Yet Another Lunch/Shopping Adventure in Eclectic, Downtown Ventura

Mon. & Tues., Sept. 16-17, 2024

With our annual boys only college football road trip looming this coming weekend, I felt it only right to take Laurie out for a lunch/shopping extravaganza in Ventura on Monday.

Downtown Ventura was a tad quiet

as many shops were closed for the day

The landmark art deco

Downtown Century Theater

We have purchased several pieces of

furniture at this store over the years

Wait, what does that sign say?

DAMN, after 48 years in business

the owners have decided to retire

NUTS!

Eclectic is a good word to . . .

. . . describe much of Ventura's Downtown

 

Those are HUGE Christmas lights!

My view sitting outside of a

store that Laurie was raiding

One of Ventura's oldest watering holes

Laurie bought something that

she could not live without here

What that was is beyond me.

A MUST go to spot for me on

Ventura's Main Street

This was a fun shop that I, for

one, had not entered before

Mission San Buenaventura

The historic hub of Ventura's Old Town. The mission was founded on March 31, 1782 by the now controversial Franciscan priest, Father Junípero Serra, who is often referred to as "The Apostle of California."

It was the ninth and final California mission founded by Serra who would be canonized as a saint by Pope Francis in 2015 amid denunciations from Native American tribes who accused him of presiding over a series of brutal colonial subjugation tactics.

On to the world of the weird . . .

How is this possible?

I'm glad that you asked.

The New York Football Giants (0-1) entered their game against the Washington Commanders (0-1) last Sunday with their only kicker nursing a sore groin.

On the opening kickoff of the contest, the Commanders returned it for an apparent TD that was called back due to the ever present Special Teams gaffe, "A Block in the Back."

Unfortunately, or typically, depending on how big a Giants fan you are, the NY kicker pulled a hamstring trying to chase down the Washington return man.

When the Giants finally scored their first TD of the game, they sent in their punter, who had never tried a PAT or FG in an NFL game, to attempt the conversion.

He missed horribly by all accounts.

Thus, on the two subsequent Giants TDs, the team opted to go for two and misfired on both attempts to bring their final point total on the day to 18.

As for the Commanders (1-1), they were able to parlay a whopping SEVEN Field Goals into a stunning 21-18 win over the Giants (0-2). 

The Los Angeles Rams Ambulance?

The Rams M.A.S.H. unit after

just two games of the campaign

Our Rams are 0-2 at the moment and this is certainly a contributing factor to our demise.

Another sign that the college

football Apocalypse is upon us

We continue to prepare for our trip

to Annapolis, Maryland this weekend

My only prediction for Saturday's Memphis Tigers (3-0) at Navy Midshipmen (2-0) is that Jacob, Michael and I will be at the storied Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium at the kickoff, occupying Seats 22, 23 and 24 in Section 28, Row 10.

That being said,

GO NAVY!