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The Sunday Salon: Long Live Disco

The Girl at Concerts in the Park

It’s been a busy and full weekend, but a fun weekend at that. On Saturday we hit a concert in the park (1st time, although they have them every summer) and it was so much fun! We’ve never gone before because we are not “crowd” types. I hate crowds and screaming kids. But, it was Boogie Nights and with all the disco pumping out of those speakers, I didn’t notice the people so much.

The only hard part was getting around. I did something to the heel on my foot, which made walking excruciatingly painful. I think it was from lugging around my work laptop (ancient and heavy) all this week. So, there wasn’t any dancing coming from me, but it was still fun. God, I love disco.

The Boy at Lunch

Today we hit an aquarium that we’ve never been to before. The Cabrillo Marine Aquarium is (in my opinion), so much better than the other one near us that is so overly hyped. Small exhibits, but a lot of them hands-on. Plus, it’s located within a tiny coastal park. It was lovely.

After that we hit a popular Mexican joint for lunch. We had a view of the harbor and the food was great. Sizzling fajitas and shrimp enchiladas. Very tasty.

The Sunday Salon

Somewhere in between all this fun, I managed to catch a cold. I never even felt it coming, but it’s hit me full force and I am about to call it a night. I have about ten more pages of Domestic Violets to read before I finish it, so I am going to curl-up with it and top it off with some Nyquil.

Hope you all had a great weekend.

The Sunday Salon: The End of Summer (for me)

Cowboys & Aliens

I’ve been saying it for weeks but summer never quite hit me this year. The weather kicked in late and the “summer” that I had painted in my mind never materialized. I’ll admit,  I was sort of depressed about it but the good thing is that I went right into fall, which is my favorite time of the year anyway.

School shopping (supplies and clothes) was completed yesterday. I buy clothes all summer long but I still had the shoes to contend with. Bought ’em all on sale and everyone is happy. Right afterward I plopped down with a glass of Australian Shiraz and read a good chunk of Cutting for Stone. The book has nothing to do with Australia but it’s what I had on hand and it met my criteria for drinking. It was red and mellow and wonderful.

The Sunday Salon

This morning, The Girl and I got up early to make a stack of gluten-free pancakes, sausage and her famous eggs so we are all stuffed now.

Later this afternoon I am going to see Cowboys & Aliens. I heard that it got horrible reviews but my ticket is already purchased so I am hoping that Ford and Craig will make it worth my while. After the movie, I am going to Sisley for dinner. Should be a nice, relaxing evening.

Hope you have a wonderful day. I am about to pour myself a second cup of Joe (French Roast today), so all is good here.