After spending an hour walking around the San Diego Zoo by myself listening to my iPod and taking pictures of, amongst other things, a great encounter with one of the Malayan Tiger cubs, I met up with my friends Mary and her daughter, a maximumly pregnant Bethany and her daughter, and Brooke and her daughter. …
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Jan 13 2012
Evening Walk In Coronado
Met my friends Sylvia, Rodrigo, Lilo and Stitch at Tidelands Park in Coronado this evening. We walked up to the Coronado Ferry Landing where we went out on the pier to check out the shimmering downtown skyline as it got dark, and then went back to the Ferry Landing where we sat down for a …
Jan 08 2012
Christmas Dinner At Last!
Finally had our Christmas dinner with all the local family members together in one place. We had meat for protein, potatoes for starch, rice for carbs, salad for iron and beans for gas. After a delightful rendition of “Oh Holy Night” in eight part butt harmony, we all sat down for a game of “Apples …
Jan 07 2012
Gaming At Billata’s
My mom, Kimi my niece and I drove over to my sister Beata’s house this afternoon for an hour of fun and frolic, post-Christmas style, with her, Bill and Aidan. We snacked on assorted nuts and orange slices while playing “Apples to Apples” with no real interest in who would win, but more as to …
Jan 07 2012
Christmas for Kimi
My niece, Kimi, came over today for a much belated Christmas lunch/present opening. The midday meal d’jour was spaghetti with garlic bread. Doesn’t that just scream Christmas? This past holiday season has probably been the most disjointed one that I have ever “celebrated.” And it’s not over yet. Tomorrow will be one more lunch with my nephew. …
Jan 06 2012
Lounging On Burgers
Met my friends Sylvia, Mary and her husband Dave at the Burger Lounge in Coronado. Heard good things about the joint. It was quite small and cramped but the food was very good. They did get a little bit of the order wrong, but it wasn’t worth mentioning. The food might be worth going back …
Jan 02 2012
Care Visit #2: Lentils For My Brother
Went over to my brother’s house with my mom tonight so we could deliver some lentil soup that my mom had made. Plus, she really wanted to play with the cats that she has fallen in love with. Unfortunately my nephew is still out of town and my niece was out with friends so we didn’t get …
Jan 01 2012
Hello 2012
2012 started with a bright, sunny morning. (Since I slept a bit later than usual, it was after all the dense fog had burned away.) The morning delivered some terrific French toast casserole that Sylvia had started the night before. After topping it off with some creamy, brown sugar and cinnamon paste with some walnuts …
Dec 31 2011
So Long, 2011
So my last day of the year started out innocently enough, with me finishing up some uninteresting, non-blog-worthy tasks. That was until I went down to Sylvia and Rodrigo’s house in fog-encased Chula Vista. We watched a couple of episodes of “Mad Men,” and then had pizza for dinner while playing a few rounds of …
Dec 30 2011
Annual International Auto Show
Enjoyed my annual attending of the San Diego International Auto Show at the Convention Center downtown by the bay. This year I was accompanied by my friends José, Rodrigo and Archie. All guys…huh. My focus, as usual, was not on the cars normal people would buy every day. That’s boring. I was aiming my camera …
Dec 28 2011
No Socks For Mami
Went to Burlington Coat Factory with my mom so she could pick up some socks that she unfortunately ended up never finding. I also struck out with picking up a new pair of shorts (cuz it’s December). So to lick our consumer wounds we went next door to Starbucks and drank some delicious coffees and …
Dec 27 2011
Old Town With The Hadsells
Some old friends of my mom’s were in town visiting family and they stopped by to say hi to my mom and me. The wife, Judy, worked with my mom many years ago in Zaragoza, Spain in civil service. We took them down to Old Town for lunch where we joined my sister, who surprised …
Dec 26 2011
Ten Minutes In Disneyland
Out of the blue my friends Sylvia and Rodrigo called me today and told me they were going to take their dogs, Lilo and Stitch, walking up at Downtown Disney, only about an hour away. They wanted to know if I would like to go with them and after thinking about it for half a …
Dec 25 2011
Christmas Dinner With 5/9 Of The Family
My sister along with my older brother and niece (who brought their three black cats) came over this evening for a much improved Christmas dinner over what didn’t happen yesterday. After a dinner of tasty túrós csusza that my mom made we watched a DVD of when my niece and nephew were really young. While …
Dec 24 2011
Christmas Eve Disappointment
While I am grateful that I still have my immediate family around, I have to say that tonight’s Christmas Eve dinner was one of the most disappointing, dare I say suckiest, I can ever remember. For different reasons various family members had other obligations/plans where only my mom, older brother and myself were left to …
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