Posted in life in general, youth on Oct 12th, 2009
Cleaning out the basement in preparation for a party, I found a shoe box full of mementos. Inside were baseball cards, crisply folded notes on aging notebook paper from classmates and girlfriends, birthday cards from family and friends, ticket stubs from concerts and socials, yearbook photos with notes written on the back. There were a [...]
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Posted in cars, life in general on Aug 14th, 2009
On Wednesday afternoon I sold my emerald green Saturn SL2 to a coworker. After a quick stop at the bank, we went to the MVA together. I signed the title over to him on the trunk lid. As soon as he got his new tags, I turned mine in. My last ride in Tai was [...]
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Posted in life in general on Jun 24th, 2009
There was a time in the not-so-distant past where I found myself in Pasadena on a regular basis. Last night I found myself reminiscing as I drove down Fort Smallwood Road. I was heading towards Riviera Beach en route to shoot some pool, but kept coming back to times of old. Late nights ordering custom [...]
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Posted in culture, film on Jun 7th, 2009
I’ve been borrowing a lot of movies lately. One of them has shiny things, old-school computers, horrendously trendy but period synthesized music, Paul Reubens, a 21-year old Sarah Jessica Parker, and a child lead who hasn’t been seen in years. The dubbing is fair, but it’s a classic. Flight of the Navigator embodies a kind [...]
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Posted in food on May 12th, 2008
My family and I went to East West Bistro in Pasadena for Mother’s Day brunch yesterday. When I called to make the reservation last Tuesday I was asked whether I was planning on the brunch or the full menu. I didn’t know if it would be an Asian-style breakfast buffet or a mixture of Americanized [...]
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