"after driving 850 miles, i made it back from yosemite and sequoia/kings
canyon alive and in one piece! phew! not bad for a weekend trip! unlike
all our previous trips, this time we left on friday night and slept up in
fresno [where we were warned by the motel 6 security not to hang around
outside, because there was often driveby shootings, this is all while the
clerk was behind bulletproof glass]. seth and rebecca joined our usual
crew of me, nick and tanya. we got up saturday morning and drove the 90
miles into yosemite, and hiked around waterfalls and stuff till we couldnt
move our bodies. unfortunately this was part of our undoing because seth
got the great idea to swim in the pool above the waterfall [afterall, it
was a hot day and he was hungry for fish] and was quickly sucked over the
top! rebecca decided to jump in to save him and was quickly doing a swan
dive off the top of the waterfall too. tough break! so tanya nick and i
had to climb back down the rocky ledge to identify the bodies with the
park ranger, thats when we saw seth at the bottom through the rangers
binoculars! he was barely alive! but then two black bears at the base of
the waterfall ran in and started ripping his fragile body up like shreds
of paper! turns out that once a bear has a taste of human, they go on
killing rampages through people's tents and stuff never eating fish again
like they should! who knew!
nick would have none of this, so he went down and started hitting the bear
with his backpack and the bear promptly ate off his upper torso leaving
his legs for the other bear who quickly ate those too. all that was left
was me and tanya, so we decided we were done with hiking for a little
while, and headed back to the car and drove home.
the end." - ian
Interesting story. I think its fabricated...hmm.
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Long time no talk,
Only in LA can you find 9 Lamborghinis' in a row.
Maybe I will get remotivated to update this thing, we'll see...
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Yahoo!
This week I started at Yahoo. Its been crazy and fun at the sametime. Everyone is very cool here. Its fun to be at a company where everyone is into relatively the same thing (meaning that basically we are all geeks). I broke down the days of whats been going on.
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Disneyland
Its been quite sometime since I've updated this old thing, so here it goes. Last weekend, Rebekah, myself, her two brothers and their families took a trip to the most magical place on earth, Disneyland. It had been 10 years since I went to Disneyworld so this was going to be a big refresher. We got there at 9am and the party didnt stop until 10pm, thats right, 13 hours of Disneyland fun. It turned out to be a really good time.
We ended up going on almost every ride, that included Space Mountain, Mattadore, Small World, Peter Pan, Indiana Jones, Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted House and more that I cant remember. I would have to say my favorite of all the rides was probably the Mattadore. It was a rollercoaster ride that went around a snow mountain. My most sentimental favorite was the Peter Pan ride, something about being up high above Big Ben.
In an attempt to get as much out of Disneyland as we could; we were tried to stay late so we could see the grand fireworks display. Since it was the 50th anniversary of Disneyland existance, they had a spectacular fireworks display and parades on the hour. But because of high winds the show was cancelled. Althought, that didnt stop them from showering the streets in snow (see below).
All in all it was a great time, the kids were good and didnt cause to much of a fuss. We got to go on all the rides we wanted and I still was able to chill in Mickey's house.
Well, enough of my babling, take a gander at some of the pictures from that day.
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Coldplay Concert, Irvine CA
Rebekah and I went to the OC and saw COLDPLAY. As some of you may know I missed an opportunity to see see coldplay in 2000 when they first came to the US. Well this time I was not going to let them pass me by. We bought tickets un June and had some pretty high up seats (nose bleeds if you will). We were in the second to last row. Nonetheless, it was an amazing concert. They played all there best songs and new ones from their recent album. The lead singer, Chris Martin, was very funny, joked around with the crowd and even ran in to the crowd and jumped on the sound mixers. They did about 15 songs and lasted for a while. Overall, it was great and and I suggest everyone see them. Well, here are some pictures from the concert. We were really far away so the pictures are not great but still good.
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North California: Napa Valley, Winchester Mansion, Old Faithful and Muir Woods.
Welcome,
Rebekah and I high tailed up to Northern California to see some beautiful areas. We drove an hr north from Rebekah's house to Napa Valley (where all the wine is made). On both sides of the road are rows and rows of vineyards. A little north of that was our first tourist trap, Old Faithful of California. One of only 3 remaining geysers in the world that erupts at set intervals. We arrived just in time and were able to see all its glory. After that we found the Robert Mondavi winery and did some wine tasting.
The next day we drove to Muir Woods to see the enormous Redwoods. The average redwood grows to be 300ft and they werent kidding. The forest was beautiful, a quick hr walking trail led us to some nice areas. After that we drove up along the california coast of Coastal Highway 1.
On the last day of our journey we ended up in San Jose. The Winchester Mansion was our destination. This house was built by the widow of the founder of Winchester Rifles. She thought ghosts were telling her to move west and build. So she packed it up from CT and drove to San Jose, CA; bought some land and starting building a house that could never be finished. She ended building over 150 rooms with doors that open to walls and staircases that lead to nowhere. The house was pretty cool but since all of the original furniture was auctioned upon her death in 1919, the mystery was kind of not that mysterious. The idea was nice but wasnt what I thought it would be.
OK OK, enough of my babling on and on, click the link below to see the pictures from our trip. =0)
Aug. 21st, 2005 @ 05:58 pm
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Hearst Castle / San Simeon
Welcome,
On our latest episode, you will be taken to an enchanted castle. Filled with acres of open land, secret rooms, wild animals and magnificent views. This castle is known to be called, Hearst Castle. Conceived by W.R.Hearst in the 1920's, he spent 20 years building his dream home. Although it was never finished, the structure that was completed is breathtaking.
So sit back and enjoy the show, Rebekah and I will be your tour guides...
Jul. 19th, 2005 @ 06:14 am
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| » This is Our House |
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Fairfield Street Posse
Hellooooooo,
Well its been about a month or so since we moved into La Case de Fairfield. I took some pictures to show you how we live. You will be pleasantly surprised. Its a far cry from Fowler ave or Lomita, so enjoy it as much as we do.
If you have some comments then let me know.
Jul. 2nd, 2005 @ 03:38 pm
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Echoooooo Mountainnnnnnn
Hello again,
Our next adventure takes us to Echo Mountain in Alta Dena, CA. About 100 years ago a man from the east coast moved to CA for its quality air and warm weather (at least one of them is true nowadays). Upon his exploration of the land, he traveled to the top of Echo Mountain. He noticed that there was enough land and privacy to build a house and some other activities atop the mountain.
After a couple of years he had completed a hotel, casino, trolly station, power plant, dance hall and tennis courts. For five years this was the place for some of CA finiest citizens. The property was eventually forclosed and forest fires burned down all but the observatory a few yards away.
Today the foundations of the house and casino still are present. A few monuments and some old parts of the train are still there. The view atop the mountain is one of the best I have seen. But enough of my rambldings, take a look at the pictures below and enjoy.
Jun. 19th, 2005 @ 04:45 pm
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I left My Heart in San Francisco
Hello again,
About a month ago Rebekah and I went up to her families house to celebrate her fathers birthday. After some fine eating and guitar playing we spent the next day running around San Francisco. This was my first time to the city that brought us Full House and Rice a Roni, and I must say, I was impressed. It seemed cleaner and a little more exciting that its LA counterpart. We traveled through Fishermans Warf, Fort Point, Golden Gate Bridge and some other places.
Usually I would have pictures here with funny anecdotes, but not this time. I got my pictures developed on CD and they came with a built in webpage for viewing. So following the link below and enjoy!
Pictures of San Francisco
May. 28th, 2005 @ 09:22 am
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