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Fruit Everywhere!

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On Saturday morning we all woke up early and left the house by 8:30 for a trip to Brentwood.  It’s a 54-mile drive to the middle of farmtown to pick some white peaches, cherries, and blackberries.  The weather was warm but pleasant and the fruit was plentiful.

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Little J had a good time giving Uncle Bang dirt, wandering the orchard, and feeding the goats some twigs.  Jes and I ended up with about 4 pounds of fruit – 3 white peaches and lots of Bing and white cherries.

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We also found some bootilicious cherries that were just as yummy.   The others also picked a bunch of blackberries, which turned out to be the best deal since they were so tiny and had no seed inside.  For $2.50/pound, we have enough fruit for at least a week and had a fun time pickin’ fruit.

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For lunch, we went to a Red Robin in some mall that we found along the way.  The last time I had Red Robin was a while ago in Irvine and it was delicious.  We were all so excited that we ordered the Tower of (Onion) Rings for the table.  Awesome.

My Doctor, Dr. Mai

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Last night we had a going-away Happy Hour for our dearest Dr. Mai at Marc 49.  She’s leaving us for a 3-year residency at the VA Hospital in Westwood to become a doctor in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.  She’s not only a great doc but has been so much fun to have as our pediatrician and even patched up my finger

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I was a dummy and sliced my middle finger on a knife after our Fun Friday outing to McDonald’s with the kids.  Anyway, we’ll certainly miss her…especially during next year’s w/c bball tourney.

Deja Vu

Since I’m in class all this weekend, I’m finally getting the chance to organize and upload photos from last weekend.

Cheers!

Here are photos from Bang’s “I Got a Job!” Celebration last Friday.

Merlot

Here are photos from our quick trip up to Napa last Saturday.

End of the Longest Week Ever

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I don’t know why but last week felt like a month.  Work was busy but the days just dragged and I was an cranky t-rex ready to bite someone’s head off.  It wasn’t until Friday that I felt a little relief.  The last treatment session of the week ended with me, Teresa (my PT partner), and our little 6-year-old patient sitting on a stoop in the courtyard eating ice cream sandwiches with a bubble machine blowing.  The sky was blue, there was a gentle breeze, and the ice cream really hit the spot.  Aaaah…

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Once I got home, I put my running shoes on and headed out the door for a quick jog.  When I got back, Jes called to say that we were meeting up with the Bangs for Happy Hour at Nova.  Yay!

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We celebrated Bang’s new job acceptance and had a fun and crazy evening.  We all left the bar stumbling home and waking up the next morning feeling very sloooooow.

pride tasting

On Saturday morning, we headed up to Napa for the day.  We went for a tasting at Pride Mountain, had lunch at Cindy’s Backstreet Kitchen, and headed back to the city before the sun went down.

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KFOG was also doing their fireworks show at 9 pm that night so I got to watch a really long fireworks show from the roof of our building.  Weekends rule.

Triple Celebration

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This weekend was chockful of celebrations.  On Saturday, we attended Susie’s graduation, which took place on the USS Hornet.  It’s a retired aircraft carrier that has been turned into a museum and it was HUGE!  The ceremony lasted a whoppin’ 3 hours with lots of boring (and bad) speeches followed by a long procession of graduates whose names were called one by one.  The stage was so far from us that we had to watch everything from the giant screens overhead.

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Afterward, we explored the ship and got to go up to the flight deck.  That was pretty neato.

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In the evening, we had dinner at Tsunami and then walked down to Carmen’s (a filipino restaurant) located across from where we live to watch the pay-per-view fight.  It only lasted 2 rounds and I got back from walking Koa just in time to see the knock out.  Lucky me!  Pacquiao was crazy fast!  So in celebration of the win, the rest of the evening was spent drinking beer, singing karaoke, and entertaining Koa who was tied up outside the restaurant.

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All the workers at the restaurant loved coming out to greet Koa and some were determined to make friends with him.  He finally gave in and reluctantly let one of them pet him.

birthday cake

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On Sunday, we went to the Agustins’ for Jimmy’s Bday BBQ.  There was a lot of Cinco de Mayo-themed food and beverages and it was an eating and drinking marathon for everyone.  The party was also filled with physical challenges from push-ups to pull-ups to taking shots.  It was truly a typical Jimmy Bday.

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I also got to meet Agnes and Tim’s little 3-month-old girl who had the cutest hair-do.  It reminded me of Patti’s Katelyn’s hair back when she was a baby.  I reassured Agnes that her hair was come down eventually.

Party of Five

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On Saturday night we went to a party at A5 hosted by five people: Eleen (for her bday), Jenn (for her bday), Clara (for her bon voyage to Africa), Tony (for a zappos tweetup), and James (haamonii smooth free tasting).

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photo courtesy of jimagu

It was a lot of fun just hanging out with friends, meeting new people, trying different haamonii cocktails, and relaxing after a day of playing basketball.

Here are photos of the party.