Andrea and I finally went to check out the newly reopened California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco at Golden Gate Park next to the de Young Museum and the Japanese Tea Garden. Unfortunately, general admission tickets had been sold out since 10:45 AM and the only way to get in today was to purchase [...]
Remembering Our Veterans
Today is the day where we recognize and honor our veterans and troops. Veteran’s Day has even more meaning to me personally. My Uncle (dad’s brother) fought, and lost his life, in the Vietnam war. I never got the chance to meet him. I hear stories about him from my grandma and that’s pretty much [...]
Andrea’s Birthday
For Andrea’s birthday this year, we took a simple day trip to Sonoma for some wine tasting. Our first stop was to Ferrari-Carano Vineyards & Winery in Healdsburg, CA. Ferrari-Carano is owned by Don and Rhonda Carano, owners of the Eldorado Casino and Silver Legacy in Reno, Nevada. Their sons now concentrate on managing and [...]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MI AMOR
Today is a very special birthday for Andrea; a major milestone in her life and I’m very fortunate to be able to celebrate it with her. This is our fifth birthday together and our second as husband and wife.
For Andrea’s birthday this year, we drove down to Sonoma for some romantic wine tasting. We also [...]
One Year Anniversary Cruise Vacation Day 3
The Carnival Paradise arrived nice and early to Ensenada, Mexico at 6 AM. People were allowed to disembark the ship at 7 AM, but Ensenada stores don’t technically open until 10 AM. Fortunately we took advantage of that and slept in a bit to get some rest as we had a full day in Mexico. [...]
One Year Anniversary Cruise Vacation Day 2
The room we stayed in on Deck 4 (Riviera Deck), R159 has no window, but they create the illusion of windows with some clever decor. If you’ve never slept in a room without windows, you’ll find your body has a more difficult time of telling time. We awoke around 9:30 AM and it was still [...]
One Year Anniversary Cruise Vacation Day 1
We left for Oakland International Airport (OAK) at a bit after 7:00 AM and arriving before 8:00 AM to get checked in and get situated for our flight at 9:10 AM to Long Beach Airport. We flew JetBlue (Airbus A320), everything went quite smoothly and we landed at Long Beach Airport (LGB) an hour later. [...]
