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LEGO Landmarks!? Yes, please! (+ American Sniper Thoughts)

While spending $$$ at Americana and the Glendale Galleria, we ended up stumbling upon the fact that LEGO put in this fairly awesome collection of National Landmarks all around the Galleria.  We first saw the U.S. Capitol building when we entered the mall and were blown away by just huge it is.  I didn’t even […]

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A Much-Needed Big Bear Break

After the past week, this little excursion was almost too-perfectly timed.  Maj had proposed this trip about a month or two ago and when this was the only date available, both Nicki and I knew that was following directly after what was going to be the end of our NBCU time.  So this vacation would […]

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Visited by Fran and Other Photo Stories

Fran made a Los Angeles visit at precisely the right time, as she was able to be out here while the pretty intense snowstorm / blizzard went on back east.  That storm didn’t end up dumping a ton of snow on NYC and New Jersey but it definitely hit Boston and New England pretty hard. […]

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A Universal Day with Fran

I won’t go into the whole excursion today as I’m pretty damn tired, but here are just a tiny sampling of the pics I took today.  By the way, it was freakin’ glorious weather today and the Santa Ana winds ensured an absolutely gorgeous clarity in the air.  Just great.

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Guess Who’s Here?

Fran is visiting us! We just had dinner at the Dresden and it’s still fabulous.