Aug
24
2010
UPDATE:The answers are below in the comments.
Here’s a quiz. Can you guess which movies these quotes came from? There are a few easy ones, but maybe some you don’t remember.
“You make me want to be a better man.”
“Just set the damn cake on fire.”
“You are not in Kansas anymore. You are on Pandora, ladies and [...]
Jul
18
2010
Our last day in San Francisco started at 5:15 a.m. when one of my roomies decided she had laid in bed long enough. I snoozed for another hour, but 6:15 is still too early to get up on vacation, isn’t it? We ate at Denny’s again and drove into town.
Our first stop was Ferry Plaza [...]
Jul
16
2010
We got another early start on the day, after eating breakfast in the hotel restaurant looking out over the ocean again. Then we headed into town to tackle Telegraph Hill and see Coit Tower.
We drove to the area and circled the block a few times looking for a parking space. There was a tight one [...]
Jul
14
2010
When I’m on vacation, I usually love to sleep in until 7:00 or so, but not my roommates! Alice was up and working on her computer long before 6:00 and Glenda jumped in the shower. I worked at waking myself up in time to sip the hot coffee Alice brought back to our room around [...]
Jul
13
2010
I went to San Francisco with my girlfriends, Glenda and Alice, over the 4th of July week. Glenda and I left Mesa on Saturday morning and drove as far as Burbank. We went out for dinner and to a movie that evening (”Knight and Day” with Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz) before returning to our [...]
Jun
24
2010
In my last post, I teased a story about an eventful stop at the bank that Megan, Steven and I made while I was in Boise. All’s well that ends well, but the journey was quite frustrating.
It all started on Friday afternoon as the kids and I were out geocaching, and we wanted to stop [...]