We’ve been really good about social distancing, wearing masks, and staying home. We’ve only left the house for necessities, a handful of work-related business, and a few walks around the neighborhood. After nearly six months of staying safe at home, we decided that we really needed to get away, safely. So we grabbed our masks, Continue reading
Now that we are going on week number whatever of the state and local safer at home orders, the Boy Scouts of America and its local councils have been focused on developing programs to keep our youth engaged in scouting virtually. This week the West Los Angeles Area Council (WLAAC) and Greater Los Angeles Area Continue reading
For Thanksgiving this year we did something a little different. Brian’s parents (Paula and Jimmy) and his brother (Michael) flew out west from Boston to visit for a week. We spent the whole week with them plus we visited with Noni and Papa both in the desert and had them all over for a Thanksgiving Continue reading
Today is aquarium day! We got up early enough to have Dunkin’ Donuts today. We figured why not start off the day loaded with sugar and calories since we’d be walking a lot. As you can see, the calories I had for breakfast were almost as much as I was allowed for the whole day. Continue reading
Today we had a relaxing morning at Grandma’s house while she worked (so jelly that she gets to work from home everyday!). Then, we headed to Kowloon for lunch. This place has been here for years, it’s got a great Polynesian theme, and Brian was dying to have a tiki drink. Turns out the food Continue reading
Thanks to all our traveling over the last year we were able to earn enough American Airlines miles to bring our entire family on an unexpected trip to Boston to visit Brian’s parents. The kids were very excited because it’s been a long time since they’ve seen their grandpa. We were excited because we know Continue reading
How is it already day three? We have had a ton of fun already and we haven’t even been to the Monterey Bay Aquarium yet. Is that possible? Yes. Here’s how. We woke up this morning and enjoyed a pretty darn awesome “free hot breakfast” at our Hampton Inn. They had everything – cereal, oatmeal, Continue reading
We decided to kick off this year’s summer vacation with a road trip up the coast. This would be our first big road trip in one of our Teslas which would require several charging stops. For our first charge we stopped in Buellton. It took about an hour to get the charge we needed to Continue reading
As usual, the LA County Fair always comes around at the hottest time of the year in southern California – the end of summer. This year, it was one of the coolest we’ve had in awhile – it was in the low 90s. This year we came prepared with hats, glasses and a buttload of Continue reading
The long, holiday weekend was a perfect opportunity to take Uncle James out for a way, way, way overdue birthday dinner. So, later Saturday afternoon we picked up James and headed over to Mastro’s in Beverly Hills, a first for him. I tried to get Violet to pose for a pic with the boys but Continue reading