Jul 22 2011

Comic Con 2011: Day Two

Today’s second eventful full day at Comic Con was spent adventuring with Sylvia, spotting or taking pictures of and/or talking with the cast from Big Bang Theory, Lee Meriwether again, Nicholas Brendon (Xander from Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Zachary Levi from Chuck, Stan Lee,  Jeffrey Weissman (George Mcfly from Back to the Future Parts 2 and 3), Erin Grey, Billy Dee Williams in a wheel chair, Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca), Richard Hatch, Saul Rubinek from Warehouse 13, the cast of The Guild including Felicia Day, Jon Cryer from Two and a Half Men, Amber Benson (Tara, also from Buffy), Disney Imagineer Tony Baxter, and the artists Olivia, J. Scott Campbell and Nei Ruffino. Friends I ran into/hung out with were Sylvia, or course, Olivia, Archie and his friend Todd, Ramon and David. Finished the day off with a great dinner at Joe’s Crab Shack with Sylvia, Rodrigo, Archie and Todd. Pact day of crowd surfing, celebrity spotting and fine dining.

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Jul 21 2011

Comic Con 2011: Day One

Started out the day meandering through the streets of downtown San Diego looking for off-site Comic Con venues. Then met up with Lisa at the SyFy Channel’s Café Diem on Fifth Street for breakfast. We got lucky and we were able to sit outside and people watch as we ate. Spent the entire rest of the day walking the exhibit hall and upper levels taking pictures and talking to “celebrities.” Chatted with Dick DeBartolo, MAD’s maddest write as well as The Giz Wiz, Lee Meriwether who, among many other roles, played Catwoman in the original Batman TV series, Clare Kramer who played Glory on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, April Wahlin who is the new Elvira, actress Teresa Ganzel who’s been in dozens of TV shows, and Cindy Morgan who starred in Caddyshack and the original Tron. Every single one of them was wonderfully friendly.

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Jul 20 2011

Comic Con 2011: Preview Night

Starting with badge pick-up this afternoon, this Preview Night was well-run, no-pressure, smooth and ultimately very satisfying for me. Already took plenty of photos, had a chance to have decent conversations with artists J. Scott Campbell and William Stout as well as actor Peter Mayhew and even got to see Stan Lee already signing autographs. His energy is amazing. And this was just a few short hours in the evening. Tomorrow starts the first all-day affairs.

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Jul 19 2011

New Canvas Print Order

Was scrounging to choose a decent enough photo to use my Groupon canvas print coupon from Picture It On Canvas for. Got a little tired of looking through all my animal and city pictures so I settled on a recent shot I took of some old west decor that was sitting outside the entrance of a restaurant in Old Town here in San Diego. It was different enough for me to be refreshing and it didn’t take long to get it to look how I really liked it. I’m thinking the canvas texture will make the shot look even better.

Jul 18 2011

Vote For Stitch!

My friends Sylvia and Rodrigo have entered their doggie, Stitch, in a local “Dog Days of Summer” photo contest. I ask anyone reading this to go and place their vote for Stitch. It is a perfect picture.

Jul 18 2011

Today’s Silly

Jon Benjamin Has a Van Weds 10:30/9:30c
Exclusive – Handini – The Chain Escape
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Comedy Central Funny TV Shows Roast of Charlie Sheen

Jul 18 2011

RIP, Glenn Velo

Just found out this morning that another one of my high school classmates had passed away. Seems like he had done some genuine good during his life.

Jul 17 2011

Family Dinner, Care Of Stephen & Jeri

Had a fun family dinner over at my brother Ozzie’s house. The entire meal was prepared by my nephew Stephen and his girlfriend Jeri. We had hamburgers, hot dogs, french fries, potato salad, beans and a salad. Some had root beer floats for dessert. Enzo was crazy as ever.

Jul 17 2011

New Neighbor Welcoming Party

Went with my mom to a neighbor friend’s house for a party welcoming some new neighbors to the other end of our street. Interesting mix of young kids, adults, me and then a bunch of older folks. Topics of conversation were all over the place. Got to finally meet Jane’s new poodle Isabella.

Jul 17 2011

Disappointing Defeat For One, Joyous Celebration For Another

Picked up some really delicious pizza, chicken, pasta and salad from Pat & Oscar’s for lunch and watched the women’s 2011 World Cup soccer finals between the United States and Japan. After blowing two leads in the game, the first in the closing minutes of regulation, the other in the closing minutes of the second overtime, the US displayed some extremely disappointing lack of skills in the penalty shootout, eventually loosing the match. As frustrating and unsatisfying as the end result was, I am very happy for the Japanese women’s team who, after losing so much in the devastating earthquake and tsunami earlier this year, desperately needed to give their country a reason to celebrate. If it wasn’t going to be the US, I’m glad it was Japan.

Jul 16 2011

Nighttime Zoo

Had a really enjoyable time at the San Diego Zoo’s Nighttime Zoo. Didn’t see many animals because I was with two other families with kids, including two babies, but still had a very relaxed time. Got some really good shots of two sleeping polar bears. We stayed until they closed and were able to take a bus from the back of the Zoo all the way to the entrance for free.

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Jul 16 2011

Ambulating Along Shelter Island

Went for a morning walk with the Tapias along Shelter Island in hopes of seeing a gray whale that was spotted in the harbor yesterday. No luck with the whale-spotting but we did find the Girl in the Red Shoes. And it was a very enjoyable walk to areas we’d never been before.

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Jul 15 2011

Spotted My 100th Food!

Posted my 100th (actually 100th thru 103rd) posting on Foodspotting. Check that off my bucket (bad choice of word) list.

Jul 15 2011

Another Official Request For One Of My Photos

Received a message through Flickr today from the Denver Zoo asking if they could use one of my photos for an new exhibit ID and that they would credit me for the photo. After thinking about it for two tenths of a nano second I wrote back saying yes. I will allow it. This time.

Jul 15 2011

New Home For Scaley

Transfered our pet rattlesnake into a smaller, easier to carry container and then drove him (fastest he has ever gone at twenty miles an hour) down to the other end of the street, walked about a third of the way down the canyon and released him back into the wild. If he’d have had hands I’m sure they would have been waving. Or flailing wildly.

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