{"id":2445,"date":"2012-11-25T15:42:58","date_gmt":"2012-11-25T23:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.andrewlorenzlong.com\/?p=2445"},"modified":"2012-12-04T15:52:03","modified_gmt":"2012-12-04T23:52:03","slug":"family-beat-michigan-day-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.andrewlorenzlong.com\/?p=2445","title":{"rendered":"Family Beat Michigan Day 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday we had a breakfast of sausage and stuff (don&#8217;t know where those photos went) from Sam while watching The Game. \u00a0This was probably the first time I&#8217;ve watched The Game with my parents since 1998.<\/p>\n<p>After The Game I gave them a short tour of our complex while Sam was putting the finishing touches on lunch.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8486\/8228434088_3f074fcb33.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8210\/8228434138_93f4bde939.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lunch was a &#8220;traditional Long family Thanksgiving&#8221; meal. \u00a0We don&#8217;t like turkey that much so mom started making stuffed cornish hens a long time ago instead. \u00a0Sam doesn&#8217;t like turkey any more than we do, so she was happy to experiment. \u00a0I think her first hens came out great.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8067\/8228434216_47e18c998e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And her (not first?) mashed potatoes were good too.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8485\/8228430312_c63e70ff2d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After eating we attempted to burn it off by hiking up to Amir&#8217;s garden in Griffith Park.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8201\/8228434262_3ae69692ac.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8068\/8227365729_876d66d238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Afterwards we went to the Americana to try and find the Microsoft store so dad could check out the Surface tablets. \u00a0All the directions lead us to an alley beside the mall since the store was actually a &#8220;pop up&#8221; (i.e. large kiosk) in the OLD mall &#8211; thus having no real address inside or out of the building. \u00a0Once we finally found it dad took one look and said &#8220;too small&#8221; and it was time to go. \u00a0We called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.micelisrestaurant.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Micelli&#8217;s<\/a> to get reservations, but they said it would be over an hour wait, so we decided to just go home and eat ice cream, as we had eaten a really large late lunch anyway after The Game.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All the photos from the entire trip can be found\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/andrewlong\/sets\/72157632127000442\/with\/8228433084\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday we had a breakfast of sausage and stuff (don&#8217;t know where those photos went) from Sam while watching The Game. \u00a0This was probably the first time I&#8217;ve watched The Game with my parents since 1998. 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