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50th Anniversary of the Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl

Last night we had the 2nd of our Mila-sponsored Hollywood Bowl shows, with the first being the thrilling Janelle Monáe concert from back in June.  Now that it’s nearing the end of summer, our concerts are going to coming fast and furious, which is great! Anyway, last night was a tribute concert to commemmorate the […]

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Went into the Pacific Ocean today

Larry and I went into the Pacific Ocean today, for the first time since we’ve lived here.  Not just the getting feet wet stuff either, as we HAVE done that previously especially when living in Santa Monica, but getting ALL in the water.  It was awesome! Rewinding a little bit to explain why we were […]

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Game Night / Cookies redux

On Friday night, I hosted a game night with some friends, having El Pollo Loco food handy which is ALWAYS good and making some chocolate chip cookies for dessert.  I’ve been using a new recipe found here: http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2013/12/the-food-lab-best-chocolate-chip-cookie-recipe.html I never think about making cookies a day before though, which is the amount of time recommended […]

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Jukebox Through Nerdville: REO Speedwagon & Chicago at the Greek

“Jukebox Through Nerdville” is one of the first things I ever learned about Larry when meeting him through chemistry.com, and it’s an apt description.  Not that I lay claim to a taste in music above reproach, that’s for sure, but I loved that Larry had this kind of taste in music.  More often than not, […]

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The One Where I Won

We made it back to Las Vegas in under 3 months, which is a bit surprising nowadays.  It was a lot of fun though, even if we ended up back there in the midst of 105-degree temperatures.  There’s lots of pictures below but I’ll get right to the point of my headline: I made money […]