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a very blue day

Saturday began with a trip to Landmark to see Avatar with Sam, her sister and brother in-law.  I don’t know if it was because it was my second time seeing it, but everything seemed much clearer and crisper than in Tucson. Whereas before most “blue cat people” shots seemed still too fuzzy and fake they […]

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New things for an old year

On new year’s eve Sam invited me to go with her to dinner and join her friends and friends of theirs.  There were eleven of us eating at the Dragon Restaurant in Koreatown.  Dragon brands itself as “Chinese Restaurant,” but it is known for its fusion of Korean and Chinese cuisine.  They have eight different […]

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christmas day 8

Wednesday morning it was time to leave our desert hotel behind.  We headed to the airport at the ungodly hour of 4:30am PST.  (of course, my mother gets up this early to go to work every day) My journey was just beginning when I got on the plane though.  At our LAX gate we had […]

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christmas day 7

Today I got up earlier than I even would to get up for work on a normal day.  Tomorrow I’ll be getting up around 5am to catch the plane back – so knew I had to “adjust” accordingly.  The weather today was a little better than yesterday, but we made our plans without knowing that […]

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christmas day 6

After a quicker breakfast at the hotel restaurant we headed to the PIMA air and space museum.  We spent most of our time outside in the bitter cold.  Dad served in the Air Force during the Vietnam War, so he was very familiar with many of the planes, and even had stories about riding in […]

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christmas day 5

Our first full day in Tucson started off with “free” breakfast in the hotel restaurant.  High school cafeteria pancakes (or scrambled eggs) were served up with little sausages and a drink.  The hotel wasn’t properly staffed for a full house, with only one cook and two waitresses waiting for a whole hungry hotel of guests.  […]

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christmas day 4

Today was the travel day.  Our gracious chauffeur (Sam) dropped us off at LAX with complimentary chocolate milk.   Good thing too – because we wouldn’t eat again for about eight hours.  When we got to our hotel and tried to get in our cards wouldn’t work.  The attendant placed us in an adjacent room with […]

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christmas day 3

After mom made french toast we headed to Point Dume. After taking these pictures we got out mom’s binoculars and saw a school of dolphins to the west. We then went down to the beach on the other side of the dome. We tried to find the sea lions but all we saw were birds.  […]

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christmas day 2

The original plan for December 24th was to start the day off at Miceli’s for lots of Italian carbs before going on a long hike.  However, Miceli’s wouldn’t open until noon, which would be 3pm parents’ time, so that was a little too late for a brunch.  Instead we went to More than Waffles in […]

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christmas day 1

After working nearly a full (stressful) day I picked up my parents at the Burbank airport.  We took Vanowen to Sepulveda and went to the 99 Ranch Market for some live crabs.  Afterwards I replaced the vacuum band and discovered it still wasn’t working.  After much consternation from all three of us, my dad took […]

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