May 31, 2007
Beer
Current mood: confused
I just tried a new beer that I hadn't tried before. It's called "Duchesse De Bourgogne" and it's a Flemish red brown ale and I found it at the Bev Mo. It's probably the strangest beer I have ever tasted. It's a bit sweet and I honestly can't think of what it should be paired with. Ribs, perhaps? I haven't come to the conclusion if I like it or not. I think I have to try it again. The label is pretty and has a nun holding a bird. I'm not sure what that has to do with an alcoholic beverage, but it's not the first time I've tried something due to the label. It reminds me of a white wine that I tried that had a drawing of a Sinead O'Connor-looking young girl holding a bird. I don't know why I'm drawn to products of people holding birds but it seems to be a "thing" with me.
Cheers!
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
I forgot about that beer above. I think I need to search for it again. I still love trying new beers. Nothing new other than I'm dogsitting tonight and one of the dogs is blind and deaf.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Some more of the old and new
Monday, May 30, 2011
Had a great weekend of a BBQ at friends. I got to take care of the BBQ which I love and will do that at any and every party I attend. I'd always rather be in the kitchen cooking.
David and I went to see Blank City at the Nuart in Santa Monica on Sunday. Really enjoyed hearing and seeing all the commentary from the late 70's to the mid 80's about the creative filmmaking that was going on in New York city before anyone wanted to live there. There was so much creativity and in music, art and film going on at that time. I really wish I had been there to experience that.
Monday I got up early, went on a walk and purchase the items I needed to brine a chicken. I spent the majority of the day organizing things that I had been wanting to take care of. After taking care of that I made Thomas Keller's recipe of fried chicken. It was the BEST fried chicken I have ever made. I'm looking forward to making again.
May 30, 2007
Once
Current mood: content
Once, Twice, Three times a movie. I saw Once last night. I really enjoyed this movie. At first I was a bit worried as the film is a bit raw and they had the shaky-cam thing going on. Luckily that stopped and the movie opened up and told a good, if not great story centering around music and love lost. I can recommend this movie to anyone who is a major music fan. If you have ever sat around and wrote songs with someone who has loads of creativity then this film was made for you.
I loved the music. Glen Hansard (lead singer of the Irish rock band "The Frames") and Czech singer Marketa Irglova voices sound absolutely amazing together.
Had a great weekend of a BBQ at friends. I got to take care of the BBQ which I love and will do that at any and every party I attend. I'd always rather be in the kitchen cooking.
David and I went to see Blank City at the Nuart in Santa Monica on Sunday. Really enjoyed hearing and seeing all the commentary from the late 70's to the mid 80's about the creative filmmaking that was going on in New York city before anyone wanted to live there. There was so much creativity and in music, art and film going on at that time. I really wish I had been there to experience that.
Monday I got up early, went on a walk and purchase the items I needed to brine a chicken. I spent the majority of the day organizing things that I had been wanting to take care of. After taking care of that I made Thomas Keller's recipe of fried chicken. It was the BEST fried chicken I have ever made. I'm looking forward to making again.
May 30, 2007
Once
Current mood: content
Once, Twice, Three times a movie. I saw Once last night. I really enjoyed this movie. At first I was a bit worried as the film is a bit raw and they had the shaky-cam thing going on. Luckily that stopped and the movie opened up and told a good, if not great story centering around music and love lost. I can recommend this movie to anyone who is a major music fan. If you have ever sat around and wrote songs with someone who has loads of creativity then this film was made for you.
I loved the music. Glen Hansard (lead singer of the Irish rock band "The Frames") and Czech singer Marketa Irglova voices sound absolutely amazing together.
The old 25th of 2007
Somehow I missed this other post from May 25th so here goes:
May 25, 2007
Dream Last Night
Current mood: confused
I had another somewhat bizarre dream last night. I dreamt that I had a huge festival/circus in my back yard. Complete with jugglers, games, rides, food, music and animals. It was an absolute blast and we partied into the wee hours of the morning. The next morning I wake up and walk into the kitchen. There, on my kitchen floor is a baby sea lion staring up at me. It's tiny and looks like I could put it in my hand. It turns out that it was left there accidentally by the people that brought the animals for my backyard circus. I call them up and they realize there mistake. The baby sea lion looks hungry and I tell them that. They ask if I have any fish in the house and I tell them that I don't They ask if I have anything that resembles a fish product and I tell them the only thing I have is canned tuna. They said that I should feed him that. I hang up and open a can of tuna. I can't give it to him straight out of the can because he might cut his little baby sea lion face. I put it on a plate and he looks at it and then at me like "What am I supposed to do with that?" I end up spoon feeding it to him so he can eat. Then I wake up.
