Some pics from the beginning of their trip, albeit from my wife's crappy cel phone camera:
Alex evidently got to pilot the plane:
... but chose to read the safety procedures after getting in the air. Be afraid.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
A Bachelor Once More ...
The wife and kid have abandoned me for a week, visiting family in Iowa. Due to us not being rich, and me being self-employed, we couldn't quite swing me going back too.
Some pics from the beginning of their trip, albeit from my wife's crappy cel phone camera:
Alex evidently got to pilot the plane:
... but chose to read the safety procedures after getting in the air. Be afraid.
Some pics from the beginning of their trip, albeit from my wife's crappy cel phone camera:
Alex evidently got to pilot the plane:
... but chose to read the safety procedures after getting in the air. Be afraid.
Monday, May 05, 2008
Numb3rs
Thanks to my wife's uncle Marty (set decorator for the TV show Numb3rs), we were able to watch a few scenes being filmed in downtown LA on Sunday.
Here's star Rob Morrow between takes:
After the shoot wrapped, the F/X guy gave us a personal tour of the cars involved and explained how the effects were done.
They gave us this call sheet, some of the gun shells and the hard glue plugs that were actually used to break the glass (in lieu of real bullets).
Director Alex hard at work. What a prima donna!
All in all, a pretty sweet day. We even got to eat with the cast and crew. I don't really watch Numb3rs, but we'll have to check out this episode when it airs. It's set to air Friday May 16th on CBS.
Here's star Rob Morrow between takes:
After the shoot wrapped, the F/X guy gave us a personal tour of the cars involved and explained how the effects were done.
They gave us this call sheet, some of the gun shells and the hard glue plugs that were actually used to break the glass (in lieu of real bullets).
Director Alex hard at work. What a prima donna!
All in all, a pretty sweet day. We even got to eat with the cast and crew. I don't really watch Numb3rs, but we'll have to check out this episode when it airs. It's set to air Friday May 16th on CBS.
Saturday, May 03, 2008
California '08 - Day 2
The previously mentioned, Acres of Books:
The Pike at Long Beach, a shopping and entertainment area. My mom spent several years of her childhood in Long Beach and Pike's is about the only area that is similar to how it was then. The aquarium and the Queen Mary were not yet around.
The Queen Mary:
And Shoreline Village, where I had a bite to eat at Gitana's
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Glendale Family Bike Ride
Alex and Michelle at the Glendale Family Bike Ride, which focused on alternative energy and recycling.
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Opening Day
Monday was the home opener for the Diamondbacks. They won -- yay!! And we had a good time. Here's proof:
Obviously Alex does well with the ladies because of his awesome fashion sense.
The little one even made it up on the D-backs ginormous new HD scoreboard in centerfield (I circled him in the picture). I would have gotten a better picture but I didn't have any warning.
Obviously Alex does well with the ladies because of his awesome fashion sense.
The little one even made it up on the D-backs ginormous new HD scoreboard in centerfield (I circled him in the picture). I would have gotten a better picture but I didn't have any warning.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Hockey
We've had the chance to take in a few hockey games lately. Good seats for the first couple of games. Upper deck, mid-court, first couple of rows:
Alex's eyes fixed on the game, but his body huddled next to me because of the chill of the arena:
But due to the largesse of one of my clients, the tickets I had for one game were even better. 3rd from the glass, just a couple feet from the Coyote penalty box:
The blue circle shows where those seats are (as viewed from the seats I had up above):
Not too shabby.
Alex's eyes fixed on the game, but his body huddled next to me because of the chill of the arena:
But due to the largesse of one of my clients, the tickets I had for one game were even better. 3rd from the glass, just a couple feet from the Coyote penalty box:
The blue circle shows where those seats are (as viewed from the seats I had up above):
Not too shabby.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Manhattan Beach
Rounding out our California trip was a stay at Michelle's aunt and uncle in Manhattan Beach. We purposely didn't plan too much so that we could take in the beach:
go for a bike ride up to Marina del Rey:
And a little shopping and eating at The Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, that I had talked about last year on our visit there.
What was interesting about this time was that I bought the coolest action figure ever at a toy store called the Puzzle Zoo:
'Nuff said. I will be the envy of all the nerd kids on my block. Worship me. I almost bought this following set just for the reaction that I would get from Scott. It's basically all his favorite people: Lenin, Che Guevara, Malcolm X, Ghandi, Mao Zedung. Sorry, Scott, no Von Mises action figures.
go for a bike ride up to Marina del Rey:
And a little shopping and eating at The Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, that I had talked about last year on our visit there.
What was interesting about this time was that I bought the coolest action figure ever at a toy store called the Puzzle Zoo:
'Nuff said. I will be the envy of all the nerd kids on my block. Worship me. I almost bought this following set just for the reaction that I would get from Scott. It's basically all his favorite people: Lenin, Che Guevara, Malcolm X, Ghandi, Mao Zedung. Sorry, Scott, no Von Mises action figures.
Farmer's Market
Our California adventures continued on Friday with a visit to The Farmer's Market. It's been around since the 30's and is a popular place to see Hollywood types shopping or eating lunch. We had pretty slim pickin's when we were there on Friday, just a couple of D-List actors - that curly-haired guy from The Bob Newhart Show, the unfortunately named Peter Bonerz (I'm sure he wasn't picked on as a kid):
and "The Mechanic" from Fight Club, Holt McCallany (also on the show Heroes), most memorable to me for the line:
MECHANIC --- "In death, a member of Project Mayhem has a name."
JACK --- "No -- !"
MECHANIC --- "His name is Robert Paulson."
But we had a nice lunch, jambalaya from The Gumbo Pot and a decadent brownie from local favorite Dupars.
Disneyland
Our California trip started out with a visit to Disneyland:
This was the first time that we actually stayed at a hotel near Disneyland. We stayed the night before and after. It made it very nice as we could walk to Disneyland and didn't have to rush.
We had a blast, had great weather and Alex was able to go on a lot of rides that he was too young to go on 3 years ago. Favorites of Alex included Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters, an interactive ride:
and Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage, a ride where you actually get in subs.
After a full day, just by accident, Michelle came upon a sandwich, the Monte Cristo, that we'd never had before at a little diner next to our hotel. It's ham, turkey and swiss on bread dipped in egg batter, deep fried and then covered with preserves. Obviously it's a heart attack on a plate and doesn't sound like it would be good but it's fantastic. It's origins are sketchy but the sandwich appears to have been popularized in LA and specifically at Disneyland.
This was the first time that we actually stayed at a hotel near Disneyland. We stayed the night before and after. It made it very nice as we could walk to Disneyland and didn't have to rush.
We had a blast, had great weather and Alex was able to go on a lot of rides that he was too young to go on 3 years ago. Favorites of Alex included Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters, an interactive ride:
and Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage, a ride where you actually get in subs.
After a full day, just by accident, Michelle came upon a sandwich, the Monte Cristo, that we'd never had before at a little diner next to our hotel. It's ham, turkey and swiss on bread dipped in egg batter, deep fried and then covered with preserves. Obviously it's a heart attack on a plate and doesn't sound like it would be good but it's fantastic. It's origins are sketchy but the sandwich appears to have been popularized in LA and specifically at Disneyland.
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