Archive for the year 2009
An All-American Date
Posted on May 22, 2009 by Ching under Life, Things to Do.
Brian surprised me yesterday by taking me on an all-American date. He took me to a baseball game. I’d never been to a baseball game before so it was quite an adventure.
It was a real treat to watch the game from the Viega suite (Sky Box 1). I’m so glad Brian’s boss had extra tickets.
I had a good time despite the somewhat uneventful game. Inning after inning, the Wingnuts couldn’t couldn’t score. Of course, the Wingnuts’ winning streak would end the day that Brian and I come out to watch them.
I’d love to go again. Hopefully next time the Wingnuts will be victorious. It’s a lot more fun when your team is winning.
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WPTAPL “Wylde” Caribbean Adventure
Posted on May 20, 2009 by Ching under Travel.
Have you booked your trip yet? The entire gang is going on another cruise poker cruise this year.
The ship will be sailing out of Miami and though the Eastern Caribbean this time, the side that Brian and I haven’t been to yet. If we weren’t going to the Philippines this year, we would be totally all over this. Seriously. We’d want to go as players this time, though. Playing is way, way more fun than dealing, that’s for sure.
Book your trip today before all the cabins sell out!
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Sock Reminds Me of Dill
Posted on May 20, 2009 by Ching under Videos.
Doesn’t Reaper’s Bert “Sock” Wysocki remind you guys of Dill? Reaper is one of Brian’s favorite TV shows. We’d been watching it for two seasons now and this didn’t dawn on me until last week. Sock did something funny, as he usually does on the show. It made me go, “That is so Dill!” Brian agreed. I can’t believe we didn’t realize it until now. =P
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Our Gift Put to Good Use
Posted on May 18, 2009 by Ching under Family.
Looks like the boys have put the scribble center to good use. Perhaps we should have gotten two?
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Riverfest Fireworks Get Less Impressive Each Year
Posted on May 17, 2009 by Ching under Life, Things to Do.
Cory’s sister Christy was nice enough to allow Brian and I to join them at their saved spot for yesterday’s fireworks show. Brian and I brought our travel games set so we would have something to do while we waited. The four of us (Cory, April, Brian and I) ended up playing “Kings and Threes,” which Brian got super lucky and won.
The Riverfest fireworks were so-so. I think the highlight of the entire evening for me was Christy’s five-year-old kid Marshall and his zingers. Earlier in the evening, Brian and I had to move our blanket. Marshall wanted to know where we were going. Brian wanted to play a trick on him and told him that we were leaving because the fireworks were over. Brian tried to convince Marshall that he missed it because he was too busy sliding up and down the hill. I got a real hoot out of listening to the two of them talk. Brian told Marshall about how he missed all the booming and crashing and now that it’s all over, it’s time to go. Marshall, who seemed to be an experienced fireworks spectator, was not going for it but you could tell he was confused. He was like, “Na-ah.” When Marshall saw me laughing he exclaimed, “That wasn’t funny!” while giving Brian a stern look. It was adorable.
My butt hurt from having sat on the hard ground so long, but Marshall’s zingers made it all worthwhile. As Dancing Queen started playing during the fireworks show, he shouted very proudly “I know this song! It’s from Mamma Mia!” So cute!
Getting out of the downtown area was mayhem per usual. It is one of my least favorite parts of Riverfest, and post fireworks activity. I was immediately reminded of why we skipped watching the fireworks in years past. Anyway, we managed to get out of downtown somehow and met Cory and April for munchies at IHOP. Everyone had the same idea, apparently, because they were packed last night.
Cory finally got a hold of Jay and Becca. We thought they were going to join us for fireworks, but they opted to play poker instead. In hindsight, that might have been a better idea. LOL.
Kidding aside, Jay had mentioned to Cory that he wanted to play as much poker as he can so he can make some money before his trip to Boston. I have a better money-making idea for him…
I think we should sell light sabers at next year’s River Festival. You can get these things for a mere $2 each online and they were selling them for $10 a pop. I bet these dudes made a killing!
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