May 25, 2007
Dream Last Night
Current mood: confused
I had another somewhat bizarre dream last night. I dreamt that I had a huge festival/circus in my back yard. Complete with jugglers, games, rides, food, music and animals. It was an absolute blast and we partied into the wee hours of the morning. The next morning I wake up and walk into the kitchen. There, on my kitchen floor is a baby sea lion staring up at me. It's tiny and looks like I could put it in my hand. It turns out that it was left there accidentally by the people that brought the animals for my backyard circus. I call them up and they realize there mistake. The baby sea lion looks hungry and I tell them that. They ask if I have any fish in the house and I tell them that I don't They ask if I have anything that resembles a fish product and I tell them the only thing I have is canned tuna. They said that I should feed him that. I hang up and open a can of tuna. I can't give it to him straight out of the can because he might cut his little baby sea lion face. I put it on a plate and he looks at it and then at me like "What am I supposed to do with that?" I end up spoon feeding it to him so he can eat. Then I wake up.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Something Old, Something New 5 is alive
Wednesday, May 24, 2011
Ah...Looking at the post below I miss the evenings of Lost. I really loved that show. So well done and different from anything else that had been on before.
Back is still in pain and I'm a little concerned because I would have thought that it would have been much better by now.
I forgot to mention that David and I went to see Bridesmaids. I LOVED it! It was SO funny and I would go see it again in a minute. It's a great combination of being a little bit of a chick flick and gross guy comedy. By the end I was in a bit of pain from laughing so much.
Today is the last episode of Oprah. I can't believe it's it. My co-workers and I are bringing in cheese, crackers, cupcakes and other edibles and we will watch it as it happens. I just feel like I am always learning from different subjects that have been discussed and I will truly miss it. A bit of a sad day for me.
May 24, 2007
Lost - Last Night's Episode
Current mood: silly
This has been the topic of conversation today.
Oh my god. It was so so good.
I have so many questions I want answered!
Who was in the casket? Why was there a gun down where Locke was? Why didn't Charlie and Desmond double check to make sure all the bodies were actually dead?
Wasn't it cool what Hurley did to rescue them? Could you not believe when Sawyer just totally shot that guy, no problem? I loved how Saied killed that guy with his feet! How cool was that? I'm going to miss Charlie so so much. Why didn't Desmond get in to see the video of Penny!!?? I almost didn't recognize Kate in later years with makeup on. Why do they want to get back to the island? Is Ben in the casket? Is Sawyer in the casket? How did Walt become so knowledgeable? Is it really him?
Why did Charlie have to die! It wasn't like he got caught drunk driving on the island of Hawaii!
"You All Everybody!"
Ah...Looking at the post below I miss the evenings of Lost. I really loved that show. So well done and different from anything else that had been on before.
Back is still in pain and I'm a little concerned because I would have thought that it would have been much better by now.
I forgot to mention that David and I went to see Bridesmaids. I LOVED it! It was SO funny and I would go see it again in a minute. It's a great combination of being a little bit of a chick flick and gross guy comedy. By the end I was in a bit of pain from laughing so much.
Today is the last episode of Oprah. I can't believe it's it. My co-workers and I are bringing in cheese, crackers, cupcakes and other edibles and we will watch it as it happens. I just feel like I am always learning from different subjects that have been discussed and I will truly miss it. A bit of a sad day for me.
May 24, 2007
Lost - Last Night's Episode
Current mood: silly
This has been the topic of conversation today.
Oh my god. It was so so good.
I have so many questions I want answered!
Who was in the casket? Why was there a gun down where Locke was? Why didn't Charlie and Desmond double check to make sure all the bodies were actually dead?
Wasn't it cool what Hurley did to rescue them? Could you not believe when Sawyer just totally shot that guy, no problem? I loved how Saied killed that guy with his feet! How cool was that? I'm going to miss Charlie so so much. Why didn't Desmond get in to see the video of Penny!!?? I almost didn't recognize Kate in later years with makeup on. Why do they want to get back to the island? Is Ben in the casket? Is Sawyer in the casket? How did Walt become so knowledgeable? Is it really him?
Why did Charlie have to die! It wasn't like he got caught drunk driving on the island of Hawaii!
"You All Everybody!"
Rise of Something Old, Something New 4
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
So sick of this stupid back pain. Just wish it would go away already so I can resume my life and what I like to do. I can't even run in the morning and that is bumming me out.
Not much else happening.
May 24, 2007
My Dream Last Night
I had a somewhat interesting dream last night. I don't remember much of it, just part.
I was in some other city in some other country, traveling. I'm not sure where. Beijing? London? I don't know where, I just know it was another country. My friend and I were about to get onto their tram/train system. The friend was nameless/faceless so I really can't remember and I remember the trains/trams were red. We would get on and ride for a little bit to our next stop and exit and check everything out. One of the times we entered and were traveling a bit all of a sudden the train started going down a black vertical tunnel at full speed. I was looking up out (and falling backwards) and my friend was in the seat across from me so they were facing me and heading face down. I remember thinking "Wow, we're falling. This is really scary but it feels really neat!" My friend was freaking out and did not like it at all. Our next stop came up and the train slowed and we got off. We found out that occasionally the train that you take is actually a thrill ride in that country and you never know when you will get that actual train which just makes it more exciting. I remember getting on the train later on and feeling a bit of anxiety but also excited that we could go on that fun ride again. Not sure what all this means since I'm afraid of rollercosters.
Any thoughts?
