Carlo and I were sitting on our $70 Southwest flight from Las Vegas to Oakland when I saw this tall woman with curly brown hair struggling with a big guitar case down the aisle. I did a double take and said to Carlo that is Minnie Driver. He thought I was lying, but then I [...]
Entries from July 2007
July 31, 2007
Weekend in San Francisco
Even though we primarily went to San Francisco to run the half marathon, we still managed to have a great time. A big Vegas crew came with us and ran as well, including Mike, his brother Danny, his mum and step-dad Pat and Drew, Noel, Gabi and Zoli. Saturday was spent getting ready for [...]
July 31, 2007
Introducing Miss Isla…
In case you haven’t heard, Carlo and I become Uncle Carlo and Aunty Alex on Saturday. Alison finally gave birth to a precious little girl called Isla. Carlo is a bit scared of holding babies, so hopefully I can rid him of that fear by the time we finally get to see our niece at [...]
July 31, 2007
Half Marathon Finishers
Carlo and I made it through the fog and haze of San Francisco to run all 13.1 miles of the half marathon on Sunday morning. It was an amazing experience with beautiful scenery that included going across the Golden Gate Bridge and running alongside the Pacific Ocean. The run also included some leg crushing hills [...]
July 27, 2007
Off to San Francisco in the morning
The half marathon is on Sunday, so Carlo and I are off in the morning to San Francisco. I’m really excited about the weekend and getting out of Vegas.
I am a bit nervous about the weather though. The forecast says the highs will be 70 degrees and the lows in the high 50s. This may [...]
July 25, 2007
Vegas Celebrity Sighting
I saw Suge Knight at Nordstrom on Saturday.
Not very exciting, although he is very big, and so was the diamond earring he had.
That’s all.
July 24, 2007
This isn’t a joke…
This really is an article from the Las Vegas Review-Journal this morning.
Measurable rain arrives in valley
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Parts of the valley on Monday night saw measurable amounts of rain for the first time in more than three [...]
July 23, 2007
Finally….
It rained today! Thank god! While it wasn’t the kind of rain I’m used to in Texas and more like a very light sprinkle, it did mean that it was cloudy and below 100 degrees today. Considering that it has been blindingly sunny lately and at least 106 degrees for what seems like weeks on [...]
July 9, 2007
Springfield hits Las Vegas
To promote The Simpsons movie that opens this month, a handful of 7-11s around the country have been turned into Kwik-E-Marts for the month of July. It turns out that there is one Kwik-E-Mart in Henderson, a suburb of Vegas, so Carlo and I took a trip out there on Saturday to check it out [...]
July 8, 2007
Andrew’s Photos
Andrew uploaded his Vegas photos. Here is one of Carlo and me on top of Cathedral Rock by Mt. Charleston.
