to see them again on visiting day!! Also at the Godnick's were the Lublins, Dylan and Michelle. Jake was at a hockey game, but it's always AWESOME seeing Michelle and Dylan. Dylan was telling Rotman all about Chase Gornbeins Bar Mitzvah and how ridiculous the scene was. But, overall, the dinner was great, tons of food, lots of fun, and we even went out for ice cream!!!

What an amazing weekend. It was great seeing everyone!!! Rotman is back down in New York February 12th-13th, so hopefully he can see even more Caribou guys. Keep in touch. ROCK ON!!!!