Talk Like a Pirate Day is tomorrow, y’all. And I’m throwing a bridal shower in the office instead of the pirate party. (Hey, the bride happened to pick that date…and she couldn’t (or wouldn’t?) change the date!) Obviously, Captain Bubbles, the Jolly Pirate of the South China Sea, will be presiding the bridal tea luncheon. Oy, lassie! Yer wanna another cuppa? Heeeheee....
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You know you’re in Southern California when your breakfast is leftover lamb biryani and goat curry, your lunch is chopped salad and roasted tomato soup, and your dinner is pork belly over piles of kimchi at a Korean barbecue. Add some good friends into the mix, and what you have is one great Sunday. Well, except for the fact that Brandon is not here and the kimchi heartburn is creeping up. I had a lunch date with Nora at South Coast Plaza today to get all the news from her recent trip to Australia and New Zealand, and to view...
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With less than one hour notice, I rushed off this afternoon to join a few people in practicing the Thriller dance on the beach at Dockweiler State Park. Yes, you heard me. Thriller. On the beach. I am joining the Los Angeles group in Thrill the World 2008 where folks gather in full make up and costume to dance to Michael Jackson’s Thriller at the exact same time all over the world. For LA it’s Saturday October 25 at 11 a.m. I saw the video last year and have always wanted to do it. Finally here’s my chance!The LA group...
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Coworkers congregated in my cubicle over some chocolate covered almonds. “Have you seen Oakley’s article in the Daily Breeze?” Coworker #1 referred to my 15 seconds of fame. “No,” Coworker #2. CW#1 continued to tell CW#2 about Temple of Fresh & Easy blog. CW#2 snorted. “Who has time for that kind of thing?” And of course, CW#2 ranted on about how he doesn’t have time to do the Facebook or “such nonsense” because of his busy social schedule, implying along the way that folks who do those things don’t really have a life. That did it. Seriously, I am getting...
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Muhammed from Torrance Daily Breeze was in my home office on Friday night to interview me about the Temple of Fresh & Easy blog–you know, my store obsession blog. Then came the questions about why I blog about a grocery store. Why especially would I give a business free publicity and get nothing in return? Do I feel like I was taken advantage of? I know that it is his job to ask the questions and get to the bottom of why some random person would start blogging about a grocery store and expect nothing in return. The fact that...
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Me and Spidey. It’s a special relationship....
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