well, i'm finally back home after a great vacation in LA and baltimore, grateful that i took an extra day (today) off to settle back in and run some errands. before i get into my vacation, some general things i learned this past week:
-everything in baltimore is made out of bricks. good thing they don't have earthquakes out there because the whole city would just crumble into pieces.
-like 70% of the cars out there have that pinstripe across the sides of the car (right under the side windows). i think it's weird, and kinda ugly... why in the world do all the cars have those stripes??
-for some reason, eva thinks her vovlo is blue. eva, that car is GRAY. in fact, it's the color of the car in this post. does that look blue to everyone else?
-i can't believe i got better weather in baltimore than everyone else did at home. with no humidity too! so awesome.
-looks like the bears game this thurs (was supposed to be on espn too) will be canceled because of hurricane ivan. that means no game for... three weeks? ouch. i saw pics of the home crowd for the game this past saturday - how insane is that? it was a bigger crowd than last year's largest crowd against USC. bandwagon fans, but exciting to see nonetheless. at least i can say i had season tickets through the painful holmoe days, when we never had a winning season and never won the big game. my, how times have changed :) this team is deep... definitely will be an exciting year. no one hold any event on 10/9 please, i'm watching the cal-sc game, in anticipation of another upset!
okay that last one wasn't an observation from the east coast, although we were watching some college football with eric (eva's eric) sat night and he seemed to be shocked that i knew so much about football. it was pretty funny.
okay, here goes. highlights from baltimore! click here to see all of my baltimore pics.
monday:
- after what felt like a very long flight, i finally arrived in baltimore where o picked me up. jono came over and he drew pictures for us to color in (yes, we are in grade school). they are cool drawingss, but unfortunatley i didn't take pics of them before i left - i've left them on o/eva/ev's fridge for them to enjoy :)
tuesday:
- bumbled around town with o, went shopping, and then finally headed back and entertained myself while o went to class/cell group and eva was at work. was happy to finally see another human being when eva came back late from work at around 9ish.
wednesday:
- jono came over for lunch. o went off to class while jono hung around a little longer. (by the way jono, i've left the instyle behind for you. :) ask o for it.) bumbled around again until o finally came home and she took me out to egyptian pizza and gelato. and then we went to jono's where o gave me that wonderful tour of baltimore.
o at jono's:
thursday:
- o had no class, yet we spent the entire day (until 5ish) indoors, doing crafts. yes, even on vacation, this is what we do for fun. we made eva some cards for her birthday:
and then took her to chocolate fondue for dessert. YUM:
friday:
- o and i went to an o's vs. yankees game and sat in the nosebleed seats. so much fun! weather was beautiful, and the oriole's actually won. there sure were a lot of yankee fans at the game.
saturday:
- o, eva, and i went to DC where i actually got to see the monuments this time (last time i visited and we went to DC, it was so stinking hot that we walked about one block, sat down in the shade, and then went back to try to find a jamba juice.)
us at the new world war II memorial:
we came back to baltimore for dinner, where we ate crabs with eric. it was my first time eating crabs like that... i wonder why we don't eat it this way in california?
All in all, i had the best time. it was the right mix of relaxation and going out. only o and eva (and ev if she were there) could make baltimore this fun for someone.
click here to see the rest of my baltimore pics.
one last thing... we have something new in our household. that's right, ALIAS SEASON THREE! :) :) :)
tomorrow... it's back to work :( vacation over. :(
-everything in baltimore is made out of bricks. good thing they don't have earthquakes out there because the whole city would just crumble into pieces.
-like 70% of the cars out there have that pinstripe across the sides of the car (right under the side windows). i think it's weird, and kinda ugly... why in the world do all the cars have those stripes??
-for some reason, eva thinks her vovlo is blue. eva, that car is GRAY. in fact, it's the color of the car in this post. does that look blue to everyone else?
-i can't believe i got better weather in baltimore than everyone else did at home. with no humidity too! so awesome.
-looks like the bears game this thurs (was supposed to be on espn too) will be canceled because of hurricane ivan. that means no game for... three weeks? ouch. i saw pics of the home crowd for the game this past saturday - how insane is that? it was a bigger crowd than last year's largest crowd against USC. bandwagon fans, but exciting to see nonetheless. at least i can say i had season tickets through the painful holmoe days, when we never had a winning season and never won the big game. my, how times have changed :) this team is deep... definitely will be an exciting year. no one hold any event on 10/9 please, i'm watching the cal-sc game, in anticipation of another upset!
okay that last one wasn't an observation from the east coast, although we were watching some college football with eric (eva's eric) sat night and he seemed to be shocked that i knew so much about football. it was pretty funny.
okay, here goes. highlights from baltimore! click here to see all of my baltimore pics.
monday:
- after what felt like a very long flight, i finally arrived in baltimore where o picked me up. jono came over and he drew pictures for us to color in (yes, we are in grade school). they are cool drawingss, but unfortunatley i didn't take pics of them before i left - i've left them on o/eva/ev's fridge for them to enjoy :)
tuesday:
- bumbled around town with o, went shopping, and then finally headed back and entertained myself while o went to class/cell group and eva was at work. was happy to finally see another human being when eva came back late from work at around 9ish.
wednesday:
- jono came over for lunch. o went off to class while jono hung around a little longer. (by the way jono, i've left the instyle behind for you. :) ask o for it.) bumbled around again until o finally came home and she took me out to egyptian pizza and gelato. and then we went to jono's where o gave me that wonderful tour of baltimore.
o at jono's:
thursday:
- o had no class, yet we spent the entire day (until 5ish) indoors, doing crafts. yes, even on vacation, this is what we do for fun. we made eva some cards for her birthday:
and then took her to chocolate fondue for dessert. YUM:
friday:
- o and i went to an o's vs. yankees game and sat in the nosebleed seats. so much fun! weather was beautiful, and the oriole's actually won. there sure were a lot of yankee fans at the game.
saturday:
- o, eva, and i went to DC where i actually got to see the monuments this time (last time i visited and we went to DC, it was so stinking hot that we walked about one block, sat down in the shade, and then went back to try to find a jamba juice.)
us at the new world war II memorial:
we came back to baltimore for dinner, where we ate crabs with eric. it was my first time eating crabs like that... i wonder why we don't eat it this way in california?
All in all, i had the best time. it was the right mix of relaxation and going out. only o and eva (and ev if she were there) could make baltimore this fun for someone.
click here to see the rest of my baltimore pics.
one last thing... we have something new in our household. that's right, ALIAS SEASON THREE! :) :) :)
tomorrow... it's back to work :( vacation over. :(
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