The My Day In Pictures articles are to keep friends and family updated on what is going on with my life. It was instituted at the request and for the benefit of one of my favorite people in the world, one of my aunts who is a retired telephone operator and lives a few hours away from me.
We were so surprised by the beautiful topography of Temecula that we added an extra day here to explore the surrounding mountains, look at real estate, and check out the local stores. The city of 100,000 or so people is surrounded by beautiful estates, vineyards, and farms growing citrus and avocado. It’s roughly 1-2 hours…
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I want to thank those of you who have written me in the past few days. The Internet access situation has been spotty, so I haven’t even had a chance to get through a fraction of the messages but the number of you offering to show us around towns, drive us to or from the…
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Ashly had an appointment so we babysat our godson this afternoon. He was perfect. He decided my job was Vocabulary-Checker-In-Chief as we spent 45 minutes with him pointing to things (“dat!”) and then making me say the word over and over, sometimes with him running around to find a second copy of the object to make…
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Since we were at the original Disneyland location, it seemed like a good excuse to pick up a handful of shares of The Walt Disney Company to add to the souvenir collection.
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You know I love The World of Color. There is a restaurant called Carthay Circle that offers a three-course dinner. If you dine there before a certain time, it includes a reserved ticket to a premium viewing area so you can watch the show from one of the best spots without having to stake out your…
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I experienced investor nirvana this morning. I was standing on Main Street in Disneyland out here in Southern California, taking a photograph of The Coca-Cola Refreshment Corner, with the cart vendors selling Nestle ice cream, and the loudspeakers begin playing, “The Wells Fargo wagon is a comin’ down the street”. It’s as if my investment portfolio…
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After dinner at Pierpont’s in Union Station, we made our way over to the symphony hall, arriving a few minutes before the orchestra took the stage. Tonight is a big departure from our usual Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. Particularly of interest to us were the second and third groups on the program. The second was Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra, which was performed by Jiyeon Kim, a guitar virtuoso.
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Aaron’s mom hadn’t been to the symphony here in town since the new performing arts center opened so we decided to take her to dinner and a performance. I completely forgot it was tonight because I started my first Korean drama in two months a few days ago and had scheduled some time to watch…
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My youngest sister made our day yesterday by stopping by the house to visit for a few hours. She had been at the NakaKon convention in Overland Park and saw an 8-bit pixel Metroid collectible she thought I’d love. She was right. Upon holding the specimen, I temporarily reverted to a six year old, 1980s-living, NES-dominating beast. Behold, and listen to the theme if you need some adequate inspiration.
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We spent Christmas Eve this year with my in-laws, and Christmas morning over at my parent’s house having breakfast. Unfortunately, with my sister and her family living a couple hundred miles away now, they weren’t able to be there. (My mom and dad, not being able to stand not to see their grandkids, got in…
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