The Civil War comes to Long Beach

May 31, 2009 eileen 0

We had a great time yesterday at the second annual Long Beach Civil War Reenactment this weekend. It was absolutely fascinating. I’m something of a Civil War buff, but we went with some friends and some kids, and everybody enjoyed it. After the battle, we […]

Body check

May 26, 2009 eileen 0

Chuck and I went in to see our dermatologist for our six month check-ups today. That means full body checks for both of us. As former sun worshippers, we almost always have something that needs to be frozen off or cut out. Today it was […]

When the Internet breaks

May 23, 2009 eileen 2

Our fiber optic modem decided to give up the ghost, pushed up the daisies, kicked the bucket, shuffled off its mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin’ choir invisibile (to paraphrase Monty Python)!! We’re not quite sure what caused it, but because […]

El Prieto redux

May 18, 2009 eileen 0

I just finished uploading some awesome new photos taken by our friend Gerry on Saturday at this year’s El Prieto Handicap race. He caught some great action shots of people running, and he was positioned at a point early enough in the race (at the […]

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