Larry’s sister Alyssa and her husband Jon came out and visited us for a long weekend – it was a blast! Â They hadn’t been out here since their respective Teen Tours (an explanation on that in another post, I suppose) so it was going to be fun to show them LA from a native’s perspective. […]
As you may or may not know by now, my stepdad Harv died this past Friday, June 28, 2013. This post is by no means a eulogy for Harv, but it certainly illustrates what is currently going on in my head as I make heads or tails of it. I am still in shock at […]
I know, you’re saying to yourself, isn’t every weekday for you a “day at Universal Studios”? Â Uh, yes, smart ass, it is. Â But in THIS context, jackass, it’s the theme park I’m talking about. Â Trent’s 16th birthday had 2 parts to it, and this visit to the theme park was the conclusion. Â An awesome aspect […]
Trent turned 16!  That means I’m old!  Ugh. Regardless of how much therapy that requires, Larry & I still made sure to celebrate it properly and joined Stacy, Trent & Kathy (who I’d not met before) down in Newport Beach to have lunch/dinner (lunner?  linner?) at the Crab Cooker.  Telling Larry that  a restaurant has […]
This past weekend was a whirlwind of travel and excitement, as I flew out on a red-eye flight on Friday night from LAX to Newark. Why? Because Larry’s mom, Fran, was getting married to Joel! Couldn’t miss that, now could I? It proved to be exhausting as well, as red-eye flights mixed with time-zone changes […]