So sick of this stupid back pain. Just wish it would go away already so I can resume my life and what I like to do. I can't even run in the morning and that is bumming me out.
Not much else happening.
May 24, 2007
My Dream Last Night
I had a somewhat interesting dream last night. I don't remember much of it, just part.
I was in some other city in some other country, traveling. I'm not sure where. Beijing? London? I don't know where, I just know it was another country. My friend and I were about to get onto their tram/train system. The friend was nameless/faceless so I really can't remember and I remember the trains/trams were red. We would get on and ride for a little bit to our next stop and exit and check everything out. One of the times we entered and were traveling a bit all of a sudden the train started going down a black vertical tunnel at full speed. I was looking up out (and falling backwards) and my friend was in the seat across from me so they were facing me and heading face down. I remember thinking "Wow, we're falling. This is really scary but it feels really neat!" My friend was freaking out and did not like it at all. Our next stop came up and the train slowed and we got off. We found out that occasionally the train that you take is actually a thrill ride in that country and you never know when you will get that actual train which just makes it more exciting. I remember getting on the train later on and feeling a bit of anxiety but also excited that we could go on that fun ride again. Not sure what all this means since I'm afraid of rollercosters.
Any thoughts?
Something Old, Something New 3
May 23, 2011
This weekend was fun. David and I went to the Soapbox Car Races in downtown LA. So crowded but fun and so many people took the time and effort in making their cars. Sunday I went running in the a.m. and then after I got home and out of the shower I pulled something in my lower back while scouring the tub. That right there should be a reason for me to have someone come and do it for me. I will pay for that service but it's worth it to me. My tub access is at such a weird angle anyway.
To make the pain go away I took some meds as David and I were going to be going to the Silverlake Jubilee festival to see my friend's band play. We had a great time and they were really good. I'm looking forward to seeing them again the next time they play.
By the time I got home I really was in some pain that I just needed to lay down and relax. David was so sweet and made me dinner since we were going to BBQ that evening. It was hamburgers, spinach and corn on the cob. Yum!
May 23, 2007
Paris, Je T'aime
Current mood: chipper
This is one of the best movies that I have seen in a long time. I loved this film!! It's a collection of shorts with some great actors and directors involved. My only wish is that I wished some of the stories were longer
This weekend was fun. David and I went to the Soapbox Car Races in downtown LA. So crowded but fun and so many people took the time and effort in making their cars. Sunday I went running in the a.m. and then after I got home and out of the shower I pulled something in my lower back while scouring the tub. That right there should be a reason for me to have someone come and do it for me. I will pay for that service but it's worth it to me. My tub access is at such a weird angle anyway.
To make the pain go away I took some meds as David and I were going to be going to the Silverlake Jubilee festival to see my friend's band play. We had a great time and they were really good. I'm looking forward to seeing them again the next time they play.
By the time I got home I really was in some pain that I just needed to lay down and relax. David was so sweet and made me dinner since we were going to BBQ that evening. It was hamburgers, spinach and corn on the cob. Yum!
May 23, 2007
Paris, Je T'aime
Current mood: chipper
This is one of the best movies that I have seen in a long time. I loved this film!! It's a collection of shorts with some great actors and directors involved. My only wish is that I wished some of the stories were longer
Friday, May 20, 2011
Something Old, Something New 2 - Electric Boogaloo
May 21, 2011
Unraptured! Today was supposed to be the Rapture and nothing happened. Ho-hum.
I did get up and go on a run this morning. It was at a local track and I came across a feral cat and her three kittens. After I came back I got some food and water to bring to them. The kittens are so cute and I would love to be able to rescue them and get them fixed but because of their location it's next to impossible. Later today when I go on my walk I'll check again.
David and I went to the LA soapbox race and it was great and we had a really good time meeting up with all the different contestants and checking out their entries.
Also went and got my haircut which I love. Time to sleep now!
May 21, 2007
JPL
Current mood: exhausted
I went to the JPL open house yesterday. It was interesting but rather warm and it required a lot of walking and very long lines. That wouldn't have been such a problem but we had our friends two small children in tow. I think their favorite thing was driving through tunnels on the freeway!
Unraptured! Today was supposed to be the Rapture and nothing happened. Ho-hum.
I did get up and go on a run this morning. It was at a local track and I came across a feral cat and her three kittens. After I came back I got some food and water to bring to them. The kittens are so cute and I would love to be able to rescue them and get them fixed but because of their location it's next to impossible. Later today when I go on my walk I'll check again.
David and I went to the LA soapbox race and it was great and we had a really good time meeting up with all the different contestants and checking out their entries.
Also went and got my haircut which I love. Time to sleep now!
May 21, 2007
JPL
Current mood: exhausted
I went to the JPL open house yesterday. It was interesting but rather warm and it required a lot of walking and very long lines. That wouldn't have been such a problem but we had our friends two small children in tow. I think their favorite thing was driving through tunnels on the freeway!
Something Old, Something New
I thought I would post something for today and something I posted 4 years ago, on the same day.
5/20/2011 - Friday
I had a great time last night with my friend Janie, who was visiting from the Portland area. She's going to go see Kylie Minogue at the Hollywood Bowl. We went to El Carmen last night on 3rd. The food was great there and with the happy hour prices, a really good deal!
This weekend David and I are going to the Red Bull Soap Box Derby races in downtown LA. I've never been to a soap box race but I'm looking forward to this and I think we'll have a great time.
Sunday we're heading over to Silverlake Jubilee festival in which local bands are playing and there will also be food trucks, which has been a huge deal for at least a year. Maybe end the day with a BBQ? Not sure yet but I'm sure the weather will be great.
May 20, 2007
Atomic Go Go Dinner Dance
Current mood: bouncy
My friend Cindy helped put on an amazing dinner dance on Saturday night for her daughter's school. It was held on the CBS lot and everyone who worked on this set up did an incredible job at putting everything together. We danced late into the night and had a great time. Kudos to Cindy!
5/20/2011 - Friday
I had a great time last night with my friend Janie, who was visiting from the Portland area. She's going to go see Kylie Minogue at the Hollywood Bowl. We went to El Carmen last night on 3rd. The food was great there and with the happy hour prices, a really good deal!
This weekend David and I are going to the Red Bull Soap Box Derby races in downtown LA. I've never been to a soap box race but I'm looking forward to this and I think we'll have a great time.
Sunday we're heading over to Silverlake Jubilee festival in which local bands are playing and there will also be food trucks, which has been a huge deal for at least a year. Maybe end the day with a BBQ? Not sure yet but I'm sure the weather will be great.
May 20, 2007
Atomic Go Go Dinner Dance
Current mood: bouncy
My friend Cindy helped put on an amazing dinner dance on Saturday night for her daughter's school. It was held on the CBS lot and everyone who worked on this set up did an incredible job at putting everything together. We danced late into the night and had a great time. Kudos to Cindy!
Monday, May 16, 2011
Oldies, maybe some goodies 3? April and part of May 2007
April 7, 2007
Grindhouse
Current mood: good
I saw Grindhouse with a group of friends on Friday and I loved it!
I don't remember the last time I had so much fun at a movie and this movie was thoroughly enjoyable. It's not for everyone but it totally reminded me how much I used to enjoy horror movies. I would see again.
"If you're thinking of going into the bedroom...DON'T"
April 12, 2007
Kurt Vonnegut - RIP
Current mood: melancholy
I heard on the news this morning that Kurt Vonnegut passed away on Wednesday, April 11th. He was one of our great novelists of our time and I know he will be greatly missed.
Growing up I enjoyed reading his books such as Jailbird, Breakfast of Champions and Cat's Cradle.
This date also marked the 5 year anniversary of my brother's death. Can I just sum it up by saying "Death sucks"?
May 12, 2007
28 Weeks Later
Current mood: scared
Holy crap!!! Scary as hell but a great movie. Bloody, gory, scary and can cause nightmares for small children. Thoroughly enjoyable. I think the thing that freaks me out the most is seeing streets of central London completely bare and quiet. Argh!!!!!!!
May 13, 2007
Volunteering
Current mood: excited
I volunteered once again for Project Angel Food and it was a truly rewarding experience. Everyone there is so great. I loved cooking, preparing and packaging the food for such a worthy cause. The head chef in the kitchen gave me a great compliment and entrusted me to take over a complete recipe. I'm looking forward to doing this again as soon as I can get an open weekend.
May 14, 2007
Malo
Current mood: content
A few of us got together for a Birthday dinner at Malo in Silverlake for Michelle. The pickle and beef hard shell tacos (I know, it sounds bizarre) were really good. The carne asada soft tacos are very tasty and the potato and eggplant tacos are pretty good as well. I have heard that the sangria (red or white) is another great option and I would recommend ordering the chips and salsa sampler. The habanero salsa is the BEST. We all thought it was really spicy but so flavorful you couldn't stop eating it! I will go again.
Grindhouse
Current mood: good
I saw Grindhouse with a group of friends on Friday and I loved it!
I don't remember the last time I had so much fun at a movie and this movie was thoroughly enjoyable. It's not for everyone but it totally reminded me how much I used to enjoy horror movies. I would see again.
"If you're thinking of going into the bedroom...DON'T"
April 12, 2007
Kurt Vonnegut - RIP
Current mood: melancholy
I heard on the news this morning that Kurt Vonnegut passed away on Wednesday, April 11th. He was one of our great novelists of our time and I know he will be greatly missed.
Growing up I enjoyed reading his books such as Jailbird, Breakfast of Champions and Cat's Cradle.
This date also marked the 5 year anniversary of my brother's death. Can I just sum it up by saying "Death sucks"?
May 12, 2007
28 Weeks Later
Current mood: scared
Holy crap!!! Scary as hell but a great movie. Bloody, gory, scary and can cause nightmares for small children. Thoroughly enjoyable. I think the thing that freaks me out the most is seeing streets of central London completely bare and quiet. Argh!!!!!!!
May 13, 2007
Volunteering
Current mood: excited
I volunteered once again for Project Angel Food and it was a truly rewarding experience. Everyone there is so great. I loved cooking, preparing and packaging the food for such a worthy cause. The head chef in the kitchen gave me a great compliment and entrusted me to take over a complete recipe. I'm looking forward to doing this again as soon as I can get an open weekend.
May 14, 2007
Malo
Current mood: content
A few of us got together for a Birthday dinner at Malo in Silverlake for Michelle. The pickle and beef hard shell tacos (I know, it sounds bizarre) were really good. The carne asada soft tacos are very tasty and the potato and eggplant tacos are pretty good as well. I have heard that the sangria (red or white) is another great option and I would recommend ordering the chips and salsa sampler. The habanero salsa is the BEST. We all thought it was really spicy but so flavorful you couldn't stop eating it! I will go again.
Oldies, maybe some goodies 2? January - March 2007
January 15, 2007
Janis Ian
This is one of the things I just absolutely love about music. I can still find bands and artists that I never really knew or listened to before and find something amazing to listen to.
Janis Ian is my latest music discovery. Here's how it happened: My friend Julie was over the other night and we were watching SNL, the first season when Janis Ian performed. We were completely blown away by her amazing voice. She was singing "At Seventeen" which I had heard before, and had always loved that song, but hadn't realized who it was. Her voice was haunting and beautiful. I wish I could sing like that. Of course Julie and I said we had to go out the next day and purchase a CD. I look forward to listening to all of her CD's that she has out.
March 5, 2007
Fantastic Weekend
What a great weekend it was!! There was beautiful weather to make the weekend even more great than it already was. I was busy, busy, busy.
Friday evening was spent with friends eating and chatting. Saturday morning I got together with some members of a group that I'm in and we went to breakfast at a place called "Dish". The breakfasts at this place are wonderful and I highly recommend for those who are in the La Canada Flintridge area.
http://www.dishbreakfastlunchanddinner.com/
I had their breakfast special that they had up on Saturday morning. It was a pesto, mozzarella and tomato omelette. It was amazing! Everything else looked great so I can't wait to try this place again. Yum!
Saturday afternoon I got together with my friend and band mate and we practiced for awhile. She on the bagpipes and me on my tenor drum. I think we're getting better so it's great that we did. I went home for awhile and did a bunch of stuff around the house and then later on we met up to have wine and cheese and watch Arrested Development. I didn't stay up too late as I had to be up early.
Sunday morning I was up at the crack to go volunteer with Project Angel Food. I've done a fair amount of volunteering but working with Project Angel Food was by far my favorite experience. I love to cook so for me to be able to cook and have my cooking/preparing/packing go to a worthy cause was even better. Everyone there was really great and it was a lot of fun even though we were working our butts off getting meals together. It really is "team" type atmosphere and it felt great to be part of such a great team! I'm looking forward to volunteering there again and I know I won't be able to do it every weekend but hopefully will be able to do it at least 2 times a month.
http://www.angelfood.org/site/pp.aspx?c=etIQK6OYG&b=34728
Sunday afternoon was spent car shopping in Glendale with a friend. The guys at the Jetta dealership were really cool. The dealer at the Lexus dealership was a jerk.
Sunday dinner was at Don Cuco's in Glendale where we sat outside as the weather was perfect for that. I love Don Cuco's for Mexican food. And margaritas. Never forget the margaritas.
I finished up the weekend by winding down and watching one of my favorite shows, "The Amazing Race". I won't say who got elimiated in case some have not watched yet.
All in all it was a fantastic weekend! I hope yours was as enjoyable as mine!
March 13, 2007
Black Snake Moan
Current mood: chipper
I actually can't get this movie out of my head. At first I was so-so in seeing it but after I saw it last week, I can't stop thinking about how much I liked it. I would not, I repeat, WOULD NOT recommend this movie for everyone.
I especially would not recommend you bring a child to this movie and if it's your week to watch all of your 4 sons, ranging in age from 6 to 16, wait until your ex-wife has them again before attempting to see this film. Do not bring them to this movie and let them run up and down the aisles. Seriously, I can't believe the morons that actually do this!!
Anyway, I really liked this film. It was twisted and funny. Two thumbs up.
March 15, 2007
Maxed Out a.k.a. Inconvenient Truth About Credit Cards
Current mood: geeky
I saw this movie last night. It had 10 "wheats" so I had to see it. I would say that it was an eye opener but it really wasn't. If you don't know how f'd up the credit card companies actually are then you have been sleep walking for quite some time and you need to wake up. If anything, it will just make you angry. And want to pay off your credit cards if you're in debt. Read any books by David Bach. Don't charge it!
Janis Ian
This is one of the things I just absolutely love about music. I can still find bands and artists that I never really knew or listened to before and find something amazing to listen to.
Janis Ian is my latest music discovery. Here's how it happened: My friend Julie was over the other night and we were watching SNL, the first season when Janis Ian performed. We were completely blown away by her amazing voice. She was singing "At Seventeen" which I had heard before, and had always loved that song, but hadn't realized who it was. Her voice was haunting and beautiful. I wish I could sing like that. Of course Julie and I said we had to go out the next day and purchase a CD. I look forward to listening to all of her CD's that she has out.
March 5, 2007
Fantastic Weekend
What a great weekend it was!! There was beautiful weather to make the weekend even more great than it already was. I was busy, busy, busy.
Friday evening was spent with friends eating and chatting. Saturday morning I got together with some members of a group that I'm in and we went to breakfast at a place called "Dish". The breakfasts at this place are wonderful and I highly recommend for those who are in the La Canada Flintridge area.
http://www.dishbreakfastlunchanddinner.com/
I had their breakfast special that they had up on Saturday morning. It was a pesto, mozzarella and tomato omelette. It was amazing! Everything else looked great so I can't wait to try this place again. Yum!
Saturday afternoon I got together with my friend and band mate and we practiced for awhile. She on the bagpipes and me on my tenor drum. I think we're getting better so it's great that we did. I went home for awhile and did a bunch of stuff around the house and then later on we met up to have wine and cheese and watch Arrested Development. I didn't stay up too late as I had to be up early.
Sunday morning I was up at the crack to go volunteer with Project Angel Food. I've done a fair amount of volunteering but working with Project Angel Food was by far my favorite experience. I love to cook so for me to be able to cook and have my cooking/preparing/packing go to a worthy cause was even better. Everyone there was really great and it was a lot of fun even though we were working our butts off getting meals together. It really is "team" type atmosphere and it felt great to be part of such a great team! I'm looking forward to volunteering there again and I know I won't be able to do it every weekend but hopefully will be able to do it at least 2 times a month.
http://www.angelfood.org/site/pp.aspx?c=etIQK6OYG&b=34728
Sunday afternoon was spent car shopping in Glendale with a friend. The guys at the Jetta dealership were really cool. The dealer at the Lexus dealership was a jerk.
Sunday dinner was at Don Cuco's in Glendale where we sat outside as the weather was perfect for that. I love Don Cuco's for Mexican food. And margaritas. Never forget the margaritas.
I finished up the weekend by winding down and watching one of my favorite shows, "The Amazing Race". I won't say who got elimiated in case some have not watched yet.
All in all it was a fantastic weekend! I hope yours was as enjoyable as mine!
March 13, 2007
Black Snake Moan
Current mood: chipper
I actually can't get this movie out of my head. At first I was so-so in seeing it but after I saw it last week, I can't stop thinking about how much I liked it. I would not, I repeat, WOULD NOT recommend this movie for everyone.
I especially would not recommend you bring a child to this movie and if it's your week to watch all of your 4 sons, ranging in age from 6 to 16, wait until your ex-wife has them again before attempting to see this film. Do not bring them to this movie and let them run up and down the aisles. Seriously, I can't believe the morons that actually do this!!
Anyway, I really liked this film. It was twisted and funny. Two thumbs up.
March 15, 2007
Maxed Out a.k.a. Inconvenient Truth About Credit Cards
Current mood: geeky
I saw this movie last night. It had 10 "wheats" so I had to see it. I would say that it was an eye opener but it really wasn't. If you don't know how f'd up the credit card companies actually are then you have been sleep walking for quite some time and you need to wake up. If anything, it will just make you angry. And want to pay off your credit cards if you're in debt. Read any books by David Bach. Don't charge it!
Oldies, maybe some goodies? September - October 2006
I recently found some of my old blog posts from my old My Space account. Very odd. I completely forgot that I had done that.
I have decided to post some of the posts so I have them in one place.
Enjoy, or not.
September 14, 2006
Cloning
Current mood: excited
Can I clone myself? It always seems like I have like other events come up that I would like to do in addition to what I may have already planned. If I was cloned would I be cloned with a sheep? If I am cloned with sheep would it be me or the cloned Rebecca sheep that gets to go out to see Soulwax tonight? I would like to see Soulwax but then the cloned Rebeccca sheep would either go tequila tasting or to see Butch Walker. If the cloned Rebecca sheep goes tequila tasting then that brings up the issue that the cloned Rebecca sheep might get drunk and then some Hollywood farmer would take advantage of her.
Oh, the trouble of it all!
September 16, 2006
Nifty
Current mood: calm
I went to the Banksy exhibit last night.
http://www.banksy.co.uk/
It was a great exhibit and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I wasn't familiar with his work before this but now I'm a total fan. I always appreciate when someone introduces me to something new and interesting.
After we went to Crown City Brewery. I hadn't been there in ages but the beer was enjoyable.
I'll be off in awhile for an evening at The Magic Castle. Should be fun!
September 26, 2006
Sleep is for sissies
Current mood: awake
I'm on my second day of burning the candle at both ends. Sunday night I went with my friend Toby to see Massive Attack at the Hollywood Bowl. It was an amazing show although we got there a bit late. We went to 2 after parties and partied with the band and then partied with the band back at their hotel. Great night. Fun group.
I got home at 6 a.m. which is the time that I get up to get ready for work so I just stayed up. Monday was a tough day. I don't know how I made it through the day. I came home, took a quick snooze and then got up to go see DJ Shadow at The Avalon. Another great show.
October 4, 2006
ipod
Current mood: sore
First let me thank all of you who pitched in for my ipod for my birthday. You know who you are. I love it! Thanks!
Well, last night I decided to go on a long walk with my new ipod. I chose to do what I thought was the old hike that I used to do years back which is basically starting out near work, walking up a big hill up to Mullholland and coming back down and around where it puts me somewhere near William Shatner's home. I started out on my walk and it was great. I had my huge headphones on and I had the music going. I love the big headphones because that tells others "I HAVE HEADPHONES ON! DO NOT SPEAK TO ME!! I AM WALKING!!" and they usually leave you alone. Anyway, I walked up to the top of Wrightwood and then started to cut down the Dona streets which cross Lauren Canyon. When I finally got down to Laurel Canyon I was a bit tired. I then found out that Lauren Canyon is NOT a great street to walk down if you're trying to excercise. There is a good portion of Laurel Canyon that does not have sidewalks or is too overgrown to be able to walk. Again, DO NOT GO THIS WAY!!! I spent a good portion of the walk, standing in a safe place, waiting for traffic to pass and then running, stooped over, to avoid the sharp shrubbery and finding another safe place to stop or walk. That part was not fun and people speed on Laurel Canyon. I couldn't go back because I had wanted to stop off at Trader Joe's and pick up some groceries and I was finally able to do that but only after an exhausting and somewhat scary experience. I think it's time to get out the Thomas Guide and figure another route.
October 11, 2006
Get me outta here!!!
Current mood: melancholy
I'm going to go off the deep end if I don't go on a trip soon!!! I'm just thinking about the amazing time that I had in New Zealand last November. It seems ages ago. I miss all of those great Brits and Aussies that I had an absolute blast with last year. We laughed, danced, drank, cooked and talked our asses off for 2 weeks during our journey of the north and south island. I feel like I had known these people for ages. I hope they are all doing well.
Ug, I need to plan a trip out of the country!
October 12, 2006
My Aura is Orange! Your Aura is PURPLE!!
Current mood: geeky
Orange Aura
Orange's are very creative and ingenius. They are smart as hell! They are active and enjoy life to the fullest. They mainly live in their own worlds, and aren't very sociable. They like to keep to themselves and are most often loners. They are independent and make great private investigators and national leaders. Orange's, unfortunatly, often have depression problems because they worry too much on other world-wide problems that they can't solve.
October 15, 2006
We Have A Piper Down!!
Current mood: chipper
Yesterday I went to see my friend Julie compete on her bagpipe at the Seaside Highland Games up in Ventura. Although I'm not an authority on bagpiping I thought she was great and she placed 3rd so I think she did pretty darn well. Go Julie!!
Kilts rock!!
October 20, 2006
Yo Quiero Vomitar
Sometimes I wish I could speak/understand Spanish. Yes, my parents spoke Spanish, fluently in fact. The only problem is that it was only used, when they wanted to convery extreme verbal confrontations to each other. Yeah, hello, therapy! No, I can't blame them. I could have left at any time. I had a Holly Hobby backpack and it could have taken me anywhere I wanted to go!
Anyway, a few nights ago I was flipping around the stations and I came across some bizarre game show. Some guy, in a hot pink troll wig was standing there in some lovely turquoise pleated taffeta pants. There was a girl kneeling in front of him. Her job was to get as many of some item (I didn't figure out what it was - A mouse? A sea monkey?) up one pant leg, over, and down the other pant leg. Why? I don't know, I couldn't understand what they were saying! Later, on the show, (yes, I kept watching) there was a big bin of tangled, white plastic hangers. Two contestants had to put as many of whatever clothes were in this other bin and hang them up. After they stopped doing that they had to put on as many of the items on as possible. Oh, men in bras! What a hoot! After that point I had to change the channel. It was way too eXtreme!
October 26, 2007
Embracing my inner band geek
I have reached out and embraced my inner band geek! A few weeks ago at the Seaside Scottish Highland Games in Ventura after a couple of Guinness and a shot of single malt Scotch I decided to join a pipe and drum band. I just had my second lesson last night (I'll be playing the bass drum!) and I'm loving it. Let's see how it goes!
I have decided to post some of the posts so I have them in one place.
Enjoy, or not.
September 14, 2006
Cloning
Current mood: excited
Can I clone myself? It always seems like I have like other events come up that I would like to do in addition to what I may have already planned. If I was cloned would I be cloned with a sheep? If I am cloned with sheep would it be me or the cloned Rebecca sheep that gets to go out to see Soulwax tonight? I would like to see Soulwax but then the cloned Rebeccca sheep would either go tequila tasting or to see Butch Walker. If the cloned Rebecca sheep goes tequila tasting then that brings up the issue that the cloned Rebecca sheep might get drunk and then some Hollywood farmer would take advantage of her.
Oh, the trouble of it all!
September 16, 2006
Nifty
Current mood: calm
I went to the Banksy exhibit last night.
http://www.banksy.co.uk/
It was a great exhibit and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I wasn't familiar with his work before this but now I'm a total fan. I always appreciate when someone introduces me to something new and interesting.
After we went to Crown City Brewery. I hadn't been there in ages but the beer was enjoyable.
