Wednesday, September 20, 2017

San Diego

On Sunday, we drove to Las Vegas.  We stayed at Circus Circus.  We ate dinner at the Pizzeria and walked around the Midway.



On Monday, we drove to San Diego.  We stayed at Days Inn at Hotel Circle.  We ate at El Torito for dinner.,






On Tuesday,  we went to Trader Joes, Target, Old Navy, and the Mission Valley Mall.  We ate lunch at Chipotle.  We walked around the Seaport Village and ate dinner at San Diego Homecooking in Lake Murray.





















On Wednesday, we went to Sea World.  We saw the dolphins, sea lion and otter, pets rule, and the orca encounter show.  We ate lunch at Pineapple Pete's  We went and saw the beluga whales, walrus, sharks, and turtles.  We ate dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory and walked around the Gaslamp Quarter.
























































































On Thursday, we went to the Fashion Valley Mall.  We picked Dad up at his conference and ate lunch at the Boudin Bakery.  Dad and I went to the USS Midway and did the audio tour.  We ate dinner at the Alamo restaurant in Old Town.




























































On Friday, we drove to San Juan Capistrano and walked around the shops.  We ate lunch at the Crab Cooker in Newport Beach and went to Growers Direct.  We drove to Mission Viejo.  We stayed at the Hilton Garden Inn in Foothill Ranch.  We ate dinner at Ruby's Diner in the Shops at Mission Viejo.


















On Saturday, we ate lunch at the Cheesecake Factory and walked around the Shops at Mission Viejo. There was a body found in a car down the street from my brother's house and the entire street was taped off with police.





On Sunday, we went to church.  My sister-in-law made us dinner.  We watched Hotel Transylvania 2.



On Monday, we drove back to Vegas.  We stayed at Circus Circus.  We walked around the Town Square mall and ate dinner at Firehouse Subs.




































 On Tuesday, we drove home.

Thursday, August 31, 2017

Total Eclipse


August 21 was the total eclipse.




Monday, August 21, 2017

Eclipse Playlist

In honor of the eclipse:

Ain't No Sunshine
Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Back to Black by Amy Winehouse
Black and Gold by Sam Sparro
Back in Black by AC/DC
Blinded by the Light by Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Blue Moon
Can't Fight the Moonlight by LeAnn Rimes
C Moon by Wings
Dancing in the Dark by Artie Shaw
Dancing in the Dark by Bruce Springsteen
Dancing in the Moonlight by King Harvest
Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me by Elton John
Fly Me to the Moon
Here Comes the Sun by the Beatles
I'd Rather Go Blind by Etta James
I'm Beginning to See the Light by Frank Sinatra
I See the Light from Tangled
I Wear My Sunglasses at Night by Corey Hart
I Wished Upon The Moon
Let the Sunshine In from Hair
Love in the Dark by Adele
Man on the Moon by R.E.M.
Me and My Shadow
Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway) by Billy Joel
Moonage Daydream by David Bowie
Moonlight by Sting
Moonlight Serenade by Glenn Miller
Moon River
Moon Shadow by Cat Stevens
Moondance
Old Devil Moon from Finian's Rainbow
On the Sunny Side of the Street
Shadow Days by John Mayer
She Blinded Me with Science by Thomas Dolby
Sunshine by The Isley Brothers
Supermassive Black Hole by Muse
Theme from Dark Shadows
To the Moon and Back by Savage Garden
Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler

Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Road Trip Literature

  • Amy and Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
  • An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
  • Anywhere But Here by Mona Simpson
  • Flaming Iguanas by Erika Lopez
  • The Glass Castle by Jeanette Wallis
  • Going Bovine by Libba Bray
  • Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer
  • Just One Day by Gayle Forman
  • The Last Days of California by Mary Miller
  • On Such a Full Sea by Chang-Rae Lee
  • On The Road by Jack Kerouac
  • Paper Towns by John Green
  • The Road by Cormac McCarthy
  • Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
  • 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
  • Two Way Street by Lauren Barnholdt
  • The Wangs vs The World by Jade Chang
  • Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig