That flight did leave the next morning . . . eventually, about an hour and a half later than scheduled. We found out that the flights cancelled the day before were not full, and the morning flight easily accommodated all tickets for all three flights (2 yesterday and the morning today). Obviously the only “mechanical […]
MOV III, metaphor
On Tuesday the rain which had plagued our Ohio visit became even worse. So bad that we really couldn’t do much outside at all. To make up for this mom took Sam to a cooking shop and a chocolate shop in “downtown” Marietta. We had home made BBQ pork ribs for dinner before heading to […]
MOV II
On Monday my mother and father took Sam on the MOV highlights tour. This was a tour of my hometown which included lookout point, our courthouse featuring backward swastikas (native American symbols), mound cemetery, the Marietta “arboretum”, the “start western” monument and driving past several “landmarks.” We concluded the tour with what is supposedly the […]
MOV
We slept in on Sunday morning after going from Columbus to Marietta after the game and arriving late. In the afternoon and evening several of my relatives arrived for dinner and desert. Before that Sam and I walked around “the grounds.” My parents’ house and property always changes between visits as my dad’s primary occupation […]
The Game
On Friday morning Sam and I flew to Ohio, landing just after 6 EST. We went to dinner with my parents, my brother, two aunts and one cousin. Afterwards we went to my aunt’s house for a while to discuss family mythology. Apparently my grandmother was a prolific teddy bear knitter, making 100 (although the […]
shaws cove
On Saturday Sam and I made the last trip of the “season” to Shaw’s Cove for snorkeling. We arrived around 11:30 and got to work. The water was the clearest we’ve ever seen it there, and possibly ever seen it in California. The warmth of the water in California follows a late summer early fall […]
spooky
When Sam and I came home from a weekend in La Jolla we were greeted with this scary figure lurking in our patio: It turns out the upstairs neighbors had put a Buddha statue on their balcony and then turned on the ceiling lights… but man… creepy, right? That fence is almost six feet high […]
Snorkeling La Jolla Shores
On Saturday night Sam was able to snag a room at a hotel for “friends and family” rate through a coworker’s connection. When we got up we went and had a massive American diner style breakfast before heading to the beach to meet with some of the same friends of the day before. Over the […]
Snorkeling La Jolla Cove
On Saturday Sam and I headed down the 5 to La Jolla. We met some friends at the Cove and slipped on our wetsuits. Sam and I headed over to the big cave to the south of the cove. There were a few braying sea lions inside that were perturbed by all the kayakers. People […]
Blue Apron
A few months ago Sam and I did a product review for a friend of ours on her health and wellness blog. The photos were on my flickr back then, but the review has now gone live so I can post about it here. There’s not much I can add to what we wrote in […]