I'll be off in awhile for an evening at The Magic Castle. Should be fun!
September 26, 2006
Sleep is for sissies
Current mood: awake
I'm on my second day of burning the candle at both ends. Sunday night I went with my friend Toby to see Massive Attack at the Hollywood Bowl. It was an amazing show although we got there a bit late. We went to 2 after parties and partied with the band and then partied with the band back at their hotel. Great night. Fun group.
I got home at 6 a.m. which is the time that I get up to get ready for work so I just stayed up. Monday was a tough day. I don't know how I made it through the day. I came home, took a quick snooze and then got up to go see DJ Shadow at The Avalon. Another great show.
October 4, 2006
ipod
Current mood: sore
First let me thank all of you who pitched in for my ipod for my birthday. You know who you are. I love it! Thanks!
Well, last night I decided to go on a long walk with my new ipod. I chose to do what I thought was the old hike that I used to do years back which is basically starting out near work, walking up a big hill up to Mullholland and coming back down and around where it puts me somewhere near William Shatner's home. I started out on my walk and it was great. I had my huge headphones on and I had the music going. I love the big headphones because that tells others "I HAVE HEADPHONES ON! DO NOT SPEAK TO ME!! I AM WALKING!!" and they usually leave you alone. Anyway, I walked up to the top of Wrightwood and then started to cut down the Dona streets which cross Lauren Canyon. When I finally got down to Laurel Canyon I was a bit tired. I then found out that Lauren Canyon is NOT a great street to walk down if you're trying to excercise. There is a good portion of Laurel Canyon that does not have sidewalks or is too overgrown to be able to walk. Again, DO NOT GO THIS WAY!!! I spent a good portion of the walk, standing in a safe place, waiting for traffic to pass and then running, stooped over, to avoid the sharp shrubbery and finding another safe place to stop or walk. That part was not fun and people speed on Laurel Canyon. I couldn't go back because I had wanted to stop off at Trader Joe's and pick up some groceries and I was finally able to do that but only after an exhausting and somewhat scary experience. I think it's time to get out the Thomas Guide and figure another route.
October 11, 2006
Get me outta here!!!
Current mood: melancholy
I'm going to go off the deep end if I don't go on a trip soon!!! I'm just thinking about the amazing time that I had in New Zealand last November. It seems ages ago. I miss all of those great Brits and Aussies that I had an absolute blast with last year. We laughed, danced, drank, cooked and talked our asses off for 2 weeks during our journey of the north and south island. I feel like I had known these people for ages. I hope they are all doing well.
Ug, I need to plan a trip out of the country!
October 12, 2006
My Aura is Orange! Your Aura is PURPLE!!
Current mood: geeky
Orange Aura
Orange's are very creative and ingenius. They are smart as hell! They are active and enjoy life to the fullest. They mainly live in their own worlds, and aren't very sociable. They like to keep to themselves and are most often loners. They are independent and make great private investigators and national leaders. Orange's, unfortunatly, often have depression problems because they worry too much on other world-wide problems that they can't solve.
October 15, 2006
We Have A Piper Down!!
Current mood: chipper
Yesterday I went to see my friend Julie compete on her bagpipe at the Seaside Highland Games up in Ventura. Although I'm not an authority on bagpiping I thought she was great and she placed 3rd so I think she did pretty darn well. Go Julie!!
Kilts rock!!
October 20, 2006
Yo Quiero Vomitar
Sometimes I wish I could speak/understand Spanish. Yes, my parents spoke Spanish, fluently in fact. The only problem is that it was only used, when they wanted to convery extreme verbal confrontations to each other. Yeah, hello, therapy! No, I can't blame them. I could have left at any time. I had a Holly Hobby backpack and it could have taken me anywhere I wanted to go!
Anyway, a few nights ago I was flipping around the stations and I came across some bizarre game show. Some guy, in a hot pink troll wig was standing there in some lovely turquoise pleated taffeta pants. There was a girl kneeling in front of him. Her job was to get as many of some item (I didn't figure out what it was - A mouse? A sea monkey?) up one pant leg, over, and down the other pant leg. Why? I don't know, I couldn't understand what they were saying! Later, on the show, (yes, I kept watching) there was a big bin of tangled, white plastic hangers. Two contestants had to put as many of whatever clothes were in this other bin and hang them up. After they stopped doing that they had to put on as many of the items on as possible. Oh, men in bras! What a hoot! After that point I had to change the channel. It was way too eXtreme!
October 26, 2007
Embracing my inner band geek
I have reached out and embraced my inner band geek! A few weeks ago at the Seaside Scottish Highland Games in Ventura after a couple of Guinness and a shot of single malt Scotch I decided to join a pipe and drum band. I just had my second lesson last night (I'll be playing the bass drum!) and I'm loving it. Let's see how it goes!
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Peruvian Adventures #14
Saturday, October 23, 2010 Today is our last day in Cusco before flying back to Lima. We did a tour of some of the local ruins around Cusco. Cusco was the capital of the Inca Empire so there are many ruins in and around the city. Many of the buildings have Sent from my iPhone |
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