After three years away my mother convinced me it was time to visit the house I grew up in.  On New Year’s Eve I sat through two sold out Southwest Read more

This Christmas found me sick with a chest cold.  As a result, Sam and I spent most of the three day weekend skipping other obligations and watching movies.   In Read more

On the weekend before thanksgiving Sam and I went to Costco to pick out a wine to bring to our friends’ house on Thanksgiving.  Sam decided to get an extra Read more

Sam has gotten into the habit of making a new dish every weekend for both of us to eat throughout the week for lunch and/or dinner.  I certainly can’t complain Read more

On Friday Sam and I drove to Venice for the Abbot Kinney Boulevard First Fridays “event.”  Our plan was to walk around and find a cool place to eat dinner. Read more

On Saturday night Sam and I made two trips to “Thai Town.”  We first went to the Thai market in the valley (Sherman Way and Reseda intersection) to buy fresh Read more

I knew my father had been to Thailand when he was in the Air Force.  In fact, I knew he’d been to Bangkok and was stationed at Udorn before it Read more

Above is a street view of Fortville, where Sam and I stayed for two nights in Bangkok.  Below are two photos of the fort down the street that it is Read more

Before leaving Chiang Mai we stopped at barorose market for snacks.  You can get almost anything here. They had all the bugs we saw before, plus hornet maggots still in Read more

On our last day in Chiang Mai we drove up Doi Suthep Mountain again to get to Phuping Palace.  We stopped at the lookout point on the way. As always Read more