Thursday, January 3 - Thursday, January 10, 2019
A busy week to be sure to start off the New Year that started with fun lunchtime meetings with friends and ended with some quality family time in Las Vegas.
A lunch date with Rio Mesa teacher
Martha Jimenez-Ito is always good
for more than a few giggles
Cheesecake Factory red velvet cheesecake is the right choice after having a salad for lunch isn't it?
So was lunch the next day at BJ's Brewery in Burbank with Mike D'Antuono and Paul Sabolic where we solved all of the problems facing Husky Nation.
After our fun lunch in Burbank, I stopped to pick up some much needed provisions at . . .
. . . the Porto's Bakery that
specializes in Cuban cuisine
Two dozen meat pastries saw Laurie and I through the weekend.
On Sunday we drove up to Santa Barbara.
The Paseo still had up their
Christmas decorations
A avenging angel?
Nothing says Christmas
like a Nutcracker
Laurie is such a
social butterfly
On the way home from Santa Barbara,
a cheeseburger in Carpinteria
hit The Spot
I leave for Season II with the
Varese Skorpions soon
The Skorpions during a Team Period
at a recent practice
We have 21 teams signed up
for the 2019 Italian DII season
This is down slightly from the 24 clubs in DII last year.
In 2018, DII was divided into six, four team conferences. We all played eight regular season games made up of six home-and-away conference games plus two non-conference games against teams from two separate conferences.
This coming weekend FIDAF, the governing body of American football, will announce the 2019 conference alignments and regular season schedules.
The Rams had a bye in Week #1
of the NFL playoffs
The Rams will host the Dallas Cowboys this coming Saturday in a Divisional playoff game.
On Monday our home hosted
a mushroom we were told
Only it was a really Mary
Monday was also the night of the
Biggest Game in College Football
It was the #1, 14-0 Alabama Crimson Tide against the #2, 14-0 Clemson Tigers.
It should have been a tight, nail biter type of a game.
It wasn't
Tuesday morning was my day
to apply for my Italian work visa
at the Consulate in Los Angeles
It went amazingly smoothly
Who would have guessed?
We just had to stop at Philippe's
for a double-dipped French sandwich
after the Consulate before driving
on to Las Vegas for a few days
Walking grandson Kevin
to school on a Las Vegas
Wednesday morning
Scorpions in Las Vegas?
Lots of Scorpions in Las Vegas!
When will they ever learn to spell it with a K ?
Where were we driving you ask?
To an ice rink to watch the NHL
Vegas Golden Knights practice
That's a lot of pucks!
Fast break practice
One of their warm-up drills
Stretching and instructions after
the warm-up drills
One-on-One Drill
Back at the Las Vegas version of Casa Contreras, it was time for dinner and games.
Who is that man behind the
Foster Grant sunglasses?
Why it's Kevin Contreras!
Thursday at the Bellagio
on the Strip
Nice Floor
Nice Ceiling
Nice Horse
Eau!
Glorious Flowers
Un Cafe at the Bellagio's
Palio Cafe
Shades of the great horse race
in Siena
A single scoop of Gelato costs
only $5.99 USD!
HOLY MOTHER OF GOD, get me to Italy, STAT!
John Mull's Road Kill BBQ
is the perfect spot for a take-out
dinner for five
After dinner we played a few fun rounds of Uno Attack.
Adding a card spitting dinosaur into
the mix of the great family game
of Uno is, well, . . .
FANTASTIC!
Reading Is FUNdamental!
A Skyhook/Slam Dunk read
if you are a Holmes genre fan
And I am.
One more week
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