Jul 14 2011
Well we found yet another rattlesnake, our fourth so far, in our backyard. This one slithered into an area than made me a bit uncomfortable to try and coax it out. My mom got a neighbor to help and we were able to get it into an empty trash can where it is spending the …
Jul 14 2011
Spent a second day walking around Old Town in San Diego, taking pictures and meeting friends for lunch. This time it was with Lisa and her family at La Piñata, advertised as the oldest restaurant in Old Town. ( p i c s )
Jul 13 2011
Had a very unusual-tasting dinner of lamb at Aqui es Texcoco with the Tapias. EVERYTHING on the menu (except one quail dish and a quesadilla) had lamb. It didn’t taste bad, but it was very different. We almost didn’t stay when we found out it was just lamb but the waiter brought us two complimentary …
Jul 13 2011
Sylvia gave me another one of her great haircuts today in preparation for me sweating less during a humid Comic Con next week.
Jul 13 2011
Had a really nice time walking around taking pictures in Old Town today. Then my day got even better after meeting up for lunch with Heather and her daughter plus Lannie with her son at Café Coyote. After lunch I went over to see the McCoy House Museum for the first time. Talked for about …
Jul 13 2011
My mom made a strawberry cheesecake from a recipe she got from my cousin in Hungary. There is no baking and it uses vanilla wafer cookies. If it’s good it’ll end up on my recipe blog. (You have a recipe blog? Why, yes I do. Thanks for asking. Will link to it soon.)
Jul 12 2011
My friend Sylvia sent me this link on Vimeo to an iPad app that is just incredible. This is the future of interactive reading. The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore iPad App Trailer from Moonbot Studios on Vimeo.
Jul 10 2011
Finally posted my video of Heather getting Crikey, a male Kookaburra at the San Diego Zoo, to sing so loud and long that a mildly irritated zoo keeper came over and asked us to stop. Thanks for getting us into trouble, Heather.
Jul 09 2011
Had a great time hanging out and eating barbecue at the Tapias with the Zumayas who came down for a surprise visit. Finally got to see little Ben, the newest Zumaya, in person.
Jul 09 2011
Spent a long time in the backyard today watching and helping this colorful Monarch larva (caterpillar) as it wandered around searching for an appropriate place to pupate.
Jul 09 2011
Finally got accepted into Google+ today. Not through the invitation I requested directly from Google a few days ago, but from an invitation by my friend Ramon. No matter, now I can belong and start making circles and having hangouts.
Jul 08 2011
After enjoying a really good Papa John’s pizza I had a great night walk with the Tapias along Seaport Village ending with watching some fantastic, close-up fireworks from the San Diego Symphony’s Summer Pops at the Embarcadero Marina Park North next to the Convention Center (home to Comic Con in two weeks).
Jul 08 2011
While having a really good Papa John’s pizza, I watched Sucker Punch with Sylvia and Rodrigo, my second time, their first. I don’t think I’ve ever liked such a dark, depressing movie as much as this one. Still find the imagery and cinematography to be absolutely stunning.
Jul 08 2011
Watched live streaming HD video of the shuttle Atlantis liftoff this morning on NASA TV’s website. Really sad that it was the last liftoff, but the landing will be even sadder when the shuttle program officially comes to an end.
