Jan 30 2013
A friend of mine, who for the sake of this post I will call “Sylvia”, took me to a thrift store in the city in which she lives, which I shall refer to as “Pretty View”. Knowing that I collect calendars of certain specific kinds she located one for me which, unbeknownst to her, I …
Nov 17 2012
After my morning RV adventure in Poway, I drove down to Chula Vista to spend some quality time with Rodrigo, Sylvia, Stitch and Lilo. Our hanging out involved a Starbucks run to try their annual holiday-time drinks, enjoying some fantastic stew that Sylvia crock-potted for lunch, a shopping trip to Sam’s Club, and ordering amazing …
Nov 14 2012
Went over to Fry’s today to finally replace the second external hard drive that I use for my photo storage that had failed recently. I doubt I will ever buy another Iomega drive. They were my two most recent external drives and they both went bad much too soon. For a short while I thought …
May 17 2012
Spent some time over at a Burlington Coat Factory this morning looking for a present for Randy and Michaelle’s one year-old son birthday on Saturday. I almost always find something there that’s priced pretty well, but I usually have to do some searching since it’s a bit unorganized. The 12-24 month boys section had both …
Mar 11 2012
Spent some time with my friends, the Tapias, playing with their fur-kids (Lilo and Stitch), discovering a juvenile alligator lizard with an impressively long tail, helping Rodrigo flush the pool filter, visiting Sylvia’s parents, running errands at Costco and Home Depot, rewarding ourselves with a trip to Starbucks, and then lounging and watching an entertaining …
Feb 17 2012
Went back to the Las AmericasPremium Outlets in San Ysidro (just a stone’s throw over the border fence from Tijuana) with Sylvia to pick up some items at the Disney Store that we put on hold a couple of days earlier. This time we got to talk to our friend Sandra, who is the store’s …
Feb 01 2012
Had a fun time today hanging with my long-time friend, Sylvia. My visit bizarrely began and ended with viewing an overhead airship. Portent of some kind? We went to the newly opened/remodeled JCPenney at Plaza Bonita to check out what all the hubbub was about. We weren’t disappointed. The store was clean, organized, the staff …
