Carlo and I made it out to Lake Las Vegas yesterday afternoon and enjoyed a few hours sitting down by the pool reading and lounging in the cool water. It was a perfect escape from the constant and oppressive heat of Vegas! The Loews resort where we stayed was very nice, and even though the [...]
Entries from August 2007
August 25, 2007
The Crip and I
Carlo went to an orthopedic surgeon this week to get a second opinion about his ankle. It turns out that the bone chip is an old injury and his ankle is thankfully only severely sprained! It was definitely some good news (although bizarre since who knows when he did this to himself), but the surgeon [...]
August 20, 2007
Ankle Update
Carlo flew back a day early from Finland and arrived back in Vegas last night. He went to urgent care this morning after both sides of his ankle became severely bruised. Turns it out it was a good thing he went to the doctor rather than just assume he had a sprained ankle. After an [...]
August 17, 2007
Hobbling in Helsinki
Carlo left for Helsinki on Thursday morning and finally arrived early this morning. He sent me a text saying that as he was getting off of the shuttle bus in front of his hotel, his ankle buckled under him and he severely twisted his ankle. He later texted me and said that his ankle had [...]
August 17, 2007
Rampart Casino doing their part to save the world
I was driving by the Rampart Casino this evening and noticed a rather strange message on its marquis. Brightly lit up, the sign read: “Free Energy Saving Light Bulbs on Sundays” Hmmm, seems like Rampart Casino could save more energy by turning off their sign rather than giving away free light bulbs!
August 16, 2007
Boo turns 8!
Yesterday was Boo’s 8th birthday! Carlo and I had planned on celebrating it by cooking him a dinner of shrimp and asparagus, his two favorite foods. But we were bad parents and ended up running to Whole Foods to pick up dinner for ourselves and completely neglected cooking anything for Boo.
When I went to Whole [...]
August 10, 2007
Shaken, not Stirred in LA
I have just spent the last two days in LA for work visiting different museums’ education departments and got to experience my first earthquake.
It happened late on Wednesday night and I woke up to feel my bed shaking and the head board banging against the wall. I was so exhausted that I thought maybe it [...]
August 5, 2007
California Dreaming
Three weeks ago, Carlo and I made the drive through the desert and went to LA for the weekend. We went to see some art, and art we did see, including the fabulous Flavin retrospective at LACMA. Aside from looking at art, we also ate some great meals like dinner at A.O.C.
Eating noodles at Daikokuya [...]
August 5, 2007
Vegas Vanity Plates
Vanity license plates are ridiculously popular here, and (as you’d expect) most of them are ridiculously stupid. This one we saw this morning, however, really sets the bar pretty high:
