2014 has been pretty low key. A lot of time doing work around the home. Here is what has been happening since the last post.
Waltz across Texas with you in my arms
Waltz across Texas with you
Like a story-book ending I'm lost in your charms
And I could waltz across Texas with you
Ernest Tubb
Bridget went to Texas. Courtney has having a 30th birthday party, so Bridget went for that and to visit the grandsons. Bridget went to Texas and I did not even get a lousy T-shirt.
May 2014
The company Courtney works for is acquiring companies in California so she came out to Orange County.
She was able to stay over Friday May 23 and fly back that Saturday. She drove down Thursday after work and we had an awesome visit.
We ate good of course with visits to Cotija's , the local taco shop. Courtney says there is a difference between here and Texas on Mexican food. I agree but also like the TexMex style. We ate at Urge Gastropub. They were having a Hawaiian weekend and our University of Hawaii graduate got Loco Moco. Not like being in Hawaii but close. We went down to Old Town and ate at the Old Town Mexican Cafe, a family favorite.
It was a short visit but so awesome.
http://urgegastropub.com/
http://www.oldtownmexcafe.com/
http://www.oldtownsandiegoguide.com/
June 2014
This was month of freebies as Bridget kept entering contest and getting prizes.
June 8
Bridget won 2 tickets for the play "My Son the Waiter, A Jewish Tragedy at the Lyceum Theater downtown San Diego. We could park at Horton's Plaza and get free parking, too.
We were in row 2. Great seats. Here is a recap of the play and the writer/actor, Brad Zimmerman.
http://www.broadwayworld.com/san-diego/article/MY-SON-THE-WAITER-A-JEWISH-TRAGEDY-Comes-to-Lyceum-Theatre-528-76-20140508#.U78KVZRdXO4
The play was good and there were parts that were really funny.
Here is his official website. You can see excerpts from the play there too.
http://bradz.imwerks.com/
After the play we went to Tom Ham's Lighthouse and had a drink and just relaxed looking at the harbor, the boats and the city.
http://www.kgbhomegrown.com/
These were albums by San Diego musicians and the notes were by Cameron Crowe (before he became famous for writing Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Almost Famous, and many more) for I and II. You can read those notes and listen to all the songs for 8 albums from the link above. I still have the records for the 2, 3 & 4, then we moved to the City of Angels.
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http://www.kgbhomegrown.com/MP3/HG3/KGB_HG309.mp3
http://www.tomhamslighthouse.com/
http://www.kgbhomegrown.com/MP3/HG2/KGB_HG207.mp3
From Listen: They played at our Senior Prom in 1974. This song is from Homegrown II from 1974.
June 12
Free tickets to the House of Blues to see Kyle Setter and Love and Theft.
http://www.houseofblues.com/sandiego
Since we had standing room only tickets we did not hurry down to HOB. As it was, we still had to stand in line to get inside. Only heard a few songs from Kyle Setter.
https://www.facebook.com/kylesettermusic
She likes whiskey with her water
She starts dancin' when the stars come out
She ain't your typical preacher's daughter
She'll leave you dreamin' yeah there ain't no doubt
There's a little bit of devil in her angel eyes
She's a little bit of heaven with a wild side
Got a rebel heart a country mile wide
There's a little bit of devil in her angel eyes
A little bit of devil in her angel eyes
Love and Theft
We had to wait while they changed the stage. I had been trying to get familiar with Love and Theft and was listening to songs on You Tube. Did not really remember their big hit, Angel Eyes or Runaway. I drift in and out of country music so I was probably out.
http://www.loveandtheft.com/
They came out and played a great show. Their true fans were singing along to all the songs.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOvyymFaFs4&list=RDaOvyymFaFs4&index=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efEfTPxrIa0
July 13 So Cal Wine Country
Red, red wine, you make me feel so fine
You keep me rockin' all of the time
Red, red wine, you make me feel so grand
I feel a million dollar when you're just in my hand
Red, red wine, you make me feel so sad
Any time I see you go, it make me feel bad
Neil Diamond
Bridget won a fantastic prize from ECBC.
http://www.ec-bc.com/
It's a great company based in Murrieta, CA. They make great products. Bridget won 4 pieces of luggage which we used when we went to Texas at Christmas time. We got a wheeled duffle bag, a carry on, backpack and a messenger bag.The backpack allows you to unzip and lay flat without taking electronics out. They worked great.
In addition Bridget won a two night stay at the Temecula Creek Inn, a dinner at their restaurant and two wine tastings at the local wineries.
We came up in 2010 and had a blast. This time we were spending the night.
http://iwillseeyouinfaroffplaces.blogspot.com/2010/08/temecula.html
The wineries are less crowded on the week days versus the weekends. So we decided to stay Friday and Saturday nights. We are only 34 miles from the inn and the wineries are all around.
http://www.temeculawines.org/wineries-vineyards/
Our first stop was at Longshadow Ranch Winery. The people were great and so were the wines. Bought some to take home.
http://www.longshadowranchwinery.com/
We then went to the Temecula Creek Inn and checked in
http://www.temeculacreekinn.com/
We got a great room on the golf course and close to the restaurant. We walked around and relaxed in the room. We originally were going to have dinner later but the hockey playoffs changed that. Bridget changed the reservation so we could watch the end of the game. I was hoping it would still be a game. We went to our first King's game when we moved to Los Angeles and always suffered through the years with them until 2012. When we were dating we always went to the Gulls and the Mariners games in San Diego. Saw Gordie Howe score a goal at the end of his career.
Dinner was at Cork Fire Kitchen at the Inn. Bridget ordered the Hanger steak and I had the Maple-Glazed Seared Duck Breast. It was very good. For dessert we had a raspberry short cake and berries and sabayon.
Watched the Kings win the Stanley Cup for the second time in three years.
June 14
We went to Old Town Temecula and walked around.
http://www.oldtowntemecula.com/
For lunch we ate at Third Street Smokehouse.
http://www.thirdstreetsmokehouse.com/
It was really good and we both ate too much.
We went to the Wiens Family Cellars and tasted their wine. More wine to take home.
http://www.wienscellars.com/
Next stop Pechanga!
https://www.pechanga.com/
I made enough on the slot machines to pay for dinner.
We finally ate around 9 pm. We went to Habit Burger Grill. We had some other restaurants in mind but we were so full from lunch we were not ready to eat until late.
http://www.habitburger.com/
June 15
Headed for home. We had a fun trip.
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