Tuesday-Monday,
July 30 - August 5, 2019
It wasn't hot enough for us in Camarillo so we opted to head to toasty Las Vegas and it's triple digit temperatures to celebrate our grandson Kevin's 8th birthday.
Not counting for any food/restroom stops along the way, it is about a five hour drive from our home in Camarillo to Andy, Jenn and Kevin's in Las Vegas.
This GREAT hole-in-the-wall
diner is located in Victorville, CA
It is ideally situated two and a half hours into our trip and serves wonderful breakfasts and burgers. We make it a culinary point to dine here every time we head out to Las Vegas.
I ordered their signature Brian Burger and was not disappointed.
Plus, it's a Historical Point of Interest
The view from our counter seats
awaiting our food
Fully sated once again, we were off to finish our relatively easy drive into the desert.
We decided to make a rare trip into the famed Las Vegas Strip to see one of Sin City's newest sights.
No, not her
Not this place either
NOW WE'RE TALKING!
Laurie and her love of Prosecco
She is big on Bellini too
Gelato prices in Eataly Las Vegas
We're not in Varese any longer, for $4.90 we could purchase at least two and probably three small cones at most gelaterias in Lombardia.
We ate lunch here
We had a solid Margherita pizza here for a mere $21, OUCH!
This same pizza would cost about $4.50 in Italy.
A macchiato sounded good
but we would have had to
exchange Kevin for the cost
of two of them
No argument here
Actually, I'm not sure that
any of our servers were Italian
but I liked the sentiment
Private Eye Kevin
"Hey Grandpa George, let's
play corn hole in 108°F heat!"
As it turns out, both of our
grandsons have proved themselves
to be great at this game!
There she was again as we
were leaving expensive Eataly
We made one final stop at
the Vegas Golden Knights
Team Store
The Golden Knights are Las Vegas' highly successful NHL team.
Kevin and Chance
Chance, a Gila monster, is the Golden Knights' mascot.
We all liked this
Golden Knights totem pole
THE Golden Knight
New York, New York skyline
in Las Vegas
The new home of the NFL's soon to move
Oakland/Las Vegas Raiders
The Raiders are set to move into this state-of-the-art facility for the 2020 season.
To meet the 2020 season deadline
this facility will continue to be
working full bore
As of the moment the stadium construction continues to be on time.
Finally, it was Saturday, August 3rd, Kevin's 8th birthday!
Morning birthday pancakes
from McDonalds
What more can an eight year old want?
Well, playing volleyball
with his birthday party
balloons for one thing
Saw this at the local Hobby Lobby
while Kevin was at his piano lesson
Sounds easy to me.
Finally, it was time too . . .
. . . PARTY!
After swimming, it was time too . . .
. . . share birthday cupcakes and . . .
. . . singKevin a Happy Birthday!
DIG IN!
Time to open the presents
I think he liked this one
Happy Boy!
Getting ready for bed
after a full day
Sunday was a sobering day as news of shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio reminded us that America is definitely not great again.
When Laurie and I went out to do some shopping on Sunday morning, we saw this sign . . .
About 200 yards behind this
Gun Show sign is Sierra Vista H.S.
Poignant.
Good bye Kevin, see you soon!
As always, it was a GREAT weekend with our Las Vegas family!
Meanwhile, back in the world of EuroBall . . .
Our Varese Skorpions Center
is now officially a Europe Warrior
Congratulations Capo!
The Warriors U18 team will play the Austrian National U18 team in November in Vienna.
I will be working on the Warriors staff as the Special Teams coach.
The U19 European Championship
Tournament continued this
week in Bologna, Italy
On Monday, Team Italy had lost to Team Denmark 17-6 in the opening round of the eight team tournament.
Team Italy was back
at it on Thursday
Now in the Consolation Bracket, they faced Team Spain who had been routed by the tournament's odds on favorites, Team Austria, by a final score of 61-7.
Some photos of Varese Skorpions in their final two tournament games ensue.
#12 WR Matteo Mozzanica
#45 OLB Pietro Migliori
#49 Alessandro Brovelli is open . . .
. . . and makes the grab
Mozzanica at it again
Stay, on your feet Pietro!
Team Spain wins in an upset
Team Italy fans were not happy as our blue team dropped to 0-2 in the tournament.
Team Italy was relegated to playing
in the 7th-8th place game on Sunday
It would be Italy vs. Norway
Italy in White
#49 Alessandro Brovelli was the only
photogenic Skorpion in the
Norway game for some unknown reason
Go Brovo GO!
He looks powerful here
Breaking an arm tackle
Brovo easily had the best tournament
of any of the Skorpions
YAHOO!
Team Italy finally won a game
All tournament results
can be found here
It was a rugged week for all eight teams as each team had to play games on Monday, Thursday and Sunday.
As for the 2019 U19 European Tournament Champions, it was . . .
. . . TEAM AUSTRIA!
While it is granted that some of Austria's older players cannot play in our U18 game in November, the Europe Warriors U18 squad will still be facing a tough Austrian team to be sure.
The Austrian U19 team swept through this tournament in cavalier fashion ripping off three easy wins.
The Austrian U19 tournament results were:
Austria 61 - Spain 7
Austria 45 - Denmark 6
Austria 28 - Sweden 0
An aggregate sore of 134-13, impressive.
Reading Is FUNdamental!
Of the 19 Donna Leon books that
I have read over the years,
this was my favorite
Thank you Judy Warner for advising me years ago to start reading her Guido Brunetti series of books.
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