Aug 02 2011
Much merriment was had today starting with an excellent breakfast at the resort, followed by tennis playing, kite flying, bocce balling and walks along the beach. There was some Starbucks and donuts thrown in there somewhere for good measure.
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Aug 01 2011
Start of our two-day trip up to Oxnard to meet up with my visiting brother and his entourage.
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Jul 31 2011
My brother, Ozzie, made and invited us to dinner tonight. He made his own version of Hungarian Gulyás (meat stew) with dumplings which turned out tasting pretty good.
Jul 30 2011
Had a great time catching up with old friends: swimming, eating, playing games, eating again, playing more games, telling ghost stories and finally roasting marshmallows over a fire pit. Wonderful way to spend a Saturday.
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Jul 30 2011
Visited the San Diego History Center in Balboa Park to see the Comic Con: The Early Years exhibit. It was a surprisingly minimal presentation with only three small display cases in the middle of a large open area. For the $6.00 admission that I paid I stayed and went through the rest of the museum, which took less than an hour. Spent another half an hour walking around the park, including strolling through the Arboretum, taking lots of pictures.
Jul 29 2011
Had a good day as tour guide for my nephew, Stephen, his girlfriend, Jeri, and my niece, Kimi, at the San Diego Zoo. While quite a few animals were asleep or hiding, we still got to see most of the Zoo and had a pretty good lunch there as well.
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Jul 28 2011
Created a Spotify account to listen to full tracks of music before deciding whether I should buy them, or if I even need to since the service streams the tracks. It also imports all my iTunes playlists. This fantastic service has been available in Europe for a while now and only recently finally came over to the U.S. As soon as I get my iPhone 5 I can start listening to music anywhere, anytime.
Jul 28 2011
Macro shot of the Brown Widow spider’s undercarriage. More beautifully colored than its more infamous cousin. Found this one nested on a plant in our backyard.
Jul 28 2011
Had a great barbecue lunch at Phil’s BBQ in San Diego with my two great friends, Sylvia and Lannie. Tried the Baby Beef Rib with two onion rings, french fries and cole slaw. The meal was really good but the dish could have used a second rib.
Jul 27 2011
Jul 26 2011
Slowly I am starting to post my Comic Con photos from this past weekend to my Flickr photostream. I have A LOT of work ahead of me. Good thing I enjoy it.
Photo by Sylvia
Jul 25 2011
A couple of days ago I reached a new personal high with views of my Flickr photostream. More importantly, they were accommodating enough to give me a beautifully even number. Monk would be happy.
Jul 24 2011
On the way home from Comic Con we stopped at my brother’s house for dinner. Had fun talking with everyone but didn’t stay too late since I was exhausted.
Jul 24 2011
For the last day of Comic Con there were noticeably fewer celebrities and costumes. Started off great with going to the Conan Art Museum with Randy. We got free t-shirts, poster and pin, plus we got our photo taken and superimposed in a Flaming C scene that we could post online and also had printed out. Lunch today was at The Tin Fish and I had my usual delicious Fish and Chips. For celebrity/artist sightings there was Claudia Wells again, Suzie B, the voice cast from The Cleveland Show, Marina Sirtis and Michael Dorn. Friends hung out with/said hi to were Randy most of the morning, Lannie and David for most of the day, Jason and Sarah, Javier and his wife Johana, Mary and David, Lisa, Maria and Ramon. Took mostly display shots today, with still a bunch of girlie costumes as well.
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Jul 23 2011
Today’s celebrity sightings included Joss Whedon, Adam West, Vik Sahay, Scott Krinsky, Jorge Garcia and Leonard Maltin. Terrific lunch was at SyFy’s Café Diem with Randy. (Had my annual Jo Lupo’s Top Secret Tuna Melt.) Friends from today included Randy, Ramon, Lisa and David. Took loads of costume shots all around the convention center. Another full day of adventure-packed fun.
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